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1
Ada Lovelace was the world's first computer programmer. Which country was she from?
Russia
United States
France
England
2
Margaret Hamilton came up with the term ________ ___________ after hand-writing
software
for the Apollo space mission.
Software Engineering
Computer coding
Hardware Engineering
Language Arts
3
Ida Rhodes was a mathematician and pioneer in computer development. Which of these did she help create?
The first scientific calculator
The first commercial computer
4
Carol Shaw was the first female video game programmer. She created River Raid in 1982, for
which older game system?
Nintendo Entertainment System
PlayStation
Atari
Xbox
5
True or False: Any girl can be an amazing computer programmer, engineer, and/or anything in between and beyond.
True
True
6
Brenda Laurel is a female game designer that helped develop the first best-selling game for girls. Which game was it?
Animal Jam
Barbie Fashion Designer
7
Karen Jones was the pioneer computer scientist that inspired Google . What type of software is Google Search?
Maps
Essay Writer
Search Engine
Chatbot
8
Katherine Johnson was an important "human computer" and mathematician at NASA. Which 2016 movie is about her story?
Hidden Figures
Spies In Disguise
Rogue One
Finding Dory
9
Dorothy Vaughan was a mathematician and computer scientist who had her own division at NASA. What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Aquatics and Space Administration
10
Marissa Mayer is an AI expert, former president and CEO of Yahoo, and has her own AI/Media company. What is AI?
Alternate Reality
Artificial Information
Artificial Intelligence
11
True or False: Computers used to be
very
large-- sometimes the size of a room or small building!
False
True
12
True or False: Ada Lovelace wrote programs for computers that weren't invented yet.
True
False
13
Mary Allen Wilkes designed the world's first minicomputer. Which of these is most similar?
Keyboard
Laptop Computer
Radio
Calculator
14
Annie Easley was a rocket scientist who also studied alternative energy sources. Which of these is an energy source?
Batteries
Car
Plug
Wheels
15
Grace Hopper noticed her computer stopped working because of a moth! Which word describes computer errors AND moths?
Bug
Website
Mouse
Instructions