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The Imitation Game Movie
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1
Who was the creator of the first mechanical computer?
Charles Babbage
Steve Jobs
Alan Turing
Humprey Davis
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Why is the movie's title "The Imitation Game"?
Breaking enigma was like playing a game.
The main goal for the machine was to copy human behavior
The computer imitates Enigma.
The whole movie resembles a game.
3
How come Turin broke Enigma and Nazi messages, if he didn't speak German?
Because Enigma was developed by German mathematicians
Breaking Enigma was not about a language but breaking a code
Because Enigma was set up in English
Because German was not the language of Nazis
4
Why didn't Turin want people to know that he broke Enigma?
Because he was selfish
Because Germans would create a new system
Because he wanted to have the entire control of the military
Because he didn't want to disclose his personal problem
5
Who was the US president at the end of WWII?
Roosevelt
Truman
Clinton
Nixon
6
Experts have another name for computers, which is:
Turing Machines
Electric Impulses
Electronic Neurons
Imitation Game
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What was the point on Turing's machine in his own words?
As a machine, Enigma could only be beaten by another machine
The machine would be reprogrammable
The machine would keep Christopher alive
The machine would be used as an artificial brain
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Alan Turing described the computer as:
A very fast calculator
A digital method of learning new languages
An electric brain
An electronic way to solve puzzles
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What is the computer's language?
German
Binary
English
Russian
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Why did Turin choose to receive hormonal tratement instead of going to prison?
To teach at the university
To save his life
To avoid embarrasement
To keep working on Christopher
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What was the process used to decide who lived and who die in a battle, after enigma was broken?
The biggest win with the less actions
Algebra
Statistics
Math Engineering
12
In what place Alan Turing built the computer?
Bletchley Radio
Princeton University
Wilmslow Silicon
Maida Vale Computer
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Why did Turin call his machine "Christopher"?
It was his fathers' name
it was the name of his friend in elementary school
It was a war hero's name
It was Alan's middle name
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Why did Alan Turin propose to Elisabeth?
To break enigma.
To keep her as part of the team.
To help her fulfill her personal goals.
Because he loved her.
15
What is the name of the device created by the Nazis?
Macintosh
Enigma
Univac
Coloso
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For Turing, what was breaking enigma like?
Like filling a crossword
Like playing a video game
Like a smart-brain game
Like solving a big puzzle
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What was Alan Turing's main challenge?
He was homosexual.
People didn't like him.
People didn't understand him.
Lack of support.
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Who appointed Turin as the chair of the team project?
The commander in chief of the Radio station.
Winston Churchill
The MI6 Director
The general in charge.
19
Was Alan Turin a spy?
No, he rejected the offer. He was a scientist not a spy.
Yes, he became a spy for Great Britain Intelligence
He was never a spy, he was just a matemathician
He was never a spy, he hated politics.
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Who gave Turin a posthumous pardon?
President Roosevelt
Queen Elisabeth
Winston Churchill
President Truman
21
What selection process did Turin choose to recruit more people in his team?
He wrote a math test
He looked for the smartest decoders
He created a crossword and posted it on a newspaper
He looked for the best criptographers
22
How much was Turin's Machine?
$ 100,000 pounds
$ 50,000 pounds
$ 150,000 pounds
$ 10,000 pounds
23
How long could take to break enigma by 3 people working full time with no rest?
19 years
29 million years
290 years
2,900 years
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Experts estimate that thanks to Turing's device, WWII ended:
5 years earlier
4 years earlier
2 years earlier
3 years earlier
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Who was Alan Turing?
A delusional digital magician
A mathematician and a cryptographer
A Russian spy during WWII
An engineer in physics
