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1
Katherine's father was a math whiz?
True
False
2
Who was the president and vice president when "America is for Everybody" brochure was published?
John Glenn and Wally Sirra
John F Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
3
Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space and the first human to orbit the Earth.
True
False
4
The capsule was named Freedom by Alan Shepard.
False
True
5
What date did Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gararin go into space?
April 10,1960
April 12, 1961
April 13, 1960
6
Rosa Parks worked as a hostess at the Hampton Institute faculty dining room.
True
False
7
World War II ended August 14, 1945 at 7:00 PM
True
False
8
What year did Dorothy Vaughan join NACA?
1943
1942
1941
1940
9
Dorothy Vaughn got a gold and ruby lapel pin for 20 years of service.
False
True
10
Have you finished Hidden Figures?
False
True
11
It is a 238,900 mile journey to the moon.
True
False
12
John Glenn's home town was Hampton Roads, Virginia
False
True
13
The first moon landing was July 20, 1969
False
True
14
Jimmy Goble was Katherine's husband.
True
False
15
"America is for everybody" said the US Department of Labor brochure issued in:
April 1961
April 1962
April 1963
April 1960
16
What did the Greensboro Four do at Woolworth's?
ate spaghetti
stood in the white only section
ordered donuts and coffee
ordered a cup of coffee in the white only section
17
FORTRAN is a computer language
True
False
18
WAC stands for Women's Army Corps.
True
False
19
Women interested in math were expected to become math teachers.
False
True
20
Dorothy worked as a waitress at a hotel until 1931.
True
False
21
The Civil Rights Movement spanned 1954-1968
True
False
22
The Greensboro Four attended the Woolworth's drugstore sit in.
True
False
23
Dorothy was valedictorian of her high school class.
False
True
24
Trajectory analysis is the study of how a projectile moved through space on earth and in space.
False
True
25
Dorothy Vaughan considered applying for a laundry job at Camp Pickett?
True
False
26
John Glenn's nickname was "Ace of Space"
False
True
27
Mary Jackson graduated from Hampton Institute in Virginia
True
False
28
4.5 million people watched the Mercury Red Stone 3
True
False
29
Who helped her son, Levi, build a car to enter the Virginia Peninsula's 1960 soap box derby?
Mary
Katherine
Dorothy
30
Who helped do the math that sent the first men into space?
Christine Darden
Mary Jackson
Katherine Johnson
Dorothy Vaughan
31
Who did research on predicting sonic booms?
Katherine Johnson
Christine Darden
Dorothy Vaughan
Mary Jackson
32
How long was MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech?
20 mins
15 mins
one hour
17 mins
33
Each astronaut candidate was a test pilot younger than 40 with at least a bachelor's degree.
False
True
34
How long was John Glenn silent making NASA think he was dead?
30 mins
14 mins
one hour
5 mins
35
In 1945 how many people in Southeastern Virginia worked for the government?
8 out of 10
5 out of 10
6 out of 10
2 out of 10
36
Who is the author of Hidden Figures?
Margot Lee Shetterly
Katherine Johnson
Dorothy Vaughan
Christine Darden
37
The 1st U.S. manned space mission was the Mercury Red Stone 3.
True
False
38
A. Phillip Randolph was a civil rights leader.
False
True
39
When did Katherine Johnson marry Jim Johnson?
August 1959
August 1958
August 1960
40
All four women met at Langley Laboratory.
True
False
41
On her last day of teaching at the high school, Katherine's principal presented her with a full set of:
a dictionary
a map of the world
math reference books
42
The Greensboro Four were:
Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Dorothy Vaughn
David Richmond, Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair, Jr
Rosa Parks, Martin Luther, David Richmond, Ezell Blair, Jr
43
Who was first to be promoted into a management position at NACA?
Mary Jackson
Katherine Johnson
Christine Darden
Dorothy Vaughan
44
The first year NACA started hiring women was 1943.
False
True
45
John Glenn made 7 orbits around earth.
False
True
46
Mary Jackson helped make supersonic aircraft fly higher and faster
True
False
47
How old was Mary Jackson's son when she applied for the job as a computer at Langley?
4
10
6
1
48
How much did the Apollo mission cost?
20 billion dollars
24 billion dollars
30 billion dollars
49
The first Russian cosmonaut was Yuri Gagarin
False
True
50
The word Corps is pronounced "CORE"
True
False
51
Why did Katherine quit graduate school?
She didn't want to study math
She was bored
She was expecting a baby
52
Friendship 7's splashdown was how 40 miles off target.
True
False
53
Who asked Katherine to double check the numbers on the trajectories of an orbital mission around earth.
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Both John Glenn and Alan Shepard
54
Poor people's campaign was a movement designed to bring attention to problems facing poor people of all colors.
True
False
55
NACA promotes the study of flight
False
True
56
NACA means National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
True
False
57
The Langley Memorial Laboratory established the first female computing pool
False
True
58
Flights took off from
Cape Canaveral, Florida and landed in the Gulf of Mexico
Cape Canaveral, Florida and landed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Cape Canaveral, Florida and landed in the Pacific Ocean
59
Mercury Seven Astronauts included these people:
Gus Grissom, Gordon Copper, Wally Schirra, John Glenn
all of these men
Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter
Gus Grissom, Alan Shepard, Wally Schirra, Scott Carpenter
60
What camp was an army training center in central Virginia that processed 18,000 different loads of laundry?
Langley
Camp Pickett
Camp Ft. Lewis
61
How many children (all daughters) did Katherine and Jimmy have?
6
5
2
3
62
The four women did work during a time of racial segregation
True
False
63
Dorothy graduated high school in 1929
False
True
64
When did Goddard Space Flight Center Open?
1958
1960
1959
1957
65
HAM the chimp is named after Holloman Aerospace Medical Center
True
False
66
How hot were the temperatures inside John Glenn's space capsule?
2,000 degrees
3,000 degrees
150 degrees
67
The Flight Research Division was a group that specialized in testing real planes instead of wind tunnels.
False
True
68
Dorothy knew how to read before before she was old enough to start school.
False
True
69
When she was teaching, why did Katherine keep her marriage a secret?
She liked keeping secrets
It was illegal for married women to be classroom teachers
She didn't like the last name "Goble"
70
300,000 people marched on Washington August 28, 1963
False
True
71
E Praeteritis Futura means Out of the Past, the Future
False
True
72
John Glenn stood behind the podium with a sign: Spacetown USA
False
True
73
Katherine Goble calculated the flight trajectories
False
True
74
Nasa purchased two IBM 7090 computers and installed them in Washington, DC in1960
False
True
75
March 10, 1962 Katherine Johnson had her photo on the front page of Pittsburgh Courier Newspaper.
True
False
76
What were the protests by the Greensboro Four called?
sit ins
Sit ins or sitdowns
Sitdowns
77
Women who were interested in math were expected to be math teachers.
True
False
78
Katherine's first research report was done with Ted Skopinski.
False
True
79
When would Dorothy see her husband when she wasn't at work?
Every day
Holidays
Every weekend
Holidays and occasional weekends
