Katherine Johnson
Katherine’s exceptional ability in this subject helps her calculate flight paths for NASA.
Mathematics
Dorothy works for this American space agency.
NASA
Mary dreams of working in this profession at NASA.
Engineering
Hidden Figures follows three women working for this American space agency.
NASA
This is the subject department I lead at Windaroo Valley State High School.
English
Katherine must run across the NASA campus because segregation prevents her from using this nearby facility.
Bathroom
Although Dorothy already performs the duties, she is initially denied this official leadership position.
Supervisor
Mary challenges the barriers that prevent her from studying because she is a woman and because of this aspect of her identity.
Her race
The film mainly takes place during this decade, when racial segregation still affects the women’s daily lives.
1960s
The name of my pet cat.
Mac
This astronaut requests that Katherine personally check the electronic computer’s calculations before his orbital flight.
John Glenn
Dorothy teaches herself this programming language to operate NASA’s IBM computer.
FORTRAN
Mary asks a judge for permission to attend classes at this type of segregated school.
An all-white school
The United States competes against this country in the Space Race.
Soviet Union
Where did I travel to this year? Overseas destination!
Cook Islands
Katherine recommends this mathematical method to calculate the spacecraft’s trajectory, describing it as “old math”.
Euler's method
Dorothy protects her team’s employment by teaching them this skill as electronic computers begin replacing human computers.
Computer Programming
The judge allows Mary to attend the required classes, but only at this time of day.
At night
Much of the film takes place at NASA’s Langley Research Center in this US state.
Virginia
What is my favourite fruit?
Katherine calculates this critical point in John Glenn’s mission, which determines when the spacecraft must begin its return to Earth.
The Go / No-go point
Dorothy learns to program this specific IBM computer model, helping secure her team’s future at NASA.
IBM 7090
This engineer recognises Mary’s talent and encourages her to pursue an engineering qualification.
Karl Zielinski
This is the name of the spacecraft in which John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit Earth.
Friendship 7
What is the longest distance that I have ever run in a race? Bonus point for which country?
75km in Japan around Mt Fuji!