Famous Women in Tech
Scratch 101
IT Trivia
Acronyms
Super Scratch
100
She is considered to be the very first computer programmer. She developed the idea while working with Dr. Charles Babbage

Who is Ada Countess of Lovelace?

100

This research laboratory  located on a famous private land-grant research University...is the birthplace of Scratch.

What is the MIT Media Lab?

100

I rejoined my company after the board voted me out, and the rest you can say is history.

Who is Steve Jobs?

100

URL

What is Universal Resource Locator?

100
I would use this block from the category Operators, to check for two conditions that must be met.

What is the And block in Operators?

200

She is credited with making famous the term"Debugging the Computer"  Her work led to the creation of the COBOL language and served as a rear admiral in the Navy.


Who is Grace Hopper?

200

Use blocks from this category to start an algorithm.

What is Events?

200

This WAS a popular web browser developed at the University of Illinois.

What is Mosaic?

200

RAM

What is Random-Access Memory?

200

I need this block for questions.

What is the Ask block?

300
When I was not busy acting, I was busy tinkering and creating.  You can thank me for Wifi, GPS, and Bluetooth.

Who is Heddy Lamar?

300

Scratch and DJ's have this in common.

What is remix?

300

This company is the creator of the longest lasting cell phones, and led the way in transforming a cell phone from trendy gadget to essential tech.

What is Nokia?

300

ROM

What is Read-Only Memory?

300

Use this extension to let a sprite draw?  Seymour Papert would have loved this!

What is the Pen extension?

400

She resolved the paths which allowed NASA’s spacecrafts and astronauts to orbit Earth and land on the Moon.

Who is Katherine Jackson?

400

Use a block from this category to switch a Sprite's appearance.

What is Looks?

400

Angry Birds was developed by an entertainment company in this country. 

What is Finland?

400

HTTP

What is HyperText Transfer Protocol?

400

This block lets you create a procedure or a function.

What is MyBlock?

500

She teamed up with 2 men to develop the Basic Computer Programming Language. As an advocate for women in CS, supported working mothers by encouraging them to bring their babies to class with them. Oh and the first woman to receive a PH.D in Computer Science.

Who is Sister Mary Keller

500

Blocks from this category can help your Sprite move.

What is motion?

500

This Finnish software engineer was the main developer of Linux and other operating systems such as Android.

Who is Linus Torvalds?

500

CSV not be confused with CVS

What is Comma Separated Value ?

500
You need to create one of these to store information for a program.  Your math teacher will be happy you are putting this to use.

What is a variable?

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