Women in Tech
This woman was one of the first people to develop a compiler for computer languages:
Hint: Grace Hopper, Radia Perlman, Anita Borg, Ada Lovelace
Who is Grace Hopper?
What is the phrase a beginner program will learn to print when learning a new language?
What is "Hello, world!"?
This person was the first known computer programmer.
Who is Ada Lovelace?
The first female artist to win Album of the Year three times.
Who is Taylor Swift
When was CGI was founded.
Bonus if you can name the month!
June 1976
Who was the first female to receive a PHD in computer science?
Hint: Sister Mary Kenneth Keller, Radia Perlman, Anita Borg, Ada Lovelace
Who is Sister Mary Kenneth Keller?
What SQL stand for.
What is Structured Query Language?
She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
Who is Amelia Earhart?
She is the founder of the makeup brand "Fenty Beauty" and was named one of Time's "100 Most Influential People in the World" in 2019
Who is Rihanna
Where was CGI Founded?
Québec City
This woman was the lead software engineer for project Apollo 11.
Who is Margaret Hamilton?
What language are Android applications written in?
What is Java?
This woman won two noble prizes in physics and chemistry.
Who is Marie Curie?
This person released the album "Lemonade" in 2016, which was accompanied by a visual album of the same name
Who is Beyoncé?
Who is CGI's founder?
Serge Godin
This women was the first video game creator.
Bonus if you can name the game!
Who is Carol Shaw? Game, River Raid (Atari 2600)
This company made the first commercial portable cell phone in 1983?
What is Motorola?
This popular snack food was invented by a woman named Laura Scudder in the 1920s
What are potato chips?
In 1987, the first woman was inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of Fame.
Who is Aretha Franklin
How many locations does CGI have worldwide?
400
Who was nicknamed the "Human Computer" by NASA?
Who is Katherine Johnson?
What machine learning concept requires you to create a flow-chart of possible decisions and outcomes, along with its expected monetary values?
What is decision trees?
The 1940s actress and self taught inventor Hedy Lamarr was awarded a patent in 1942 for her "secret communication system”. This frequency hopping system was intended as a way to set radio-guided torpedos off course during the war, but the idea eventually inspired this radio frequency technology commonly used today.
What is Wi-Fi, GPS and/or Bluetooth?
Margaret Atwood wrote this dystopian novel set in a near-future New England in a strongly patriarchal, totalitarian state which has overthrown the United States government.
What is the Handmaid's Tale?
what does CGI stand for?
French: Conseillers en gestion et informatique
English: Consultants to Government and Industry.