Hidden Figures Book
What did Katherine work as before she worked for NASA?
What is a schoolteacher?
Which University was Katherine able to attend?
West Virginia University
What letters are easily found in every single day of the week?
D-A-Y
You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace.
What do you light first?
The Match
What is the name of the first artificial satellite sent into space?
Sputnik 1
Why did women get to work at NASA in the beginning? Where were the men?
World War ll
What is the community where people of color lived at that time called?
What is Newsome park?
What can you hold without ever touching or using your hands?
breath
If an electric train is traveling south, which way is the smoke going?
There is no smoke—it’s electric
What force keeps planets orbiting the Sun?
Gravity
What as the name of the school Mary went to take advance math courses
Hampton High School
Who was the president at that time?
What is JFK?
I come down, but I never go up. What am I?
Rain
What can travel all around the world while staying in the same corner?
A stamp
What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
What were planes starting to use instead of propellers as technology changed.
Jet Engines
Who was assigned the super sonic pressure tunnel?
What is Mary Jackson?
What’s clean when it’s black and white when it’s dirty?
A chalk board
Imagine you are in a boat in the middle of the sea. Suddenly, you are surrounded by hungry sharks waiting to eat you. How can you put an end to this?
Stop imaging
Who is the author of Hidden Figures?
Margot Lee Shetterly
Who became supervisor of the west computing pool?
Dorothy Vaughan
What kind of computing machine did NASA have to purchase?
IBM
You are driving a bus. At the first stop, two women get on. At the second stop, three men get on, and one woman gets off. At the third stop, three kids and their mom get on, and a man gets off. The bus is grey, and it is raining outside. What color is the bus driver’s hair?
Whatever color your hair is! Remember, you are the bus driver!
A rooster lays an egg on top of a barn roof.
Which side does the egg roll off?
Roosters don’t lay eggs
What color is the Sun?
White (it looks yellow from Earth)