Chapter 16 Hidden Figures
What did Mary Jackson do?
aerospace engineer who worked for NASA
What did members of the Langley Research Center have to teach engineers about in chapter 17?
Space
What famous speaking platform did the main character in the Boy Who Harnessed the Wind get the opportunity to speak at?
Ted Talk
What has three feet but cannot walk?
A yardstick
Who got the first satellite into space?
Soviet Union or Russia
What was the Space Race?
competition between Russia and America to go to space first
Katherine couldn't go to the editorial meetings because she was ___________.
Because she was a woman.
What was Grover's Uncle's name?
Ferdinand Underwood
What asks no questions but must be answered?
A phone.
What year did a person first walk on the moon?
1969
What were Globe, Mann, and the rest of America looking for in the October night sky?
Sputnik
What did Katherine keep asking her boss?
To go to the editorial meeting
Where did Percy's mom live?
New York
What gets smaller every time it takes a bath?
Soap.
Which is faster, light or sound?
Light v
What did they work on at NACA?
Airplanes.
True or false: Katherine worked hard to learn everything about Outer Space. She listened, read and asked engineers questions.
True
Sweat Lodge Ceremony
What do you buy to eat but never eat?
Spoon and Forks.
What is the name of the first satellite sent into space?
Sputnik 1
What was the name of the African American computer pool?
West Computing Pool.
What did Katherine's boss want her to prepare do to help with the lectures?
Prepare charts.
What is the name of the language William, and his people speak?
Chichewa
Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?
Nothing.
What planet is closest to the sun?
Mercury