WHO?
NASA & SPACE
MATH IN THE MOVIE
IMPORTANT EVENTS
BEHIND THE CAMERA
100

She was a math genius and the main character of the movie.

Who is Katherine Johnson?

100

This is the space agency where the women worked.

What is NASA?

100

The type of math Katherine used to calculate launch and reentry.

What is analytic geometry?

100

The time period in which the movie takes place.

1960's

100

The book the movie is based on was written by this author.

Who is Margot Lee Shetterly?

200

This character was a computer and later became an engineer.

Who is Mary Jackson?

200

The first American to orbit Earth, shown in the movie.

Who is John Glenn?

200

Katherine had to run across campus just to find this facility.

What is the colored women's bathroom?

200

The social issue that made it hard for the women to succeed.

What is segregation/racism?

200

The actress who played Katherine Johnson.

Who is Taraji P. Henson?

300

She fought for her right to supervise and taught herself FORTRAN.

Who is Dorothy Vaughan?

300

These people did complex calculations before computers were used.

Who are human computers?

300

Mary needed special permission to attend this to become an engineer.

What is an all-white school/night classes?

300

This was removed by Al Harrison in a symbolic moment.

What is the “colored” bathroom sign?

300

The movie was nominated for this prestigious film award.

What is an Oscar/Academy Award?

400

He was the astronaut who trusted Katherine’s math

Who is John Glenn?

400

The name of the space mission John Glenn flew on.

What is Friendship 7?

400

This machine started replacing human computers at NASA.

What is the IBM computer?

400

Dorothy Vaughan became the first Black woman to hold this title.

What is a supervisor at NASA?

400

The year the movie Hidden Figures was released.

What is 2016?

500

He initially doubted the women but later supported Katherine.

Who is Al Harrison?

500

The city where NASA's Langley Research Center is located.

What is Hampton, Virginia?

500

The mathematical term for calculating when and where the capsule would land.

What is reentry trajectory?

500

The court case Mary used to gain admission to engineering classes.

What is Mary Jackson v. City of Hampton (fictionalized)?

500

The company that helped distribute the film.

What is 20th Century Fox?

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