Katherine
Mary and Other Stuff
Dorothy
NASA
Segregation
100

Katherine's specialty?

Math

100

Mary's specialty?

Engineering

100

Dorothy's specialty?

Programming

100

What does NASA stand for?

National Aeronautic and Space Administration

100

The separation of people by race, color, or religion.

Segregation

200

Why did Katherine go missing 40 minutes per day?

To use the colored restroom.

200

Who did Mary have to convince to allow her to attend advanced college extendion classes at an all white high school?

A judge.

200

Why does Dorothy take a book from the libaray?

The book she wanted was not in the colored section.

200

Who was the first American astronaut to orbit the earth?

John Glenn

200

What does Al Harrison do to help desegregate NASA?

Got rid of the colored restroom sign.

300

Why was Katherine originally denied entry to the Pentagon briefings?

Because she was a woman.

300

Company that made the first electronic mainframe computers.

IBM

300

What does Dorothy do the first time she sees the IBM?

She fixes it. (Gets it to work)

300

What was the name of the rocket that propelled John Glenn into orbit?

Atlas

300

The movie takes place during the ...

Civil Rights Movement

Cold War

Early 1960's

400

What medal was Katherine awarded at age 97 by President Barack Obama?

Presidentail Medal of Freedon

400

Small cards used to program computers.

Punch cards

400

What job was Dorothy denied even though she was already doing the job?

Supervisor

400

Who told Katherine that computers don't author reports?

Paul Stafford

400

If the women in the west computing group had not learned how to program the IBM...

Their job's would have been eliminated.

500

Which astronaut trusted Katherine's calculations over the IBM?

John Glenn

500

How many calculations can the IBM 7090 DPS do per second?

24,000

500

What is the high level computer language that Dorothy learned in order to program the IBM?

FORTRAN

500

What was the name of the Russian satellite that was first in space?

Sputnik

500

Laws that segregated blacks and whites.

Jim Crow Laws