Ada Lovelace
Illnesses
Waffles
Julia Child
Internet
100
Ada Lovelace has been called the first computer...
a. User
b. Programmer
c. Creator
b. Programmer
In 1848, Ada translates a French article about his second project, the "Analytical Engine", into English. She also provides her own comments on the text. Her annotations, simply called "notes", turn out to be three times as long as the actual transcript. They show that Ada recognizes the machine's potential beyond a device for numerical calculations. Since the functions of the Analytical Engine are not defined, they can also be applied to other things than numbers. The Analytical Engine, Ada writes 'holds a position wholly its own'. Her vision of a machine that could also process musical notes, letters and images, anticipates modern computers by a hundred years. In her now famous note "G", Lovelace also adds a step-by-step description for computation of Bernoulli numbers with Babbage's machine - basically an algorithm - which, in effect, make her the world's first computer programmer.
100
What was Julia Child famous for?
She was famous for being a chef, author and television personality.
Julia Child revolutionized American cuisine through her French cooking school, award-winning cookbooks, and world-renowned television programs by presenting an approachable version of sophisticated French cooking to her eager audience for four decades. She began with a sincere passion for good food and the pleasures of cooking, studying in France in the '50s with chef/friend Simone Beck. With the help of Louisette Bertolle, another dedicated food lover, they created a cooking school called L'Ecole des Trois Gourmandes and later, in 1961, completed their groundbreaking cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Her book and the popular television show that followed made the mysteries of fancy French cuisine approachable, introducing gourmet ingredients, demonstrating culinary techniques, and most importantly, encouraging everyday "home chefs" to practice cooking as art, not to dread it as a chore.
200
Ada Lovelace was the daughter of which Romantic poet?
Lord Byron!
Ada Lovelace was born on 10 December 1815 in London, as Augusta Ada Byron, and was the only legitimate child of Lord George Gordon Byron and his wife Lady Annabella Byron. Today considered one of Britainâs greatest Romantic poets, Lord Byron was infamous for his many affairs and dark moods. Though an unconventional match for the deeply religious and morally strict Annabella, in January 1815 they were married, with the young woman believing it her religious duty to guide the troubled poet to virtue.
200
What was the name of Julia Child's famous cookbook?
Hint: It used a lot of French food!
Mastering the Art of French Cooking!
Julia Child, Simone Beck, and Louisette Bertholle break down the classic foods of France into a logical sequence of themes and variations rather than presenting an endless and diffuse catalogue of dishesâfrom historic Gallic masterpieces to the seemingly artless perfection of a dish of spring-green peas. Throughout, the focus is on key recipes that form the backbone of French cookery and lend themselves to an infinite number of elaborationsâbound to increase anyoneâs culinary repertoire.
300
True or False: Ada's mother encouraged her to pursue mathematics and science.
True!
Ada's mother was terrified she would turn out like her father. As a young girl, she was encouraged by her mother to pursue mathematics and science rather than the arts as her father had â fearing that it may lead her down a similar path of debauchery and madness. She had her watched by close friends for any sign of moral deviation, and Lovelace termed these informants the âFuriesâ, later stating they exaggerated and falsified stories about her behaviour.
300
What is displayed at Julia Child's exhibition at the Smithsonian?
Her kitchen!
Donated the kitchen from her Cambridge, MA, home to the Smithsonianâs National Museum of American History, where it was displayed in a 2002 exhibition, Bon AppĂ©tit! Julia Childâs Kitchen at the Smithsonian.
400
What was Ada Lovelace's mentor Charles Babbage known for?
He was known as the "father of the computer".
In 1833, Lovelace was introduced to Charles Babbage, a mathematician and inventor who soon became a mentor to the young girl. Babbage arranged her tuition in advanced mathematics by University of London professor Augustus de Morgan, and first introduced her to his various mathematical inventions. These included the difference engine, which captivated Lovelaceâs imagination when she was invited to view it under construction. The machine could automatically perform calculations, and was followed by plans for the more complex Analytical Engine. Both of these inventions have often earned Babbage the title as the âfather of the computerâ.
400
In 1993, Child became the first woman inducted into The...
a. Hall of Fame for Great Americans
b. Culinary Institute of America's Hall of Fame
c. Candy Hall of Fame
d. Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame
b. Culinary Institute of America's Hall of Fame
Through her tenacity and love for food, she changed the face of cooking in this country. She taught a generation of aspiring chefs how to cook and eat like the French.
500
At age 12, Ada Lovelace was interested in mathematics and was attempting to build what without much success?
Hint: The Wright Brothers were successful in building them.
A flying machine!
When Ada Lovelace was twelve years old, she wanted to fly. She approached the problem methodically, examining birds and investigating various materials that could serve as wingsâfeathers, paper, silk. In the course of her research, which began in February, 1828, according to her biographer Betty Alexandra Toole, Ada wrote and illustrated a guide called âFlyology,â to record her findings. She toiled away on this project until her mother reprimanded her for neglecting her studies, which were meant to set her on a rational course, not a fanciful one.
500
Julia Child's show The French Chef premiered in 1963 and was the first cooking show on what network?
Bonus: Child won a Primetime Emmy Award for The French Chef in 1966, becoming the first educational television personality to receive an Emmy, true or false?
It premiered on PBS.
Julia Child had gained a bit of notoriety as one of the co-authors of the seminal "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in 1961, but it was the launch of this award-winning series in 1963 that turned her into a household name and, perhaps, America's favorite TV cooking personality. With a high-pitched voice and somewhat playful demeanor, Child cheerfully prepared recipes that most viewers probably thought were too difficult for them to attempt. As a result, generations of home chefs everywhere soon developed the confidence and skills to whip up all dishes French, from a simple croissant to the classic boeuf bourguignon.
Bonus: True!