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100
The author of Hidden Figures
Who is Margot Lee Shetterly
100
the city where Langley is Located
What is Hampton
100
Dorothy was a language arts teacher.
What is False
100

On August 28, 1963, this person gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.

Who is Martin Luther King jr

100

This U.S. agency started in 1915 to supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight.

What is NACA?

200
This woman was a former schoolteacher who was promoted to the head of West Computing.
Who is Dorothy Vaughan
200
the place where Miriam Mann took down the sign that read, “COLORED COMPUTERS”
What is the cafeteria at Langley
200
Langley produced ships during wartime.
What is False
200

This event happened during the years of 1939-1945.

What is World War II (WW II)?

200
This is the science of flying

What is aeronautics?

300
This woman showed a talent for math at an early age and started college when she was 14
Who is Katherine Goble Johnson
300
The state where the book takes place
What is Virginia
300
Howard and Dorothy have 6 children together.
What is True
300
From 1940-1952, this group of men served as military pilots, many of whom served in World War II

What are the Tuskegee Airmen?

300

This independent government agency was founded in 1958 and responsible for the civilian (as opposed to military) space program.

What is NASA?

400
This woman worked as a computer and took away a sign that read “Colored Computers” in the lunchroom
Who is Miriam Mann
400
The building that the African American computers work in
What is the West building
400
Dorothy is named the first head African-American manager of NACA.
What is True
400

On July 20, 1969, these Apollo 11 astronauts became the first humans to land on the moon. 

Who is Neil Armstrong & Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin?

400
This is a tool used in aeronautics research to study the effect of air moving over an object. Test done in this tool attempts to simulate how an object would perform in flight so that researchers can improve on aircraft design.

What is a wind tunnel?

500

This woman became one of the world's leading experts on supersonic flight. Her groundbreaking research on predicting sonic booms is still used today. 

Who is Christine Darden?

500
The name of the high school Dorothy worked at prior to Langley
What is Moton
500
With new advances, the airplanes made at Langley can now break the speed of light.
What is False (speed of sound)
500

From 1890-1965, these laws which were common in the South, kept black people and white people apart in many situations.

What are the Jim Crow laws. 

500

This is the distance traveled by a sound wave in a fixed period of time.

What is the speed of sound?