WHO?
She was a math genius and the main character of the movie.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This is the space agency where the women worked.
What is NASA?
The type of math Katherine used to calculate launch and reentry.
What is analytic geometry?
The time period in which the movie takes place.
1960's
The book the movie is based on was written by this author.
Who is Margot Lee Shetterly?
This character was a computer and later became an engineer.
Who is Mary Jackson?
The first American to orbit Earth, shown in the movie.
Who is John Glenn?
Katherine had to run across campus just to find this facility.
What is the colored women's bathroom?
The social issue that made it hard for the women to succeed.
What is segregation/racism?
The actress who played Katherine Johnson.
Who is Taraji P. Henson?
She fought for her right to supervise and taught herself FORTRAN.
Who is Dorothy Vaughan?
These people did complex calculations before computers were used.
Who are human computers?
Mary needed special permission to attend this to become an engineer.
What is an all-white school/night classes?
This was removed by Al Harrison in a symbolic moment.
What is the “colored” bathroom sign?
The movie was nominated for this prestigious film award.
What is an Oscar/Academy Award?
He was the astronaut who trusted Katherine’s math
Who is John Glenn?
The name of the space mission John Glenn flew on.
What is Friendship 7?
This machine started replacing human computers at NASA.
What is the IBM computer?
Dorothy Vaughan became the first Black woman to hold this title.
What is a supervisor at NASA?
The year the movie Hidden Figures was released.
What is 2016?
He initially doubted the women but later supported Katherine.
Who is Al Harrison?
The city where NASA's Langley Research Center is located.
What is Hampton, Virginia?
The mathematical term for calculating when and where the capsule would land.
What is reentry trajectory?
The court case Mary used to gain admission to engineering classes.
What is Mary Jackson v. City of Hampton (fictionalized)?
The company that helped distribute the film.
What is 20th Century Fox?