Q 01/05

Which programming language does Dorothy teach herself from a smuggled library book in Hidden Figures?

A) COBOL

B) Assembly

C) Fortran

D) Lisp

Answer · why

C) Fortran

Fortran is what Dorothy teaches her West Area colleagues so the new mainframe cannot replace them. The real Vaughan became an expert programmer in it ...

Q 02/05

Which Mercury capsule carries John Glenn into orbit at the climax of Hidden Figures?

A) Friendship 7

B) Freedom 7

C) Liberty Bell 7

D) Faith 7

Answer · why

A) Friendship 7

Friendship 7 carried its number in honor of the seven original Mercury astronauts. It splashed down in the North Atlantic after three orbits.

Q 03/05

Which Oscar nominee for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button plays Katherine Johnson in Hidden Figures?

A) Viola Davis

B) Taraji P. Henson

C) Kerry Washington

D) Regina King

Answer · why

B) Taraji P. Henson

Taraji P. Henson won the approval of the real Johnson, who said the film's three leading ladies "did an excellent job portraying us."

Q 04/05

What does Al Harrison knock down in Hidden Figures after Katherine explains her long absences?

A) A segregated cafeteria partition

B) A whites-only library notice

C) A locked meeting-room door

D) A 'colored' bathroom sign

Answer · why

D) A 'colored' bathroom sign

A 'colored' bathroom sign comes down in the film, but the scene was invented. The real Katherine Johnson said she simply used the white restroom.

Q 05/05

Hidden Figures lost Best Picture to which film, crowned only after La La Land was announced by mistake?

A) Manchester by the Sea

B) Arrival

C) Moonlight

D) Hacksaw Ridge

Answer · why

C) Moonlight

Moonlight was declared the winner minutes after the wrong title was read out. Hidden Figures left without a win from its three nominations.