Q 01/05

What was Katherine Johnson's NASA job title, for people who did complex calculations by hand?

A) Flight engineer

B) Human computer

C) Astronaut trainer

D) Systems analyst

Answer · why

B) Human computer

She called the women in the pool "computers who wore skirts".

Q 02/05

Which astronaut refused to fly unless Johnson personally verified the computer's numbers for his orbit?

A) Gus Grissom

B) Neil Armstrong

C) Alan Shepard

D) John Glenn

Answer · why

D) John Glenn

He became the first American to orbit the Earth aboard Friendship 7 in 1962.

Q 03/05

Whose 2016 nonfiction book was the film Hidden Figures based on?

A) Isabel Wilkerson

B) Nathalia Holt

C) Margot Lee Shetterly

D) Dava Sobel

Answer · why

C) Margot Lee Shetterly

The film follows Johnson and two other African-American mathematicians who worked as computers at NASA.

Q 04/05

Who played Johnson in Hidden Figures?

A) Viola Davis

B) Taraji P. Henson

C) Janelle Monáe

D) Octavia Spencer

Answer · why

B) Taraji P. Henson

Johnson appeared with the actress at the 89th Academy Awards and received a standing ovation.

Q 05/05

Which president presented Johnson with the nation's highest civilian honour in 2015?

A) Barack Obama

B) Bill Clinton

C) Donald Trump

D) George W. Bush

Answer · why

A) Barack Obama

He said she "refused to be limited by society's expectations of her gender and race".