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Ada Lovelace

 1. Ada Lovelace was the daughter of Lord Byron. Byron was a famous ___________ .
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  Scientist

  Politician

  Poet

  Composer

 2. Ada and her mother were abandoned by Byron when Ada was a baby. She never saw him again.

  FALSE

  TRUE

 3. When Ada was just twelve years old, she devised a machine to:

  Time travel

  Swim under water

  Fly

  Travel on rails

 4. Who was her mentor?
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  Charles Babbage

  Blaise Pascal

  Joseph Fourier

  Alan Turing

 5. Ada Lovelace was the first person to propose that computers could be used for more than calculating numbers.

  FALSE

  TRUE

 6. She wrote algorithms for which conceptual computer?
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  UNIVAC

  The Analytical Engine

  The Quantum Engine

  Harvard Mark I

 7. It is thought she worked on a programme with Babbage to ________ .

  Predict card games

  Predict the weather

  Predict tides

  Predict horse races

 8. Which famous author read to her on her deathbed?

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Charles Dickens

  George Elliot

  Victor Hugo

 9. Ada Lovelace died aged just 36. Who did she ask to be buried next to?

  Her father (Lord Byron)

  Charles Babbage

  Augustus De Morgan

  Mary Somerville

 10. The United States Department of Defence named a computer language 'Ada' after Ada Lovelace.
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  False

  True


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