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Ada Lovelace

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

  Poet

  Composer

  Politician

 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:

  Swim under water

  Fly

  Travel on rails

  Time travel

 4. Who was her mentor?
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  Blaise Pascal

  Joseph Fourier

  Alan Turing

  Charles Babbage

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

  TRUE

  FALSE

 6. She wrote algorithms for which conceptual computer?
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  Harvard Mark I

  UNIVAC

  The Quantum Engine

  The Analytical Engine

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

  Predict horse races

  Predict the weather

  Predict card games

  Predict tides

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

  Victor Hugo

  George Elliot

  Charles Dickens

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

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

  Charles Babbage

  Her father (Lord Byron)

  Augustus De Morgan

  Mary Somerville

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

  False


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