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Ada Lovelace

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

  Politician

  Poet

  Scientist

 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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  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.

  FALSE

  TRUE

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

  The Quantum Engine

  The Analytical Engine

  UNIVAC

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

  Predict horse races

  Predict tides

  Predict the weather

  Predict card games

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

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Victor Hugo

  George Elliot

  Charles Dickens

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

  Mary Somerville

  Augustus De Morgan

  Charles Babbage

  Her father (Lord Byron)

 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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