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1. Which astronaut famously asked Katherine Johnson to verify the computer's numbers?
2. With which inventor did Ada Lovelace collaborate on the Analytical Engine?
3. Which branch of mathematics did John von Neumann help found with Oskar Morgenstern?
4. What is the famous 'taxicab number' associated with Ramanujan?
5. Which famous experiment did Thomas Young perform to prove light is a wave?
6. Which of these common electrical terms was NOT coined by Benjamin Franklin?
7. What is the name of the state in game theory where no player has an incentive to deviate?
8. What was the name of the world's first artificial nuclear reactor, built by Fermi's team?
9. The mathematical term 'Algebra' is derived from a word in the title of a book by which scholar?
10. What does the 'Heliocentric' model place at the center of the solar system?
11. What was the name of the first complete prehistoric marine reptile skeleton found by Mary Anning?
12. What modern technology relies on Hedy Lamarr's frequency-hopping invention?
13. What is the approximate solar mass of the Chandrasekhar Limit?
14. With which Cambridge mathematician did Ramanujan famously collaborate?
15. In which ancient city did Hypatia live and teach?
16. Which of these revolutionary devices was launched by Steve Jobs in 2007?
17. What was the name of the estate Thomas Jefferson designed and lived in?
18. Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in which field?
19. Which planet did Galileo observe having phases similar to the Moon?
20. What concept did Du Bois coin to describe the internal conflict of African Americans?