Alan Turing Quiz - 36 Trivia Questions!

Which British Prime Minister made a public apology for the way Alan Turing was treated?

David Beckham
Charles Darwin
Gordon Brown
Tony Blair

In which German city did Alan Turing and Konrad Zuse meet in 1947?

Hamburg
Munich
Göttingen
Berlin

Which philosopher lectured at Cambridge in 1939 on the foundations of mathematics?

George Berkeley
John Nash
Ludwig Wittgenstein
John Dewey

Who sculpted the statue of Alan Turing at Bletchley Park?

Stephen Kettle
Ian Watson
John McLaughlin
John Hawking

At which university did Alan Turing become a Fellow in 1935?

University of Oxford
King's College, Cambridge
The University of Cambridge
Oxford University

How did Alan Turing die in 1954?

The death of his wife
He died from his illness.
Cyanide poisoning
His wife died

Who was the head of Hut 8 at Bletchley Park during World War II?

Robert Watson
John Harrison
George Harrison
Hugh Alexander

In which English town did Alan Turing live during school holidays?

Brighton
Liverpool
Guildford
Reading

What was the name of the 19 year old man who was charged with gross indecency with Alan Turing in 1952?

Alan Turing
Arnold Murray
Alan's brother
Alan Murray

Which physicist wrote a letter to the Prime Minister in 2012 urging him to pardon Alan Turing for his wartime crimes?

Alan Watson
Alan Turing
Alan Turing's brother
Stephen Hawking

Which Manchester MP presented a petition to the House of Commons calling for the resignation of Lord McNally?

John Leech
David Owen
Peterborough
David Beckham

What was the codename of the machine developed by Alan Turing and Donald Bayley for encrypting speech in World War II?

AES
Delilah
The Enigma machine
Adler

In which Dorset town was Alan Turing educated?

Sherborne
Poole
Bournemouth
Dorchester

What was the name of Alan Turing's primary school in St Leonards-on-the-Sea?

The Queen's Head
St Michael's
The School for Girls
St. Leonard's and the Gade

At which university did Alan Turing work?

Oxford
Manchester
University of Cambridge
Cambridge

In November 1942, Alan Turing travelled to which country to work on Enigma?

France
Britain
Germany
United States

Who played Alan Turing in the 1997 film 'A Brief History Of Time'?

Richard Eyre
John Gielgud
Derek Jacobi
Michael Caine

What did Alan Turing study at King's College, Cambridge?

History
Theology
Mathematics
Computers

In which London district was Alan Turing born?

South London
Maida Vale
Notting Hill Gate
East End

What was the name of Alan Turing's fiancée who he proposed to in 1941?

Mary
Joan Clarke and Alan Turing
Alan Thornhill
Joan Clarke

What was Alan Turing told by a fortune teller?

A lot of money
Genius
A good marriage
A good time

Which mathematician formulated the lambda calculus, the basis of the Turing machine?

Albert Einstein
Aristotle
Alonzo Church
John von Neumann

What was the name of the machine used by Alan Turing to break Enigma?

a German computer
Bombe
The Enigma Machine
Enigma

Where would a statue of Alan Turing be erected in 2023?

Trafalgar Square
The National Portrait Gallery
St Paul's Cathedral
The Tower of London

What was the name of the intelligence service that shortened the Second World War by more than two years and saved over 14 million lives?

The NSA
Ultra intelligence
Intelligence agency
The RAF

In which English town was Alan Turing born?

Milton Keynes
Hastings
Eastleigh
Brighton

Where did Alan Turing break German ciphers during World War II?

The University of Oxford
London
Bletchley Park
Cambridge

Who is the Lord Chancellor at the time of the pardon of Alan Turing?

John McDonnell
Lord Mandelson
The Queen
Chris Grayling

In 1952, Alan Turing wrote a computer program to play what game?

Chess
The game of Go
Puzzles
The chess game.

What was the cause of the death of Alan Turing?

Cyanide
The death of a friend
a heart attack
The bomb

In which race did Alan Turing try out for the British Olympic team in 1948?

Marathon
The London Marathon
100 meters
Half-marathon

What is the subject of the Turing Test?

The human brain
Artificial intelligence
The ability to make decisions.
Humans

What was the name of the first programmable electronic computer built by Alan Turing at Bletchley Park in 1942?

The Bletchley Park codebreaker
The British National Grid
Colossus
Asterix

Where did Alan Turing work on the design of the ACE (Automatic Computing Engine)?

National Physical Laboratory
The University of Cambridge
The National Science Foundation
University of Cambridge

What was the name of the mathematical method used to break Enigma in World War II?

Enigma-B
Arithmetic
Banburismus
The Fourier Transform

What was the first name of Alan Turing's mother?

Alan's father' s name
Sara
Helen
Theatrical Machine
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