Alan Turing trivia
Alan Turing Mini Quiz
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Question 1
Benedict Cumberbatch played this British mathematician in The Imitation Game, a 2014 film named for his test of AI. Who is he?
Cumberbatch earned an Oscar nomination for portraying Turing, whose 1936 research paper laid the theoretical foundation for all modern computers.
Question 2
Dubbed the "Nobel Prize of Computing," this award is named for the British mathematician who cracked the Enigma code. What is it?
Established in 1966 by the Association for Computing Machinery, the Turing Award now includes a $1 million cash prize backed by Google.
Question 3
Computer pioneer Alan Turing designed his namesake test to evaluate a machine's ability to do what?
In this thought experiment, a judge engages in text-based chats with both a machine and a human to see if the machine can successfully fool them.
Question 4
Mathematician Alan Turing aided the Allied forces during World War II by doing what?
Working at the secret Bletchley Park facility, Turing built an electromechanical device called the Bombe to read encrypted German military communications.