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The Imitation Game

Alan Turing, a brilliant mathematician, is called to investigate a burglary at his home where he is found sweeping up cyanide powder. He goes on to work at Bletchley Park where he helps break the German Enigma code during World War II. He hires people like Joan Clarke and uses crossword puzzles to screen candidates. He proposes to Joan to get her to stay on the team. One phrase he realizes holds the key to cracking the code. After being convicted for indecency, Joan tells Alan she is glad he wasn't normal.

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The Imitation Game

Alan Turing, a brilliant mathematician, is called to investigate a burglary at his home where he is found sweeping up cyanide powder. He goes on to work at Bletchley Park where he helps break the German Enigma code during World War II. He hires people like Joan Clarke and uses crossword puzzles to screen candidates. He proposes to Joan to get her to stay on the team. One phrase he realizes holds the key to cracking the code. After being convicted for indecency, Joan tells Alan she is glad he wasn't normal.

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1.

In 1951, Alan Turing, a brilliant mathematician from Cambridge, has had his house in
Manchester burgled, although nothing appears to have been stolen. The police are called to
investigate, and they find Alan Turing hunched over in his kitchen with a scarf tied over his
mouth and nose, carefully sweeping up a pile of white powder from the floor. What is this
substance?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Baking soda
Cyanide
Talcum powder
Methamphetamine

2. In 1939, Alan Turing is being interviewed by Commander Denniston of the Royal Navy for
a position in a top secret program in Bletchley Park. Alan gets the job, even though he
couldn't seem less interested in helping out the war effort. Which of these things does he
NOT say during his interview?
a)
b)
c)
d)

"I don't speak German."


"Politics isn't really my area of expertise."
"I'm agnostic about violence."
"I tell great jokes."

3. Alan believes that they need to build a machine to break the Engima code, but he doesn't
get any support from the rest of his team in Hut 8 or from Commander Denniston, so he
goes over their heads and gets put in charge. The first thing Alan does is to fire the two
worst cryptographers in the team, which means that they will need to hire replacements.
What does Alan use to screen potential candidates to see if they would make good codebreakers?
a)
b)
c)
d)

A
A
A
A

singing contest
driving exam
Rorschach test
crossword puzzle

4. People from all walks of life answer the job ad, so Alan and Stewart Menzies, the head of
MI6, arrange for a follow-up evaluation to separate the truly exceptional candidates from the
chaff. Joan Clarke, a mathematician with a double-first from Cambridge, is one of two
finalists selected to join the team in Hut 8 at Bletchley Park, but she fails to show up for work
as expected. Why?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Her parents do not approve.


Cambridge made her a better offer.
The train she is on gets derailed.
She prefers to work closer to home.

5. Joan convinces Alan that he should get the others in Hut 8 to like him, because he will
need all the help he can get to break Enigma. What does Alan hand out to the rest of the
team in an attempt to win them over?
a) War bonds
b) Apples

c) Sandwiches
d) Compliments
6. With the war dragging on without any sign of resolution, Joan comes under increasing
pressure to return home, so she decides to leave Bletchley Park. What does Alan do to get
her to stay?
a)
b)
c)
d)

He
He
He
He

proposes to her.
threatens legal action.
hides her bicycle.
places her under house arrest.

7. The team are at the pub in Bletchley Park when a flirtation between Hugh and Helen, a
member of the Women's Royal Naval Service, gives Alan an idea that holds the key to
unlocking the code. What phrase turns out to be "the only German you need to know to
break Enigma"?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Danke schon
Auf Wiedersehen
Guten Morgen
Heil Hitler

8. The "Imitation Game" in the film's title is a reference to a test postulated by Alan Turing to
distinguish between which of the following pairs of things?
a)
b)
c)
d)

A
A
A
A

spy from a double agent


patriot from a traitor
liar from a truth-teller
machine from a human being

9. The machine in Bletchley Park designed by Alan to break the Enigma code was
affectionately named "Christopher", after an important figure from Alan's childhood. Who
was Christopher?
a)
b)
c)
d)

His
His
His
His

family's pet otter


friend at school
mathematics tutor
favourite grandfather

10. Joan pays a visit to Alan after his conviction for indecency to find him a very different
man. He is undergoing hormonal therapy as a condition of his probation, and it seems to be
affecting his reflexes and mental faculties. When he appears to envy Joan's normal life, what
does Joan tell him?
a) He still has time to find someone and settle down.

b) She wouldn't wish her life on anybody.


c) She is glad that Alan wasn't 'normal'.
d) He couldn't pass for normal even if he tried.

KEY
1 b, 2 d, 3 d, 4 a, 5 b, 6 a, 7 d, 8 d, 9 a, 10 c.

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