Episode 4 

: HIDDEN FIGURES ETLV

ORAL COMPREHENSION 2

Hedy Lamarr’s inventions

Read the questions first.

Watch the video and take notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUasUlYP63I
Answer the questions.

1) What was Hedy Lamarr’s nationality?

Hedy Lamarr’s was austrian

2) What historical event encouraged her to go to the USA ?

she imagined and designed a torpedo guided by radio signal and she also

returned the world of cinema by her beauty

3) What was her job ? 

she is an actress and a designer at the same time

4) Who was her partner to invent a faster plane?

Howard Hughes

5) What inspired the idea of this plane?

Bird and Fish

6) With whom did she get interested in the torpedo ? 

George Antheil a musician

7) What improvement did she create ?

8) What did she do with their invention ?

She give their invention to the us army

9) What current (actuelles) technologies come from the torpedo improvement ?

GPS and Bluetooth

10) During her lifetime, was Hedy Lamarr recognized for her scientific achievements?

For this GPS and Bluetooth