Science Challenge #3 "THE STUMPER!" The binary number 101101 is equal to 45 in base 10. What is it equal to in base 8 ? ANSWER: 55 Correct responses received from: Jennifer LeBlanc, Leonard Sturges, Len Padilla, Mike Gurnee, Lauren Boyle, Simon Evans, Dana Mackenzie, Peter Hance, Mark Baysinger, Chris & Elizabeth Hubbard Extra! The woman credited with playing a major role in the development of the programming language COBOL and with coining the term "bug" as applied to computer programming. ANSWER: Grace Hopper (affectionately known as Amazing Grace). A mathematician who worked with Howard Aiken on the Mark I computer at Harvard. She retired as a Rear Admiral from the Navy at age 79 Correct responses received from: Larry Coleman, Peter Hance, Mark Baysinger, Carol Wynters, (Lauren Boyle got the first but not the last name of this person).