Deaf History
Who was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama in 1880?
Helen Keller
Who was a Deaf student of De L’Epee and Sicard in Paris, France? He was later recruited by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet to establish the American School for the Deaf.
Laurent Clerc
Who was the first Deaf actor/actress to win an Academy Award (Oscar) in 1986?
Marlee Matlin
Process of going from a solid state to a liquid state is called?
melting
The person in a novel who tells the story is called a...
narrator
What year did the Milan Congress decide to ban sign language in Deaf education? Also the same year NAD was founded.
1880
Who visited Europe to study Deaf Education and established American School for the Deaf with Laurent Clerc?
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
What does DPN stand for?
Deaf President Now
What body system whose main function is to act as the body's communication network, enabling movement, breathing, thinking, and other vital functions.
nervous system
Warsaw is the capital of which country?
Poland
Identify one of the two Greek philosophers who believed that deaf people could not learn and were not capable of ideas or language.
Aristotle or Plato
What year was American School for the Deaf founded?
1817
Name the Deaf baseball player who was the reason why umpires used hand signals for “out”, “safe” and “strike”.
William "Dummy" Hoy
A recipe calls for 3/4 cup of sugar. You want to make triple the recipe. How much sugar do you need?
2 1/4 cups
What would you call the evil character of a story or plot? (hint: not villain)
antagonist
Name the Deaf actor and mime who founded the National Theatre of the Deaf.
Bernard Bragg
Name the Deaf girl who was the first graduate of American School for the Deaf.
Alice Cogswell
Name the Deaf actor and model who appeared in “Dancing with the Stars” and “America’s Next Top Model”
Nyle DiMarco
You deposit $2,000 into a savings account that earns 5% simple interest per year. How much interest will you earn after 3 years?
$300
(2000 x .05 x 3)
Aconcagua is the tallest mountain peak in South America. It is part of what mountain range?
Name the island in Massachusetts that had a large percentage of Deaf residents.
Martha's Vineyard
Name the priest and “father of Sign Language” in France. He established the first deaf school in Paris.
Abbe Charles-Michel de l'Epee
Who was the 2nd Deaf actor/actress to win an Oscar award for their role in the film “CODA”?
Troy Kotsur
What do you call a scientist who studies rocks?
geologist
The structure of a traditional haiku poem contains how many TOTAL syllables?
17 (three lines of 5-7-5)