Grab Bag
What is the term for when a Deaf person experiences discrimination/oppression based on their hearing loss?
Audism
What is the name of the oldest Deaf Club in the US, founded in 1916?
Thompson Hall
Name the five parameters of ASL
Palm orientation, handshape, movement, location, non-manual markers
He was the first Deaf winner of both America's Next Top Model and Dancing with the Stars.
Nyle DiMarco
What is the name of the first Deaf school in the US, and where was it founded?
American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1817
Name a Deaf theatre company
National Theatre of the Deaf or Deaf West Theatre
In Minnesota, Governor Walz declared March 9th as ________ Day, to honor a local Certified Deaf Interpreter who brought more public awareness to the work of CDIs.
Nic Zapko
What is appropriate grammar structure in ASL?
Object-Subject-Verb (OSV) or Topic-Comment
Elsie Stecker was the first Certified Deaf Interpreter hired full-time where?
The White House
Founded in 1982, what is the name of the organization that focuses on ensuring the health and welfare of Black Deaf people?
National Black Deaf Advocates
_______ is a language used by DeafBlind people using tactile channels, is oriented towards touch, practiced on the body, and gives folks more information about their environment.
ProTactile
Longtime Minnesota resident, and former MN Assistant Attorney General, who is the current president of Gallaudet University?
Dr. Roberta "Bobbi" Cordano
Context, Configuration, and Closure, are three key strategies that help signers understand what in ASL?
Fingerspelling
Claudia L. Gordon was the first Black Deaf female ______ in the United States and the first Deaf graduate of American University's _____ School
Attorney & Law
Founded in 1977, Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to improving the lives of Deaf ________ folks
LGBTQIA+
What is the name of the ASL news channel created by Alex Abenchuchan?
The Daily Moth
Which Deaf mentor at Camp ASL won the Miss Deaf America Pageant in 2006?
Chelsea (Tobin) Paulson
Name the three types of name signs in ASL
fingerspelled, arbitrary, descriptive
Haben Girma is the first DeafBlind person to graduate from what prestigious law school?
Harvard
Because they weren't allowed to join the military, Deaf people flocked to work at the Goodyear Factory in Akron, Ohio during which war?
WWII
What is the art form that examines and expresses the Deaf experience from a cultural, linguistic, and intersectional point of view?
Deaf View/Image Art - Also known as De’VIA
Oscar Ernest Garrison is the Deaf founder of which Twin Cities suburb in 1855 (hint - go on 394 West)
Wayzata
Name at least 4 of the 7 sentence types in ASL
Declaratives, imperatives, negatives, yes/no questions, wh-questions, topic-comments, conditionals, and rhetorical questions
Who was the first Black Deaf person to earn a Bachelor's Degree from Gallaudet University, and also founded several Deaf schools in Africa?
Andrew Foster
The creation of American Sign Language was heavily influenced by what two other signed languages?
French Sign Language and Martha's Vineyard Sign Language