Famous Faces in the Deaf Community
He is first Deaf winner of Dancing with the Stars, as well as an actor, model, and advocate for the Deaf community.
Who is Nyle DiMarco?
This Massachusetts town held infamous witch trials in 1692.
What is Salem?
This university in Washington, D.C., is famous as the world's first for the Deaf.
What is Gallaudet University?
This green-skinned witch from The Wizard of Oz famously melts when splashed with water.
Who is the Wicked Witch of the West?
Raising your eyebrows turns a sentence into this type of question.
What is a YES/NO question?
She became the first Deaf actress to win an Academy Award for Children of a Lesser God.
Who is Marlee Matlin?
Dracula's castle is said to be in this region of Romania.
What is Transylvania?
In 1988, students at Gallaudet protested for a Deaf president in this event.
What is Deaf President Now (DPN)?
In Greek mythology, this half-man, half-bull creature roamed the labyrinth.
What is the Minotaur?
Lowered eyebrows and a tilted head show you're asking this kind of question.
What is a WH-question (ie. WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHY)?
This teacher co-founded the first American school for the Deaf in 1817.
Who is Thomas Gallaudet?
The catacombs beneath this French capital hold the bones of over six million people.
What is Paris?
This French educator helped found the first Deaf school in America alongside Gallaudet.
Who is Laurent Clerc?
This vampire count from Bram Stoker's 1897 novel avoids sunlight - and garlic.
Who is Count Dracula?
This ASL element adds tone and emotion - like widening your eyes to look scared.
What is a NON-MANUAL MARKER?
This Deaf-Blind woman became a world-famous author and activist, inspiring millions.
Who is Helen Keller?
Sleepy Hollow, home of the Headless Horseman, is found in this U.S. state.
What is New York?
Before ASL developed, Deaf people in Martha's Vineyard used this local sign system.
What is Martha's Vineyard Sign Language?
This monster, created by Dr. Frankenstein, was pieced together from corpses.
Who is Frankenstein's monster?
Pretending to hold a flashlight while creeping through a haunted house uses this storytelling feature.
What is ROLE SHIFT or CLASSIFIER?
This Deaf rapper and performer mixes ASL and hip-hop to advocate for accessibility in music.
Who is Sean Forbes?
The haunted island of Poveglia, known for its ghost stories, sits in this Italian lagoon.
What is Venice?
The world's first permanent Deaf school opened in Paris in this century.
What is the 18th century (1700s)?
This Japanese kaiju, born from radiation, has destroyed Tokyo more than 30 times on film.
Who is Godzilla?
This expressive part of ASL grammar can make your story scary, funny, or dramatic - without a single word.
What is FACIAL EXPRESSION?