Deaf Education
Important People
Technology
Deaf Culture
The Basics
100

Laurent Clerc is originally from which European country?

France 

100

Name the TWO men that started the first school for the Deaf in the US

Laurent Clerc and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

100

A surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound

Cochlear implant

100

What is the difference between Deaf and deaf?

Deaf = involved in the Deaf community 

deaf = not involved in the Deaf community 

100

What should you do if you have to walk between two people signing? 

Walk through quickly without signing 

200

Name of the first school for the deaf in America

American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb 

200

What is the name of the school in England that turned away Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet?

Braidwood Academy

200

Assistive device used for conductive hearing loss 

Hearing aid 

200

Does every deaf person consider themselves part of the Deaf community? 

No

200

Classrooms at deaf schools tend to be very quiet. True or false?

False

300

Where was the first Deaf school in America 

Hartford, Connecticut 

300

Who is the Deaf professor that created LifePrint and ASL.MS

Bill Vicars 

300

What is the meaning of the term "Deaf Gain"

Accommodations intended to benefit the Deaf community that actually benefit the whole world 

300

Who was the interpreter for the 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show 

Justina Miles 

300

What is the ASL sentence word order (full words) 

Time Object Subject Verb

400

When did the first Deaf school in America open?

1817

400

The young deaf girl who inspired Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet to devote his life to educating the deaf

Alice Cogswell

400

Assistive technology used for sensorineural hearing loss

What is a Cochlear Implant?

400

What is it called when you spell words using the manual alphabet

Fingerspelling

400

How many ASL sign parameters are there? 

5

500

Name of the most widely recognized University for the Deaf

Gallaudet University

500

Who is the person that identified and named the sign parameters?

William Stokoe 

500

Name an example of assistive technology that is NOT a hearing aid or cochlear implant 

Flashing doorbells, closed captioning, vibrating alarm clocks, flashing text message alerts 

500

What is the name of the method that uses no signs, only fingerspelling? 

The Rochester Method

500

The first person to correctly sign the alphabet the fastest

You will be timed

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