CULTURE
HISTORY
LANGUAGE
FAMOUS DEAF PEOPLE
100

If your path is blocked in a hallway by 2 signers conversing with each other, you should do what?


a. Wait for them to stop signing

b. Crawl on ground to not block their hands

c. Find an alternate path

d. Go ahead and walk through

d. Go ahead and walk through

100

The American School for the Deaf (first Deaf school) was founded in which year?


a. 1916

b. 1815

c. 1776

d. 1876

b. 1815

100

Traditionally ASL is handed down from generation to generation through how?


a. Residential Schools for the Deaf or Deaf family members

b. Elementary School Teachers

c. Sesame Street

d. ASL Professors

a. Residential Schools for the Deaf or Deaf family members

100

Who became the first Deaf teacher in the U.S.?


a. Anne Sullivan

b. Thomas Gallaudet

c. Laurent Clerc

d. Andrew Foster

c. Laurent Clerc

200

At a party, where would find most of the Deaf people gathering at?


a. Garage

b. Kitchen

c. Patio

d. Living Room

b. Kitchen

200

Which famous inventor supported oralism, wanted sign language to be banned and did not want deaf people to marry each other?


a. J. Robert Oppenheimer

b. Nikola Tesla

c. Alexander Graham Bell

d. Thomas Edison

c. Alexander Graham Bell

200

What profession refers to a person who has been professionally trained to facilitate communication between the hearing and deaf?


a. Sign Language Translating

b. Sign language Interpreting

c. CODAing

d. Open Captioning

b. Sign Language Interpreting

200

Who was the first Deaf President of Gallaudet University?


a. Thomas Gallaudet

b. I. King Jordan

c. Douglas Tildan

d. Anne Sullivan

b. I. King Jordan

300

What percentage of Deaf people have Deaf parents?


a.5%

b.25%

c.50%

d.75%

a. 5%

300

Which U.S. President signed the charter to establish the first college for the deaf?


a. George Washington

b. Franklin D. Roosevelt

c. Bill Clinton

d. Abraham Lincoln

b

300

What percentage of speech sounds is actually   visible on the lips?

a. 30%

b. 50%

c. 75%

d. 90%

a. 30%

300

He is known as “Father of Deaf Education” in Africa as he built 32 churches and schools for the Deaf.


a. Warren “WaWa” Snipes

b. Andrew Foster

c. Dr. Glenn B. Anderson

d. C.J. Jones

b. Andrew Foster

400

What does NTID stand for?


a. National Theatre Industry  for the Deaf

b. North Tennessee Institute for the Deaf

c. National Technical Institute for the Deaf

d. New Technology Industries for the Deaf

c. National Technical Institute for the Deaf

400

What conference had a huge impact on Deaf     Education?


a. World’s Fair of 1900 in Paris

b. Milan Conference of 1880

c. Fyre Festival

d. Vatican Council of 1860

b. Milan Conference of 1880

400

What sign language method uses the letter-by-  letter representation of English?

a. Direct Method

b. Khan Method

c. Rochester Method

d. Duolingo Method

c. Rochester Method

400

She played the role as librarian in Sesame Street.


a. Linda Bove

b. Marlee Matlin

c. Terrylene Sacchetti

d. Rosa Lee Timm

a. Linda Bove

500

What percent of Deaf people marry other Deaf people?


a. 15 percent

b. 50 percent

c. 75 percent

d. 90 percent

d. 90%

500

The first research that helped determine ASL was in fact a legitimate language was published in which year?


a. 1965

b. 1988

c. 2002

d. 2012

a. 1965

500

Who first researched and determined ASL as being a legitimate language?


a. Chuck Baird

b. Helen Keller

c. Phyllis Frelich

d. William Stokoe

d. William Stokoe

500

Who was the first Deaf woman to be crowned Miss America in 1995?


a. Linda Bove

b. Christy Smith

c. Gertrude Galloway

d. Heather Whitestone

d. Heather Whitestone

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