Disability Awareness Jeopardy Template

Types of Disabilities

Disability Rights

Famous People

Disability History

Representation in Media

100

True or false: It is always obvious that someone has a disability.

False.

Disabilities can be visible or invisible, and each person is impacted by their disability in a different way.

100

What law protects people with disabilities from being discriminated against?

a. Americans with Disabilities Act

b. Including All Americans Act

c. Disabled Americans Act

d. None of These

a. Americans with Disabilities Act

100

What disability has actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson shared that he has?

a. ADHD

b. Depression

c. Cerebral Palsy

d. Diabetes

b. Depression

In an interview, he said: "Having the courage to talk to someone is your superpower. Talk to someone. Despite how you may feel, you’re never alone."

100

True or false: Over 1 in 4 American adults have a disability.

True

100

What Disney movie is about Quasimodo, a man with physical disabilities who is locked in a bell tower his whole life?

a. Tarzan

b. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

c. Finding Nemo

d. Fox and the Hound

b. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

200

What are examples of a sensory disability?

a. Autism

b. Blindness

c. Deafness

d. B and C

e. A and B

d. B and C

Sensory disabilities relate to the senses, most commonly referring to disabilities with seeing or hearing.

200

Under the ADA, what are employers and institutions required to provide to people with disabilities?

a. Extra pay

b. Accommodations

c. Service dogs

b. Accommodations

BONUS: What is an example of an accommodation?

200

Which U.S. President had a physical disability?

a. George Washington

b. Franklin D. Roosevelt

c. Jimmy Carter

d. Barack Obama

b. Franklin D. Roosevelt

He had polio as a child and used a wheelchair!

200

Why is Disability Pride Month in July?

The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in July - July 26, 1990.

200

Which character in How To Train Your Dragon has a physical disability (limb difference)?

a. Astrid

b. Toothless

c. Hiccup

d. Stoick the Vast

c. Hiccup

300

True or false: All people who use a wheelchair can never walk.

False.

Some people who use a wheelchair are able to walk sometimes and not others.

300

Give an example of person-first language.

Person with ___________. --- Person with ADHD, Person with Depression, Person with a Limb Difference, etc.

BONUS: Give an example of identity-first language.

300

Does former football player Shaquem Griffin have a visible or an invisible disability?

Visible

He was born with a limb difference!

300

What year was the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) signed?

a. 1980

b. 1990

c. 2000

d. 2010

b. 1990

300

What book and movie stars Auggie, a 10-year-old boy with a disability who wears an astronaut helmet?

a. Imagination

b. Lilo and Stitch

c. Wonder

d. Wicked

c. Wonder

400

Who can have a disability?

a. Only Old People

b. Only Young People

c. Anyone

d. Only People born with one

c. Anyone!

400

When did disabled people stop being put in institutions (like hospitals) in the U.S.?

a. 1900's

b. 1920's

c. 1940's

d. 1960's

400

What disability does 28-time Olympic medaling swimmer Michael Phelps have?

a. ADHD

b. Depression

c. Cerebral Palsy

d. Diabetes

a. ADHD

400

Where was the first disability pride celebration held?

a. Chicago

b. Washington, D.C.

c. Los Angeles

d. Boston

400

What character in Wicked is a wheelchair user?

a. Nessarose

b. Elphaba

c. Glinda

d. Fiyero

a. Nessarose

500

What is a developmental disability that impacts verbal and non-verbal communication and social interactions?

a. Autism

b. Cerebral Palsy

c. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

d. Down Syndrome

a. Autism

500

Everyone knows about Service Dogs, but what animal is also recognized as an officially capable and protected service animal?

a. Parrots

b. Cats

c. Miniature Horses

d. Potbelly Pigs

c. Miniature Horses

500

Who is this British scientist and author with a disability called ALS?

a. Benedict Cumberbatch

b. Isaac Newton

c. Stephen Hawking

D. Helen Keller

c. Stephen Hawking

BONUS: Which of the other answer choices is someone who was Deaf and blind, but became an activist, author, and professor?

500

Gallaudet University is the only university in the world specifically for students who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing. What year was it founded?

a. 1864

b. 1992

c. 2007

d. 2025

a. 1864

500

What was the first book to be released in braille at the same time as it was in print?

a. Divergent (2011)

b. Anne of Green Gables (1908)

c. A Wrinkle in Time (1962)

d. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (2005)