Who signed the charter to start Gallaudet College?
President Abraham Lincoln
100
What sign language is used in Canada?
ASL (American Sign Language)
100
What is the name of the school for the Deaf in Colorado Springs? (Full Name)
Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (CSDB)
100
Who was the first Deaf teacher in the USA?
Laurent Clerc
100
What sport is the highlight of Gallaudet University's Homecoming?
Football
200
When was Gallaudet University founded? [100 Bonus for exact date]
1864 [100 Bonus Answer - April 8, 1864]
200
How old is ASL?
200 years old [The American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Conn. founded in 1817 is considered the birthplace of ASL.]
200
When was the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind founded? [100 Bonus for Exact Date]
1874 [100 Bonus - April 8, 1874]
200
Who founded the Colorado Association of the Deaf and was the seventh President of the National Association of the Deaf?
George W. Veditz (Veditz founded CAD in 1904 and was President of the NAD from 1904 to 1910)
200
What is the World Games of Deaf, held every 4 years, now known as?
Deaflympics (The World Games for the Deaf started in 1926 in Paris)
300
What major movement started at Gallaudet University in 1988?
DPN (Deaf President Now)
300
What are the linguistic roots of ASL?
(Name at least 2)
[* French Sign Language] [* Martha's Vineyard Sign Language] [* Plains Indian Sign Language] [* Home Signs]
300
Who donated land for the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind?
General William Jackson Palmer
300
Who was the first DeafBlind person to graduate from Radcliffe College for women, now part of Harvard University?
Helen Keller
300
Name the Deaf person who invented the Football Huddle
Paul Hubbard (Hubbard graduated from CSDB in 1888 and invented the football huddle at Gallaudet College in 1892)
400
Who is Edward Miner Gallaudet?
The first President of Gallaudet College/University
400
Who showed that ASL is a language based on linguistic Principles? [400 BONUS: What Year?]
Dr. William C. Stokoe
[200 Bonus Answer: 1960 - when Dr. Stokoe published his monograph entitled Sign Language Structure]
400
What is the name of the other Deaf School in Denver?
Rocky Mountain Deaf School
400
Who won America's Next Top Model AND Dancing With The Stars? (Full Name)
Nyle DiMarco
400
What were the 5 basketball players from Gallaudet College who won the 1943 Mason-Dixon Conference basketball championship known as? [100 Bonus - Name each player]
The Gallaudet Iron Men (or the 5 Iron Men) [100 Bonus for each name - Donald Padden; Earl Roberts; Paul Baldridge; Roy Holcomb and Hal Weingold]
500
Who is Daniel Chester French?
The sculptor of the Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Alice Cogswell Statue and the Abraham Lincoln Memorial
500
What is the rank of ASL among most taught foreign languages in the USA, according to Modern Language Association (MLA) as published in 2013?
3rd (Spanish and French are 1st and 2nd with German being 4th.)
500
Who was the first Deaf principal of the Deaf School in Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind? [250 Bonus for Year]
Robert McGregor [250 Bonus - 1881]
(Robert McGregor was also the first NAD president from 1880 to 1883)
500
Who was the first Deaf person to win and Oscar Award an for what film? [250 Bonus for year]
Marlee Matlin for "Children of a Lesser God" [250 Bonus - 1987]
500
What is the name of the Deaf Person who played for the Seahawks in the 2014 Superbowl?