Braille Challenge 21 Varsity

Technology

100

True or false: the first phones were invented over a hundred years ago

True! 

200

Which came first: Talkback or VoiceOver?

VoiceOver

300

True or false: If the first iPhone was a person, it would be a teenager

True! The first iPhone came out in 2007

400

True or false: The first audio video games were released over 40 years ago

TRUE. Video game company Atari released a few audio video games in the early 1970s 

500

True or false: The original name for Apple was "Appley." After someone misheard "Appley" as "Apple," Steve Jobs thought the second name sounded catchier and chose to change the name.

False

Cool People

100

This cool person did a 22 mile waterskiing marathon last summer

Paige

200

This cool person can easily improvise any music. They are able to compose music and have ability to hear subtle note differences. They can also play the violin, viola, and piano.

Ella 

300

This cool person got to flip the coin at the start of an NFL game

Charlie

400

This person is a fan of Vinyl records

Joey Parra 

500

This cool person directs an international choir for the blind 

Kaleigh

Braille Fun Facts

100

List a few games that you can play using braille 

Uno, Monopoly, Apples to Apples, anythign involving a deck of regular playing cards

200

Who invented braille? 

Louis Braille

300

In what decade were the first braille displays invented? 

The 1980s

400

True or false: Perkins Braillers were invented over a hundred years after the first braille code was created 

TRUE. The first Perkins Braillers came out in 1951

500

True or false: The first Braille Challenge competition was over 20 years ago.

True!

Famous Quotes

100

Finish the quote: "The only thing we have to fear is ..." - FDR

"Fear itself." Spiders are pretty scary too though

200

True or False: Lady Gaga said "It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." 

False. That was Shakespeare 

300

Which children's author wrote "“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” 

Dr. Seuss 

400

Which famous disability activist said "Literature is my utopia?" 

Hellen Keller 

500

True or false: Maya Angelou wrote: "So afraid to tell the world what I've got to say

But I have this dream right inside of me

I'm gonna let it show

Its time." in her book Even the Stars Seem Lonesome. 

False, this a quote from the 2008 Disney Movie Camp0 Rock