1984
Name the main character in 1984 and the name of the girl he loves.
Winston Smith and Julia
This Poe story takes place during the Spanish Inquisition. The narrator tells how he was tortured and imprisoned. He is able to escape death twice. In the final scene, he is being pressed by the walls closing in on him when he is saved by General Lasalle and the French army.
A. The Fall of the House of Usher
B. The Pit and the Pendulum
C. The Cask of Amontillado
D. The Tell-Tale Heart
B. The Pit and the Pendulum
Name the first transgender US Open tennis player who played in both the men’s and the women’s competitions between 1953 and 1981.
A. Martina Navratilova
B. Missy Giove
C. Ronnie Robertson
D. Renee Richards
D. Renee Richards
In 1760, this man established the Royal Institution of Deaf and Mutes in Paris. He modified native sign language used by French Deaf into "Signed French." What is his name?
Abbe de l'Epee
What does De’VIA stand for?
Deaf View Image/Art
Who is the oldest man to receive the Nobel for Physics?
Arthur Ashkin, 96, 2018
Telescreens and posters all over Oceania have a picture of the ruler with this proclamation: what words are on the posters and telescreens?
Big Brother is watching you.
In this Poe story, a plague has struck 14th century Europe killing thousands of people. Prince Prospero decides to lock himself and a thousand of the rich, society people in his abbey to have a party while the rest of the country suffers. What is the name of the story?
A. The Masque of the Red Death
B. The Cask of Amontillado
C. The Fall of the House of Usher
D. The Tell-Tale Heart
A. The Masque of the Red Death
He is a deaf mixed martial artist and wrestler. What is his name?
Matt Hamill
In 1817, the first North American School for the Deaf was established by two men. Who are they?
Thomas H. Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc
Name the 1989 document that announced the term De’VIA.
De'VIA Manifesto
This woman won the 2018 Nobel for Physics with Gerard Mourou for invention of a method of generating high-intensity ultra-short optical pulses.
Donna Strickland
English writer George Orwell wrote the novel 1984 as a warning to the Western world about the evils of totalitarianism. As used in 1984, the concept of ____________ is the ability to hold two completely contradictory thoughts simultaneously while believing both of them to be true.
doublethink
Published in 1841, this Poe short story is considered the first modern detective story: Detective Auguste Dupin solves the mystery of the brutal murder of two women.
A. The Fall of the House of Usher
B. The Murders in the Rue Morgue
C. The Tell-Tale Heart
D. The Pit and the Pendulum
B. The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Name the first woman to play in an NHL exhibition game.
A. Sarah Thomas
B. Nancy Lieberman
C. Manon Rheaume
D. Robin Herman
C. Manon Rheaume
What was the name of the first school for the Deaf in North America, when did it open, and where was it?
1817, American Asylum for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb (now known as the American School for the Deaf) in Hartford, CT
Who is the “King of De’VIA”?
Chuck Baird
This man received the first Nobel Prize for Physics in 1901, for his discovery of x-rays.
A. Albert Einstein
B. Pierre Curie
C. Thomas Edison
D. Wilhelm Roentgen
D. Wilhelm Roentgen
There are 4 ministries of government. What are they?
Truth, Love, Peace, Plenty
Two of Poe’s most famous tales are told by an “unreliable narrator”. In both stories the narrator's guilt leads the narrator to being identified for murder. Name either of the two stories.
The Black Cat or The Tell-Tale Heart
He played for the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLVIII. Name the deaf fullback who was the first deaf offensive player in the NFL.
Derrick Coleman
What young girl was the inspiration for Thomas Gallaudet to to go England and to France to study education of the Deaf and to return with Laurent Clerc to establish the first school for the Deaf in North America?
Alice Cogswell
Who is the “Mother of De’VIA”?
Betty Miller
This man received the Nobel Prize for his explanation of photoelectric effect. He also developed the special and general theories of relativity. He is considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century. What is his name?
Albert Einstein
What is the language used in Oceania?
Newspeak
Poe is considered to be the inspiration for many authors. One of the authors he influenced is the author of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Name the author that wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Name the first full-time female NFL referee.
Sarah Thomas from Brandon, MS
The Congress of Educators of the Deaf, mainly hearing people, voted to ban the use of sign language from classrooms and was replaced by the oral approach to teaching the Deaf. What is the common name used for this meeting and the year?
Milan Conference, 1880
In what 1989 convention was the Manifesto as written by 9 Deaf artists presented?
Deaf Way I
Like Donna Strickland in 2018, this PhD student worked with her supervisor on a project that received a Nobel Prize. In 1974, however, she was not recognized for her achievement because she was a PhD student. What is her name?
Jocelyn Bell Burnell