ASL Club Trivia

Deaf History

100

A) Harvard University

B) Gallaudet University

C) National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)

D) Yale University

B) Gallaudet University

200

A) Alexander Graham Bell

B) Thomas Edison

C) Henry Ford

D) Benjamin Franklin

A) Alexander Graham Bell

300

A) It officially recognized sign languages worldwide

B) It banned the use of sign language in education in favor of oralism

C) It established Gallaudet University

D) It created the first international Deaf organization

B) Banned the use of sign language in education in favor of oralism

400

A) Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

B) Edward Miner Gallaudet

C) William Stokoe

D) Laurent Clerc

C) William Stokoe

500

A) Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

B) Laurent Clerc

C) Abbé Charles-Michel de l’Épée

D) Alexander Graham Bell

C) Abbé Charles-Michel de l’Épée

DPN

100

a) Deaf Person Needs

b) Deaf President Needed

c) Deaf President Now

d) Deaf Presence Needed

c) Deaf President Now

200

a) A Deaf candidate was selected to become president of Gallaudet University

b) A hearing candidate was selected to become president of Gallaudet University

c) A hearing candidate was selected to become president at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf

d) The students at Gallaudet University wanted to remove the president position

b) A hearing candidate was selected to become president of Gallaudet University

300

a) 1988

b) 1987

c) 1986

d) 1985

a) 1988

400

a) At the next election, a Deaf president should be elected

b) Have the current president step down and elect Harvey Corson

c) No reprisals against the staff of Gallaudet University

d) 51% of the Board of Trustees need to be Deaf

d) 51% of the Board of Trustees need to be Deaf

500

a) Jerry Covell

b) Elisabeth Zinser

c) Greg Hlibok

d) Tim Rarus

b) Elisabeth Zinser (she was the hearing president selected which sparked the movement)

Grammar

100

a) location

b) orientation

c) fingerspelling

d) handshape

c) fingerspelling

The 5 parameters are location, orientation, handshape, NMMs, and motion!

200

a) eyebrows down

b) eyes squinted

c) eyebrows neutral

d) eyebrows up

d) eyebrows up

300

a) to describe something smooth

b) to describe something large

c) to describe something thick

d) to describe something small

b) to describe something large

400

a) talk

b) call

c) eat

d) learn

b) call

500

a) Semantic Classifier (SCL)

b) Body Classifier (BCL)

c) Body Part Classifier (BPCL)

d) Descriptive Classifier (DCL)

c) Body Part Classifier (BPCL)

Famous People

100

a) Sean Berdy

b) Linda Bove

c) Nyle Dimarco

d) Marlee Matlin

d) Marlee Matlin

200

a) Basketball 

b) Baseball

c) Football

d) Wrestling

b) Baseball

300

a) Nyle Dimarco

b) Daniel Durant

c) Troy Kotsur

d) Sean Berdy

a) Nyle Dimarco

400

a) Bluey

b) Sesame Street

c) Mickey Mouse

d) Paw Patrol

b) Sesame Street

500

a) Nyle Dimarco

b) Ryan Lane

c) Troy Kotsur

d) Sean Berdy

c) Troy Kotsur

Fun Facts

100

A) Ohio School for the Deaf's recreational team

B) Gallaudet University's football team

C) the Browns

D) a 6 year old Deaf boy

B) Gallaudet University's football team

200

A) the stomach flu

B) seasonal allergies

C) motion sickness

D) migraines

C) motion sickness

300

A) FM systems

B) Closed Captions

C) Cochlear Implants

D) TTY

D) TTY

400

A) volleyball

B) baseball

C) cricket

D) golf

B) baseball

500

A) participated in experiments for NASA to test a flight simulator

B) formed the first Deaf soccer team

C) won a mock-trial debate against the top public universities in the US

D) flash mobbed in malls throughout the 1980s

A) participated in experiments for NASA to test a flight simulator