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100

Famous actress known for Signing Naturally books (and Marvel)

Lauren Ridloff

100

1st Deaf president of Gallaudet University.

Who is I. King Jordan?

100

Deaf artist who developed DE VIA. Signs are portrayed within his art pieces.

Chuck Baird

100

Back in the day Gallaudet University developed something still used in the game of football.

What is the huddle?

100

Feature of ASL consisting of descriptors of actions, shapes, etc. that encompass a category. Widely used in storytelling.  We used them frequently in our car unit.

Classifiers

200

First cultural movie you see in ASL I with a C.O.D.A. but the Deaf mother is portrayed as being very difficult and not liking "hearing."

Love Is Never Silent

200

Girl who inspired Gallaudet to create a Deaf school

Alice Cogswell

200

Black Deaf woman who was a well-known storyteller and poet

Nathie Marbury

200

Deaf children with hearing parents.

90% 

200

Common feature in ASL, used to demonstrate dialoging

Role Shifting (RS or ROLE-SHIFT)

300

First female Deaf actor to win an Oscar.

Marlee Matlin

300

First Deaf teacher in the United States

Who is Laurent Clerc?

300

Prominent figure in ASL poetry, making it be recognized as a form of art.

Who is Clayton Valli?

300

ASL is not universal but used in what two countries?

America and Canada except for Quebec.

300

Number handshape used the least in ASL

SEVEN

400

Deanna Bray who is married to Troy Kostur starred in what Television Series?

What is FBEYE?

400

Infamous meeting held without participation of the Deaf, mandating oralism and no sign language (Bonus points for year)

Milan Conference

1880

400

Deaf artist who made vibrant art depicting her life growing up oral, embracing the DE VIA movement, and is an activist through her art.

Who is Nancy O'Rourke?

400

To ask a WH question in ASL you must...

and 

To ask a Y/N question in ASL you must...

Lower your eyebrows


Raise your eyebrows

400

To sign a title of a story in ASL you must...

Fingerspell and then you can sign it

500

First male Deaf actor to win an Academy award

Troy Kotsur

500

Name some methods of signing that have been used throughout history (Points for each method mentioned)

Rochester method

SEE (Signed Exact English)

Sim-Com

ASL

PSE

500

Ms. Martinez's favorite Deaf storyteller.  You have seen some of his stories.  He is now a professor at Gallaudet.

Who is Ben Bahan? 

500

ASL is unique because it does not have a component that other languages have...

A vocal component.

500

Name three components of ASL Storytelling

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