Sight:
Famous Blind People
Famous Blind People
This famous person was born both blind and deaf?
A: Hellen Keller
B: Polly Thomson
A: Who is Hellen Keller. Hellen flew a plane for 20 minutes wit co-pilot Polly Thomson
A common greeting where the ends of two peoples arms meet and move up and down
What is a handshake
True or false- saliva in your mouth helps you swallow food when you eat?
True
Approximately 80% of what we experience as taste is actually this.
What is smell
This technology helps people to hear better
What is a hearing aid
This famous person lost his sense of sight when he was 6 years old.
A: Andrea Bocelli
B: Ray Charles
B: Who is Ray Charles? Andrea Bocelli lost his eyesight at 12 years old.
What body part(s) help us touch?
Our skin and hands
True or false: you eat a bag of rotten grapes, which sense tells you to spit them out?
The sense of taste
True or False: Are these the 7 basic smells?
True
Sound is created by this rapid back-and-forth movement of an object
What is a vibration
This famous person grew up to be a famous Author despite being blind and deaf. She was also the first deaf-blind college graduate.
A: Haben Girma
B: Hellen Keller
B: Who is Hellen Keller.
Haben Girma was the first deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School in 2013.
A rough, tight embrace that may also be used in wrestling
What is a bear hug
This term describes a taste bud's defense mechanism, often found in black coffee, dark chocolate, and tonic water.
What is bitter?
Pigs are often used to find this specific item due to their excellence sense of smell
What are truffles
This phenomenon occurs when sound waves bounce off a hard surface, creating a distinct repeating sound
What is echo?
This famous blind person from infancy grew up to write songs, sing, and play piano
A: Stevie Wonder
B: Ray Charles
A: Who is Stevie Wonder
This iconic song by The Beatles became their first number-one hit in the United States and is credited with igniting Beatlemania across America.
What is "I want to Hold Your Hand."
A facial expression common after eating extremely acidic foods
What is a sour face
The strong, refreshing aroma of this wintergreen-scented herb can act as a natural decongestant, opening up your nasal passages when you inhale it deeply.
What is peppermint
This characteristic of sound determines whether a note is high or low and is measured in Hertz (Hz).
What is pitch?
What do you have when you are unaware in a certain area of your perception or understanding?
What is a blind spot.
In Greek mythology, the ability to turn things you come in contact with to gold
What is Midas Touch
This term describes a taste bud's defense mechanism, often found in black coffee, dark chocolate, and tonic water.
What is pesto?
Why can a familiar scent, like a childhood meal, immediately trigger powerful memories?
The olfactory bulb which processes scents, is directly connected to the part of the brain that controls memory and emotion.
A strategy used by some animals to identify objects in their environment using sound
What is echolocation