Orbis
Mentor
Execs
Orbis (International)
Visual Impairment
100

How long is one online session?

45 minutes

100

Who cooks super good curries?

Ms. Peggy

100

This exec really loves boba and matcha

April

100

Orbis International is a nonprofit primarily dedicated to preventing and treating problems involving this human sense.

sight/vision?

100

Does visual impairment always mean someone is completely blind?

No, visual impairment covers a very wide range of vision loss.

200

What platform hosts our online sessions?

Tencent Meeting

200

Who loves to knit and used to be an avid knitter?

(Mr. Gertzfield)

200

This exec has 9 years of experience dancing

Gisele

200

This famous Orbis program is a fully equipped ophthalmic teaching hospital located aboard an aircraft.

Flying Eye Hospital

200

What continent has especially high rates of myopia, or nearsightedness, among children?

Asia


300

What year was our club founded?

2020

300

Ms. Peggy can count 1-10 in __ different languages.

5

300

Who has played the clarinet for 7 years 

Gina

300

Orbis’s digital platform that uses e-learning, telemedicine, and AI to train eye-care professionals is called this.

Cybersight

300

What are cataracts?

A condition where the lens of the eye becomes cloudy, making vision blurry

400

What is our first event of the year last school year?

Mooncake festival event

400

Ms. Peggy can blank stare for __ minutes without blinking.

2

400

Which exec knows how to ride a unicycle

Andrew

400

According to Orbis, approximately this percentage of all vision loss worldwide is treatable or preventable.

90%

400

How many dots are in a standard Braille cell?

Six dots

500

What is the name of our community partner? (Hint: really famous robot name)

- Wally

500

Mr Gertzfield needs to lie down when he _____ at the doctor's office or he'll pass out.

gets his blood drawn

500

Which exec missed the first exec meeting

Justin Yuan

500

What does the word "Orbis" mean?

In Latin, it means "of the eye", and in Greek, it means "around the world."

500

Goalball is a Paralympic sport specifically created for people with visual impairments. How do players know where the ball is in this sport?

The ball has bells inside it, so players locate it by sound.