ASL Deaf history month Quiz!

What is Gallaudet University?

Who was the first Deaf person to win an Oscar?

What was the first animated show to have a character use sign language?

Who was the first Deaf major league baseball player who allegedly created the hand signals still used today?

When was the first permanent school for the Deaf founded in America?

Juliette Gordon Low, who founded the Girl Scouts, was Deaf.

What presidents signed charters to create an elementary and secondary school for the Deaf under Gallaudet?

The sculptor of the Lincoln Memorial also sculpted a statue of Thoman Hopkins Gallaudet and his first Deaf student.

Where is/are the schools for the Deaf in NC?

What year did closed captioning become available?

This actor is deaf in one ear

BONUS: Who is the current president of NAD (national association of the deaf)?

Where was the first public Deaf school in the world?

ASL is just english in sign form

When was the TTY (telephone typewriter) invented?

What team did Derrick Coleman, the first offensive Deaf player in the NFL, play for?

Which school did Laurent Clerc, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, and Mason Cogswell found?

When was the first electric hearing aid formally invented?

Which sign language is most similar to American Sign Language (ASL)?

Where is Gallaudet?

When was the first attempt to aid hearing through electricity?

Why is Deaf history month in April?

Most Deaf children are born to deaf parents.

Who is Andrew Foster?

When were the Deaf President Now protests at Gallaudet University?