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Some questions and answers from reading many, many websites :fruit::
What was "the Kendall School" ? Gallaudet University – changed in 1954.
What is I. King Jordan’s first name? Irving!
Who is the first graduate with a college degree from Gally? Melville Ballard
First African American Gally graduate? Andrew Foster
What is Gally’s motto and what is its meaning? Ephphatha = Be opened.
What US President signed a law to start NTID? President Lyndon Johnson
What US President signed a law for Gally to award college degrees? President Abraham Lincoln.
Who said “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”? Helen Keller
What is the name of a famous deaf teacher with the namesign with fingers on a scar on the face? Laurent Clerc
How is ASL related to French? Laurent Clerc
Who was Juliette Low? Late HoH woman who started Girl Scouts in the US
Who was the first player in Major League Baseball to hit a grand slam? William Hoy (deaf at age 3)
Who is a “founding father of the internet” who is HoH? Vinton Cerf – now executive at Google
Who is the deaf person who has a county named after him? Erastus Smith – Deaf Smith County in Texas
What part of the USA had its own sign language: Martha’s Vineyard – Martha’s Vineyard Sign Language
What modern art master was late deafened? Goya
Who was a CODA and a scary silent movie star? Lon Chaney (Dracula)
Who was the first woman to swim the English Channel? Gertrude Ederle (HoH)
Who won the Nobel prize in 1975 because of his work on enzymes? Sir John Warcup Cornforth (childhood HoH and late deafened)
Who is the youngest person to run a mile in less than 4 minutes? Jim Ryun (early HoH and 3 times in Olympics – carried US flag in 1972 Olympics)
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Trivia from Deaf Trivia Facts… Did you know?
Cartoonist Carl Anderson creator of the cartoon "Henry" is deaf.
Two of the Osmond brothers and Nanette Fabray are deaf.
"Days of Our Lives" was the first soap opera to be Closed Captioned (they had a story line on at the time about a woman who was deaf).
The baseball hand count was started by a deaf athlete.
The football huddle was started by a deaf athlete.
The oldest professional journal in the United States is the "American Annals of the Deaf".
Deaf people have been identified among the list of the safest drivers.
There are over 100 school buildings, gymnasiums, libraries, streets, or large memorials named for deaf people in the United States.
Ludwig Van Beethoven was profoundly deaf when he composed the 9th Symphony.
Deaf people had to start their own insurance company before they could get insurance. Now their company National Fraternal Society is a ranking National Insurance business.
Archie Roosevelt (son of Teddy Roosevelt) learned American Sign Language from the White House police and loved using it everyday.
Stats prove that on average deaf people live longer than hearing people.
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Other links:
- Deaf Culture Trivia Quiz #1
- Deaf Culture Trivia Quiz #2
- About.Com: Deafness - Deaf Heritage - Big Quiz
HTH.
What was "the Kendall School" ? Gallaudet University – changed in 1954.
What is I. King Jordan’s first name? Irving!
Who is the first graduate with a college degree from Gally? Melville Ballard
First African American Gally graduate? Andrew Foster
What is Gally’s motto and what is its meaning? Ephphatha = Be opened.
What US President signed a law to start NTID? President Lyndon Johnson
What US President signed a law for Gally to award college degrees? President Abraham Lincoln.
Who said “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”? Helen Keller
What is the name of a famous deaf teacher with the namesign with fingers on a scar on the face? Laurent Clerc
How is ASL related to French? Laurent Clerc
Who was Juliette Low? Late HoH woman who started Girl Scouts in the US
Who was the first player in Major League Baseball to hit a grand slam? William Hoy (deaf at age 3)
Who is a “founding father of the internet” who is HoH? Vinton Cerf – now executive at Google
Who is the deaf person who has a county named after him? Erastus Smith – Deaf Smith County in Texas
What part of the USA had its own sign language: Martha’s Vineyard – Martha’s Vineyard Sign Language
What modern art master was late deafened? Goya
Who was a CODA and a scary silent movie star? Lon Chaney (Dracula)
Who was the first woman to swim the English Channel? Gertrude Ederle (HoH)
Who won the Nobel prize in 1975 because of his work on enzymes? Sir John Warcup Cornforth (childhood HoH and late deafened)
Who is the youngest person to run a mile in less than 4 minutes? Jim Ryun (early HoH and 3 times in Olympics – carried US flag in 1972 Olympics)
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Trivia from Deaf Trivia Facts… Did you know?
Cartoonist Carl Anderson creator of the cartoon "Henry" is deaf.
Two of the Osmond brothers and Nanette Fabray are deaf.
"Days of Our Lives" was the first soap opera to be Closed Captioned (they had a story line on at the time about a woman who was deaf).
The baseball hand count was started by a deaf athlete.
The football huddle was started by a deaf athlete.
The oldest professional journal in the United States is the "American Annals of the Deaf".
Deaf people have been identified among the list of the safest drivers.
There are over 100 school buildings, gymnasiums, libraries, streets, or large memorials named for deaf people in the United States.
Ludwig Van Beethoven was profoundly deaf when he composed the 9th Symphony.
Deaf people had to start their own insurance company before they could get insurance. Now their company National Fraternal Society is a ranking National Insurance business.
Archie Roosevelt (son of Teddy Roosevelt) learned American Sign Language from the White House police and loved using it everyday.
Stats prove that on average deaf people live longer than hearing people.
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Other links:
- Deaf Culture Trivia Quiz #1
- Deaf Culture Trivia Quiz #2
- About.Com: Deafness - Deaf Heritage - Big Quiz
HTH.
Kaitin
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Yw, Chase.
I read websites for hours because all was so interesting. I looked for information I don't see everywhere (Beethoven was deaf etc). Also I didn't want just celebrities, but I didn't know some musicians and artists - or all the musicians and artists really. :P
I stopped because I have studying, but if I find more I will post.
I read websites for hours because all was so interesting. I looked for information I don't see everywhere (Beethoven was deaf etc). Also I didn't want just celebrities, but I didn't know some musicians and artists - or all the musicians and artists really. :P
I stopped because I have studying, but if I find more I will post.