DEAF HISTORY

*Which was the second school for both deaf and blind students established in 1885?*

*Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind*

*What was the first sign language in the world?*

*French Sign Language*

*First National Association of the Deaf female president.*

*Gertrude Galloway*

*North Carolina opened a third school for the Deaf in this city in 1975.*

*Greensboro*

*Who wrote "Deafness and the Deaf in the United States?"*

*Harry Best*

*Where is American School for the Deaf located?*

*Hartford, Connecticut*

*___________________ , Miss Alabama, became the first deaf woman to be crowned Miss America in 1995.*

*Heather Whitestone*

*Who were the first Deaf ordained clergymen in America?*

*Henry W. Syle and AW Mann*

*Who was the first deaf president of Gallaudet University?*

*I. King Jordan*

*Who was the first deaf African-American woman to graduate from Gallaudet College in 1957?*

*Ida Wynette Gray Hampton*

*What is the name of the school that Charles-Michel de l'Épée founded?*

*Institution Nationale des Sourds-Muets à Paris* or *The National School for the Deaf in Paris.*

*________________ published Deaf Heritage in 1981.*

*Jack Gannon*

*Who was the first African-American student at Gallaudet?*

*James Gilbert, Jr.*

*He published the first sign language book.*

*Juan Pablo Bonet*

*A late deaf adult founded the Girl Scouts of America in Savannah, Georgia in 1912. What was her name?*

*Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low*

*When was Kendall School for the Deaf established?*

*June 13, 1857*

*Which school for the Deaf is the first school for the Deaf to be supported by the state?*

*Kentucky School for the Deaf*

*Who invented American Sign Language?*

*Laurent Clerc and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet*

*The American School for the Deaf was founded by ________, _____________ and _______________ in Hartford, Connecticut in 1817, where sign language was used in Deaf education.*

*Laurent Clerc, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, and Mason Cogswell*

*_______________ won an Oscar for her first ever movie performance. She performed the role of Sarah in Children of a Lesser God.*

*Marlee Matlin*

*Who was the first graduate of Gallaudet College?*

*Melville Ballard*

*What was the name of the first school for deaf black children in 1869?*

*North Carolina School for Colored Deaf and Blind*

*The first deaf winner of The CW's America's Next Top Model Cycle 22.*

*Nyle DiMarco*

*Who opened the first school for the Deaf in Europe around 1550?*

*Pedro Ponce de Leon*

* __________________ won a Tony for her performance in Children of a Lesser God on Broadway in 1980.*

*Phyllis Frelich*

*Who said this..."Deaf people cannot speak; therefore, Deaf people lack intelligence."*

*Plato*

*_______________, who is deaf, invents the teletypewriter (TTY), which enables deaf people to use phone lines to call each other and type out their conversations.*

*Robert Weitbrecht*

*What is the name of the curriculum published, written and produced by Deaf authors Ella Mae Lentz and Ken Mikos for American Sign Language classes?*

*Signing Naturally*

*What is the name of the first Catholic School for the Deaf in America in 1837?*

*St. Joseph's School for the Deaf*

*Deanne Bray played a deaf FBI employee based on a real-life person named ________ who had really worked for the FBI.*

*Sue Thomas*

*______________ signed into law by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 for people with disabilities.*

*The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)*

*What was American School for the Deaf originally named in 1817?*

*The Connecticut Asylum (at Hartford) for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons*

*What was the name of the first association of the Deaf in 1865?*

*The Empire State Association of the Deaf*

*What is the second school for the Deaf founded in America in 1818?*

*The New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb*

*Who taught l'Épée how to sign?*

*Two Deaf Sisters*

*The first school to integrate deaf and blind students in 1839.*

*Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind*

*The first deaf school in this state was short-lived. It was established in 1815 by Col. William Bolling with John Braidwood as teacher, it closed in the fall of in 1816.*

*Virginia*

*North Carolina opened a second school for the Deaf in this city in 1965.*

*Wilson*

*_________________ was founded and was the first company to deliver life-changing wireless communications services to deaf or hard of hearing people in 1994.*

*Wynd Communications*

*_______________ was the first two-way pager marketed to the deaf and hard-of-hearing community in 1998.*

*Wyndtell*

*Early Christians equated Deafness to _____________.*

*sin*

*__________ was founded by brothers, Joel and Jed Barrish in 2003.*

*DeafNation*

*______________ was the first deaf person to star in a TV program in 2002.*

*Deanne Bray-Kotsur* *or* *Deanne Bray*

*Who wrote "Deaf Artists in America?"*

*Deborah M. Sonnenstrahl*

*When was American School for the Deaf established?*

*1817*

*When did American Annals of the Deaf (AAD) began publication in Hartford at American School for the Deaf?*

*1846*

*What year did Gallaudet College open in which the enabling act was signed by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War?*

*1864*

*When the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) was established in Cincinnati, Ohio?*

*1880*

*When did Gallaudet College start admitting female students?*

*1886*

*When was the first electric hearing aid (radio aid) developed?*

*1901*

*What year did the behind the ear hearing aid becomes available?*

*1950*

*When was Junior National Association of the Deaf (JRNAD) established for deaf youths?*

*1960*

*When the National Deaf Bowling Association was organized?*

*1964*

*When The National Technical Institute for the Deaf at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester established?*

*1965*

*When was the National Theater of the Deaf established?*

*1966*

*When did National Association of the Deaf (NAD) hosted first Miss Deaf America Pageant in Miami Beach, FL?*

*1972*

*When was Closed Captioning authorized by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)?*

*1976*

*When the National Black Deaf Advocates was founded?*

*1982*

*When did Gallaudet College became Gallaudet University?*

*1986*

*When did the first Deaf President Now Movement happened at Gallaudet University?*

*1988*

*What year was Miss Deaf USA contest began in Los Vegas, Nevada?*

*2005*

*How old was Alice Cogswell when she died in 1831?*

*25 years old*

*_________________ was concerned about intermarriage among deaf and stated they should not marry because this isolated the deaf from hearing society and encouraged births of deaf children. This sparked debate for prohibition of marriage among the deaf.*

*Alexander G. Bell*

*Who was the first deaf woman to graduate from Gallaudet in 1892?*

*Alto Lowman*

*What is the first school for the Deaf in America?*

*American School for the Deaf*

*Who was the first African American graduate of Gallaudet College in 1954?*

*Andrew Foster*

*First Miss Deaf America in 1972.*

*Ann Billington*

*He established the first free public school for the deaf in 1771.*

*Charles Michel de L'Eppe*

*He started a school for the Deaf in France. He is considered "the father of the Deaf education."*

*Charles-Michel de l'Épée*

*World Congress of the Deaf met in ___________________ in 1893.*

*Chicago*

*The statue of Thomas H. Gallaudet and Alice Cogswell, was sculpted by _____________ in 1889.*

*Daniel Chester French*