Deaf Culture Quiz

Name the deaf boy who had the title role in the late seventies TV movie, "And Your Name is Jonah."

• Greg Hlibok

• Jeff Bravin

• Irving Jordan

• None of the above

What classic book was written by the parents of a little deaf girl, one of the rubella babies born in the sixties?

• I'm Deaf, You're Deaf, Its Ok

• I Don't Want That Button in My Ear

• Deaf Like Me

• None of the above

What children's program featured a deaf character called Supersign?

• Superfriends

• Wee Pals

• Rainbow's End

• None of the above

What was the name of the first regular publication for deaf people?

• The Mute

• Deaf Mutes National

• The Gallaudet Guide and Deaf-Mutes' Companion

• None of the above

Who wrote the deaf culture book "Hazards of Deafness"?

• Roy Holcomb

• Thomas Holcomb

• Marjorie Holcomb

• None of the above

Who is the 1942 Gallaudet College graduate who went on to become the Executive Director of the National Association of the Deaf?

• Mervin Garretson

• Robert Panara

• Frederick Schreiber

• Thomas H. Gallaudet

What year did the National Technical Institute for the Deaf open its doors?

• 1971

• 1964

• 1968

• 1955

What graduate of the Kansas School for the Deaf played professional baseball in the early 20th century?

• Dummy Hoy

• Luther Taylor

• William Funkhouser

• Jim Thorpe

What was the name of the famous gorilla of the seventies who knew sign language?

• Kiki

• Kula

• Koko

• Goma

Who was the first Miss Deaf America?

• Mary Beth Barber

• Ann Billington

• Heather Whitestone

• Susan B. Anthony