Deaf Culture Mini-Quiz

In 1981, Jack Gannon published a book that has since become a classic - Deaf Heritage. The answers to the questions in this mini-quiz can be found in Deaf Heritage. Have fun!

1. 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

2. 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

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

• Superfriends
• Wee Pals
• Rainbow's End

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

• The Mute
• Deaf Mutes National
• The Gallaudet Guide and Deaf-Mutes' Companion

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

• Roy Holcomb
• Thomas Holcomb
• Marjorie Holcomb

6. 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

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

• 1971
• 1964
• 1968

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

• Dummy Hoy
• Luther Taylor
• William Funkhouser

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

• Kiki
• Kula
• Koko

10. Who was the first Miss Deaf America?

• Mary Beth Barber
• Ann Billington
• Heather Whitestone

Mini-Quiz Answers!

1. Jeff Bravin
2. Deaf Like Me
3. Rainbow's End
4. The Gallaudet Guide and Deaf-Mutes' Companion
5. Roy Holcomb
6. Frederick Schrieber
7. 1968
8. Luther Taylor
9. Koko
10. Ann Billington