Test your knowledge of Deaf Culture. Answers are at the bottom....DON'T CHEAT!!

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."

a. Greg Hlibok
b. Jeff Bravin
c. 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?

a. I'm Deaf, You're Deaf, Its Ok
b. I Don't Want That Button in My Ear
c. Deaf Like Me

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

a. Superfriends
b. Wee Pals
c. Rainbow's End

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

a. The Mute
b. Deaf Mutes National
c. The Gallaudet Guide and Deaf-Mutes' Companion

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

a. Roy Holcomb
b. Thomas Holcomb
c. 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?

a. Mervin Garretson
b. Robert Panara
c. Frederick Schreiber

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

a. 1971
b. 1964
c. 1968

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

a. Dummy Hoy
b. Luther Taylor
c. William Funkhouser

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

a. Kiki
b. Kula
c. Koko

10. Who was the first Miss Deaf America?

a. Mary Beth Barber
b. Ann Billington
c. 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