Deaf College Bowl Trivia Challenge!

Photo Description: Two coaches and four players of the University of Minnesota 2014 College Bowl team accompanied by their miniature version of the team mascot Goldy Gopher.

Do you have what it takes to win at Deaf College Bowl?

The following questions are examples of the nine categories of questions presented at the Deaf College Bowl championships held biennially during the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) conference.


(Answers will be posted in a later post - if you know the answers, go ahead and post it in the "Comments" section and see if you're right!)

ARTS & LITERATURE
What was the first book to be published in English in England?

SCIENCE, NATURE, & TECHNOLOGY
Rocks are classified into three categories - name all three.

HISTORY & POLITICS
From which French port did 200,000 British troops flee from on June 4, 1940?

ENTERTAINMENT
What candy produced by Willy Wonka allows the eater to suck on it and the candy itself will change colors but never get smaller, which makes it ideal for someone with little pocket money to spend on?

DEAF CULTURE
Which American state school was the first to serve both Deaf and blind children in 1839?

MATHEMATICS
Two men are credited with inventing calculus. Name both.

GEOGRAPHY
In order to address the language barrier of Switzerland which has three official languages, the country is oftentimes called by its original Roman name. What is that name?

SPORTS & LEISURE
Name the six original NHL teams.

CURRENT EVENTS
On Mother's Day in 2014, a snowstorm dumped a foot of snow in parts of which two American states?

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