[NFBOH-Cleveland] Answers to the Trivia Questions

[Suzanne Turner]

Answers are Below!

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What was the original name of the Braille Monitor?

Answer: All story magazine

 

What was Dr. tenBroek's nickname?

Answer: Chick

 

Who was the first president of the student division?

Answer: James Gashel

 

What year was the NFB formed and where did they meet?  

Answer: 1940, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

 

In what three cities are the NFB training centers
<https://nfb.org/about-us/training-centers> 

Answer: Minneapolis, MN, Ruston, LA, and Denver, CO

 

What month is Meet the Blind Month?

Answer: October

 

What candy does Dr. Maurer hand out during seminars and convention?

Answer: M&M's

 

What is the PAC plan?

Answer: Pre-Authorized Check plan is a way for members to make a direct
automatic monthly contribution to the organization.

 

How many national scholarships are awarded each year to promising college
students at national convention?

Answer: 30

 

What was the date of the grand opening of the Jernigan Institute?

Answer: January 30, 2004

 

When was Louis Braille born?

Answer: January 4, 1809

 

What was the first newspaper on NFB-NEWSLINER?

Answer: US Today

 

In what convention city was Dr. Maurer first elected President?

Answer:  Kansas City, MO

 

What is the Independence Market?

Answer: NFB store located at the NFB headquarters

 

When did Dr. Maurer become president?

Answer: 1986

 

Name three members of the NFB board of directors
<https://nfb.org/about-us/leadership/board-directors> 

Answer: Mark Riccobono, President, Pam Allen, First Vice President, Ron
Brown, Second Vice President  

See more answers on the WWW.NFB.ORG <http://WWW.NFB.ORG> 

website

 

What does the acronym JAWS stand for? 

 Answer: Job Access with Speech

 

What is the name of the first kernel book?

Answer: What Color is the Sun?

 

Who is the Ohio Affiliate Vice President?

Answer: Sheri Albers

 

What City was the NFB of Ohio's State Convention held in 2018?

Answer: Strongsville

 

Where was the NFB Ohio Leadership Seminar held this year, and, at what
hotel?

Answer: Columbus Ohio, DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel

 

What month did the current Ohio Affiliate President take office?

Answer: 2016

 

How many local Chapters are in Ohio?

Answer: 9 -- At Large Chapter, Capital Chapter, Cincinnati Chapter,
Cleveland Chapter, Cuyahoga County Chapter, Lorain County Chapter, Miami
Valley Chapter, Springfield Chapter, Greater Akron Chapter, 

 

Who wrote Clothing, Grooming, and Social Acceptability: Part 1?

Answer: Barbara Pierce

 

Name six NFB Affiliate Presidents who served in Ohio.

Alfonzo Smith, Robert Eschbach, Barbara Pierce, Dr. JW Smith, Eric Duffy and
Richard Payne

 

Remember these answers. Prizes are to come at the Convention!

 

Dr. Carolyn Peters

Suzanne Turner

NFB of Ohio Membership Committee

Co-Chairs

 

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