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1. Despite having his right foot amputated following a car accident, Welshman Tom Whittaker became the first disabled person to achieve what incredible feat?
2. Which renowned English physicist, whose published works include "A Brief History of Time", is paralyzed and unable to speak unaided due to Motor Neuron Disease?
3. Which American sprint champion overcame the debilitating effect of Grave's Disease to win three Olympic Gold Medals and five World Championships?
4. UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Kim Phuc suffered extensive burns to her back as a result of a napalm attack during which war?
5. Which former slave, hero of the Underground Railroad and suffragette, was injured so badly by an overseer that she suffered seizures, crippling headaches and probable frontal lobe epilepsy throughout her adult life?
6. Which French Impressionist artist continued to paint although his movement was severely restricted and his fingers deformed by rheumatoid arthritis?
7. American mathematical genius John Nash, who won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1978, struggled with which mental illness?
8. "My Left Foot" is the autobiography of which Irish poet, author and painter, who was incapable of speech or voluntary movement as a result of cerebral palsy?
9. Although afflicted with polio, who is the only US president to have been elected to more than two terms in office?
10. Which deaf US actress became the youngest person to win the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role?
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