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1. Art Tatum was a key performer in the American jazz scene and was a virtuoso of which instrument?
2. Louis Braille invented a system of reading for the visually impaired. How was Braille visually impaired?
3. Born in Uganda Tofiri Kibuucka became one of the first blind people to climb which mountain?
4. Dana Elcar developed glaucoma which led to his blindness on the set of which television series where he played the role of Pete Thornton from the Phoenix Foundation?
5. Bela the Blind was the king of which landlocked European country from 1131 until his death in 1141?
6. A view that the poet Homer was blind stems from his description of the character Demodokos from "The Odyssey".
7. Fill in the blank to identify the gospel group, formed in Talladega in 1944, that made it their self-proclaimed goal to "spiritually uplift audiences". The Blind Boys of _____
8. Upon retirement Trischa Zorn, with 55 medals to her name, stood as the most successful Paralympian to that date. In which discipline did she compete in at these games?
9. Eminent mathematician Leonhard Euler lost his sight at age 59. Did this adversely affect his output?
10. Blinded at age twelve in a baseball accident Ed Lucas managed to strike a career in which field normally reserved for the sighted?
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