Q 01/05

Which US president signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law?

A) George H. W. Bush

B) Bill Clinton

C) Jimmy Carter

D) Ronald Reagan

Answer · why

A) George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush. As he lifted his pen on the White House lawn he said, "Let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down."

Q 02/05

Under the ADA's employment title, employers with at least how many employees are covered?

A) 5

B) 8

C) 10

D) 15

Answer · why

D) 15

Employment agencies, labor unions and joint labor-management committees are covered too.

Q 03/05

What did disability rights protesters in Washington do in March 1990 to demand passage of the ADA?

A) Camped outside the Supreme Court

B) Crawled up the Capitol steps

C) Occupied the Lincoln Memorial

D) Blockaded the Pentagon

Answer · why

B) Crawled up the Capitol steps

Crawled up the Capitol steps. Protesters left wheelchairs and crutches at the bottom, and the youngest of them, eight-year-old Jennifer Keelan, pulled...

Q 04/05

The Paralympics grew out of a 1948 sports competition for British war veterans held at which hospital?

A) Addenbrooke's

B) St Thomas'

C) Stoke Mandeville

D) Great Ormond Street

Answer · why

C) Stoke Mandeville

Stoke Mandeville. Injured servicemen and women competed in archery there on the day the London Olympics opened, and Dutch veterans joined in 1952 to m...

Q 05/05

Which German-Jewish neurologist founded the games that became the Paralympics?

A) Ludwig Guttmann

B) Karl Montan

C) Antonio Maglio

D) Hans Asperger

Answer · why

A) Ludwig Guttmann

Ludwig Guttmann. Dismissed from his post under the Nazis' ban on Jewish doctors, he emigrated to England, where sport became part of his treatment for...