Fun Trivia : Gibson, William Playwright

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Gibson, William Playwright

You are on a southbound train that has just left Boston Station. Your attention has been drawn to a young woman with sunglasses holding a doll, who is sitting a few seats ahead of you. You go up to her and ask her what her name is. What does she reply?

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Annie. Her name is Annie Sullivan. She is going to see the Keller family in Alabama and see if she can help them.



The woman tells you she is going to see the Kellers, and has been hired to teach their daughter who is deaf and blind. Is the woman you are talking to blind herself?

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No. She used to be blind. She has had nine operations to restore her sight.



What was wrong with Jimmy when he was put in the asylum?

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Broken leg. Annie was blind at the time, but Jimmy only had a broken leg. They were put there as kids because their mother had died and their dad could not care for them.



You go with the three individuals to the Keller homestead. When the woman first starts teaching Helen, she uses sign language. What is the first word she teaches her?

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Doll.



Uh-oh! Helen has just locked Annie in her room upstairs! Who will bring her down with a ladder?

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Captain Keller. He is practically carrying her down.



A few days later, Annie takes Helen out to the garden house in the yard. Who else is there with them?

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Percy. Percy is there to run errands. Annie wants two weeks alone with Helen to teach her things.



Two weeks later, Helen says her first words. What does she say?

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Wa. Wa.. She was trying to refill a water pitcher, when she realizes that water has a name. She says "Wa Wa" but means water.



Who played Helen in the 1962 movie version of this story?

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Patty Duke. Anne Bancroft played Annie Sullivan, Inga Swenson played Katie Keller and Dale Helen Bethea played Martha.