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He is known by the nickname The Rock, and is a Samoan American actor, producer, former football player and retired professional wrestler.

a. Jason Momoa

b. Dwayne Johnson

c. Jay Laga’aia

d. KJ Apa

b. Dwayne Johnson

100

Who is considered by many to be one of the most influential martial artists of all time and was the founder of a hybrid martial arts philosophy called Jeet Kune Do, which paved the way for modern mixed martial arts (MMA)?

a. Jackie Chan

b. Jet Li

c. Bruce Lee

d. Stephen Chow

c. Bruce Lee

100

Who created YouTube?

A. Mark Zuckerberg

B. Steve Chen

C. Ajay Bhatt

B. Steve Chen

100

What did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?

a. Closed many Chinese-owned businesses

b. Prevented many Chinese Americans from enjoying public facilities

c. Excluded Chinese homeowners from buying a house

d. Placed a limit on Chinese immigration

100

Which of the following is a region under the term, Pacific Island?

a. Melanesia (New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and Solomon Islands)

b. Micronesia (Marianas, Guam, Wake Island, Palau, Marshall Islands, and more)

c. Polynesia (New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, Midway Islands, and more)

d. All of the above

200

Who was the first Asian American to Win an Olympic Gold medal?

a. Victoria Manalo Draves

b. Sunisa Lee

c. Lee Kiefer

d. Chloe Kim

a. Victoria Manalo Draves

200

He is a Japanese American actor, author and activist best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu in the television series Star Trek. He is also in the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in television in 1986.

a. Mako Iwamatsu

b. George Takei

c. Ken Watanabe

d. Hiroyuki Sanada

b. George Takei

200

Who was the co-founder of Zoom?

A. Eric Yuan

B. Dr. David Ho

C. Don Chang

A. Eric Yuan

200

Which law designated May as the AAPI heritage month?

a. Public Law 101-283

b. House Joint Resolution 540

c. Public Law 102-450

d. House Joint Resolution 1007

c. Public Law 102-450

200

Who were predominantly seen and depicted as a threat to American Laborers in industries such as manufacturing and mining?

a. Filipinos

b. Indians

c. Chinese

d. Japanese

c. Chinese

300

Who was the first woman of color and first Asian American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives?

a. Thelma Garcia Buchholdt

b. Patsy Matsu Takemoto

c. Chien-Shiung Wu

d. Mary Tape

b. Patsy Matsu Takemoto

300

Who is the first governor in the United States of East Asian descent and the only Chinese American ever to have served as a governor of any state?

a. Gary Faye Locke

b. David Ho

c. Steve Chen

d. Jerry Yang

a. Gary Faye Locke

300

What did Lin Hsiu Hui invent?

A. Pudding

B. Boba Tea

C. Green Tea

B. Boba Tea

300

Who issued the first presidential proclamation for Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage week?

a. George H.W. Bush

b. Jimmy Carter

c. Ronald Reagan

d. Gerald Ford

b. Jimmy Carter

300

Why was May chosen to be the AAPI heritage month?

a. Because the first Japanese immigrated to America in May

b. Because the transcontinental railroad was finished in May

c. Because the first Chinese immigrated to America in May

d. Both a and c

400

Who made significant contributions to the study of nuclear physics and is the first woman to serve as president of the American Physical Society?

a. Dr. Kazue Togasaki

b. Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu

c. Yuri Kochiyama

d. Dr. Me-Iung Ting

b. Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu

400

She was a suffragist who mobilized the Chinese community in America to support women’s right to vote.

a. Tye Leung Schulze

b. Sue Ko Lee

c. Grace Lee Boggs

d. Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee

400

Who invented the stir fry pan?

A. Esther Park

B. Celine Tam

C. Joyce Chen

400

What year did George H.W. Bush sign a bill that passed by Congress to extend Asian-American Heritage Week to a month?

a. 1993

b. 1990

c. 1995

d. 1999

b. 1990

400

How many languages are spoken in Asia?

a. 500

b. 2300

c. 3320+

b. 2300

500

Who became the first Indian American in space?

a. Kalpana Chawla

b. Sunita Pandya Williams

c. Raja Chari

d. Sirisha Bandla

a. Kalpana Chawla

500

Who was the first and only queen to rule the Hawaiian islands?

a. Bernice Pauahi Bishop

b. Kaahumanu

c. Liliʻuokalani

d. Isabella Aiona Abbott

c. Liliʻuokalani

500

What did Peter Tsai invent?

A. The Pfizer Vaccine

B. Gloves

C. The N95 mask

500

Which day marks the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants to the United States?

a. May 7, 1843

b. May 5, 1843

c. May 2 1843

d. May 8, 1843

a. May 7, 1843

500

What does ‘yellow face’ mean?

a. Makeup white actors put on to imitate Asians in movies

b. A racial slur against Asians

c. Another name for Asians

d. A way to identify Asians from other races

a. Makeup white actors put on to imitate Asians in movies