Pop Culture
This Chinese Icelandic jazz pop singer won a Grammy in 2024 for Traditional Pop Vocal Album for her album Bewitched.
Who is Laufey
This peninsula in East Asia is currently divided into two countries.
What is Korea
This plant, originally from China, Tibet, Myanmar, and India, is used to make one of the most popular drinks in the world by steeping its leaves in hot water.
What is Tea
This Mongol conqueror is known for creating and ruling what was considered to be the largest empire in world history. (Before the British overtook him.)
Who is Genghis Khan
This big holiday marks the beginning of the new year for the Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese communities.
What is Lunar New Year/Chūnjié/Seollal/Tết
This is the famous Hong-Kong American martial artist founder of Jeet Kune Do, movie star, director, and philosopher who attended the University of Washington, opened his first martial arts school in Seattle, and is now buried in Volunteer Park next to his late son.
Who is Bruce Lee/Lee Jun-Fan
This is the city where the first Chinatown in the US was built.
What is San Francisco
This plant-based, protein rich dip is named after its primary ingredient, chickpeas, in Arabic.
What is Hummus
This is the Arabic name of the Zionist ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people where over 700,000 Palestinians were violently displaced which began in 1948 and is still ongoing today with the current genocide in Palestine.
What is The Nakba (The catastrophe)
This is the title of the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism.
What is The Dalai Lama
This TV show created by Mindy Kaling follows high schooler Devi Vishwakumar as she navigates relationships with her friends, family, and love interests.
What is Never Have I Ever
This is the 3rd longest river in Asia that runs through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
What is The Mekong River
This prepackaged, instant food invented by Taiwanese immigrant and naturalized Japanese citizen Go Pek-Hok (Ando Momofuku) was created to provide a cheap and convenient meal for people in Japan during a post World War Two food shortage.
What is Instant Ramen
This Filipino American union organizer who worked alongside Cesar Chavez fought for the labor rights of farmworkers.
Who is Larry Itliong
This portable circular tent is used by nomadic groups across Central Asia and Mongolia.
What is A yurt/ger
This is the Hmong American gymnast from Minnesota who was the 2020 Olympic all-around gold medalist and uneven bars bronze medalist and the 2024 Olympic all-around and uneven bars bronze medalist.
Who is Suni Lee
This mountainous region between Northern India and Pakistan is currently militarily disputed by both countries.
What is Kashmir
This is the invasive fruit originally native to South America that the Dole plantation company is known for large-scale producing in Hawaii, for which they helped overthrow the Hawaiian Kingdom to continue profiting off of and became so successful that this fruit is now associated with Hawaii.
What is Pineapple
This stateless East and Southeast Asian ethnic group was recruited and mostly betrayed by the US CIA after making a deal to fight for the US in the Vietnam War in exchange for being allowed to come to America. There is a large community of refugees of this ethnic group that live in Minnesota.
Who are The Hmong people
This is the official language of Iran.
What is Farsi
This Indian American Muslim comedian is a former correspondent of The Daily Show and hosted the political comedy show The Patriot Act.
Who is Hasan Minhaj
This island in the South Pacific known for its huge moai stone sculptures with large heads was colonized by Chile and now is currently a Chilean province.
What is Rapa Nui/Easter Island
This South Asian curry dish made with chicken, tomatoes, cream, and various spices is thought to be created by Bangladeshi immigrant chefs in England and is widely eaten in India but became so popular in the UK that many British people consider it their “national dish.” (lol)
What is Chicken Tikka Masala
This Indigenous Pacific Islander group native to Aotearoa or New Zealand were one of the only indigenous peoples who’ve won reparations for colonialism in 73 settlements from the New Zealand government from 1998 to 2018.
Who are The Māori people.
This Japanese author who wrote short stories in the 1910s and 20s, such as Rashomon, In a Grove, and The Spider’s Thread has the most prestigious literature prize in Japan named after him.
Who is Akutagawa Ryunosuke