Places
Established in 1967, this museum is a Smithsonian Institution affiliate and the only pan-Asian Pacific American community-based museum in the United States.
Wing Luke Museum
What is Shang-Chi and the Legends of the Ten Rings
This drink originated from Taiwan where it includes many flavors and tapioca pearls.
Boba Tea/Bubble Tea
This month was chosen for AAPI Heritage Month to commemorate the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.
May
This is a baseball club in which Shohei Ohtani, a famous Japanese baseball player, currently plays as a designated hitter and pitcher.
What is LA Dodgers
The location in California where it is estimated that a million Asian Americans were processed for immigration between 1910 and 1940.
Angel Island
This is a Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Hayao Miyazaki in 1988.
What is My Neighbor Totoro
This starchy root vegetable is a staple across the Pacific, and this is mashed to create the Hawaiian dish known as Poi.
Taro
This group of skilled navigators used the stars, ocean currents, and bird flight patterns to settle islands across the vast Pacific thousands of years ago.
Polynesians
The location of the gravesite where Bruce Lee, a famous mixed martial artist, is buried.
What is Seattle (Lakeview Cemetery in Capitol Hill)
This place officially became a part of the United States in 1959.
Hawai'i
A 2016 Disney animated musical film, Moana, took inspiration from this PI history.
What is Polynesian
Although similar dishes in Japan existed beforehand, this particular Seattle-style version was created and adapted by Toshihiro Kasahara in 1976
Chicken Teriyaki
The name of the last sovereign monarch of Hawaii before being illegally overthrown by American colonist in 1893.
Queen Lili'uokalani
Name two players of AAPI Heritage descent from the Seahawks.
Who are Leonard Williams, Zach Charbonnet, Jason Myers, Brandon Pili, George Holani, Ty Okada
This location - nicknamed "Camp Harmony" - was the first place Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II.
Puyallup
An American actress, considered the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood, as well as the first Chinese American actress to gain international recognition.
Who is Anna May Wong
This is a classic Chinese American dish that was popularized during the mid-1800s.
What is Chop Suey
As early as the year 1765 and through the 1800s, these Filipino sailors, known as “Manilamen,” who worked as crew or indentured servants aboard Spanish galleons, jumped ship and established the first Filipino American communities in this state.
Louisiana
According to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), this sport has the highest percentage of AAPI student-athletes across all sports. (2022-2023)
What is Fencing (28% women, 23% men)
The location where Filipino and Mexican farmworkers led a 5-year strike which led to higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions for the farmworkers.
Delano, CA
The author of the famous book 'Yellowface,' which critiques the publishing industry, cultural appropriation, and social media.
Who is R.F. Kuang
This Samoan dish, consists of taro leaves wrapped around a filling of coconut cream and sometimes fish or meat, then baked in the umu until tender and rich in flavor.
Palusami
Archaeologists and linguists suggest that Polynesians made frequent contact with this Native American tribe in Central California around 400 - 800 BCE.
Chumash tribe in Santa Barbara, CA.
The first Asian American woman to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics.
Who is Kristi Yamaguchi