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100
This Indian American comedian, writer, and political commentator is best known for his work on The Daily Show and Patriot Act.
Who is Hasan Minhaj?
100
This Hindu festival of lights, celebrated around October and November.
What is Diwali?
100
Dim Sum is usually eaten during this time of day.
What is Morning?
100
This is the name of Japan's capital city.
What is Tokyo?
100
She made history when she became the first Asian American vice president.
Who is Kamala Harris?
200
This basketball player was booted from numerous teams before setting off a month-long winning streak with the New York Knicks
Who is Jeremy Lin?
200
This tile base game was developed in China with variations found in parts of China, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia. The goal of the game is to create a winning hand with tile sets of triples and a pair.
What is Mahjong?
200
This country is where bubble tea originated from.
What is Taiwan?
200
This is the longest river in Southeast Asia.
The Mekong River
From the Tibetan Plateau the river runs through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
200
It is the Island which served as a major Asian immigrant processing center on the west coast.
What is Angel Island?
300
This South Korean Netflix Show gained incredible popularity in 2021.
What is "Squid Game"?
300
This two piece garment is the national traditional wear for women in Vietnam.
What is ao dai?
300
This noodle soup is popular in the Vietnamese cuisine where its served usually with beef, Asian basil, cilantro, lime juice and bean sprouts.
What is pho?
300
Jakarta is the capital city of this Southeast Asian country.
What is Indonesia?
300
The narrator in The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen is an undercover agent during this war.
The Vietnam War
400
Set and filmed in India, this 2008 drama film won 8 academy awards and grossed over 377 million dollars.
What is Slumdog Millionaire?
400
In Chinese superstition, this object should never be given as a present to another person meaning a time to the end of life.
What is a clock?
400
Originated in Southeast Asia, literally mean “sour-tasting”, this food has spread to southern China before introduced to Japan, used as a preserving process where salted fish was wrapped in soured fermenting rice.
What is sushi?
400
This country houses the oldest university in Asia.
Where is the Philippines?
The West Visayas State University was established in 1924.
400
It was this European Nation that had ruled over the Philippines for over three centuries.
What is the Spanish empire?
500
With the release of this Disney movie, Domee Shi is the first woman to solo-direct a Pixar film in the studio’s 36-year history.
What is "Turning Red"?
500
This paper representing money is often burned as offerings in many Asian ancestral worship activities/festivals.
Joss paper/Incense paper
500
This plant is native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia and is used to create a yellow color spice often found in curry powder.
What is turmeric?
500
This state is home to the oldest known permanent Asian American settlement.
What is Louisiana?
Immigrants from the Philippines were the first recorded settlement of Asians in the United States.
500
Congress expanded Asian and Pacific American Heritage Week to a month-long celebration by Congress in this decade.
What are the '90s?