Food & Culture
This seed-based grain is a staple of many Asian diets.
What is rice?
This Filipino American pop singer achieved breakout success in the last year with songs from the album "Sour."
Who is Olivia Rodrigo?
Americans of this Asian group were forcibly imprisoned during World War II over unsupported government fears that they would serve their ancestral country.
Who are Japanese Americans?
This Asian country has the world's largest film industry, putting out over a thousand movies annually in numerous languages.
What is India/Bollywood/Indian cinema?
This station in Usdan is named for an Asian country, although its connection to said country is debatable at best.
What is the Mongolian Grill?
This Korean alcoholic beverage is commonly found in green glass bottles.
What is soju?
This Japanese American indie rock singer-songwriter, who released new music this week, is a favorite of many Wes students.
Who is Mitski?
This US law, passed in 1882 and repealed in 1943, was the only law in American history to prohibit the immigration of a specific national group.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This violent South Korean TV series became a breakout hit this month, becoming Netflix's number 1 show.
What is Squid Game?
These are the five Asian languages offered at Wesleyan.
What are Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, Korean, Hindi-Urdu, and Arabic?
Despite being popularly associated with Chinese American cuisine, fortune cookies actually trace their origins to this group and place. (Points for one, double points for both)
Who are Japanese Americans in California?
This K-pop label is known for producing groups such as Exo and Red Velvet.
What is SM Entertainment?
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month takes place this month, having been officially designated by Congress in 1992.
What is May?
This Indian American actress and comedian is best known for her role in The Office, also starring in an eponymous sitcom that was the first to feature a South Asian American lead
Who is Mindy Kaling?
Name three Asian-related clubs at Wesleyan besides AASC!
What are the Chinese Cultural Club, Korean Student Association, Shakti, Taiwanese Student Association, Singapore's Hotpot Homies, PINOY, Indonesian Society, KPop Dance Crew, WesMalai, Freeman Asian Scholars, WeSanskriti...
These are the most common religions in Asia, each accounting for around 26% of the continent's population.
What are Islam and Hinduism?
This New York-based music company is known for managing artists including Joji, Rich Brian, and Niki.
What is 88Rising?
The 1982 murder of this Michigan man, whose assailants blamed him for Japanese success in the auto industry, although he was Chinese American, was a galvanizing moment for Asian American political engagement across ethnic lines.
Who is Vincent Chin?
This Taiwanese-born director is the first Asian and only Asian American to win the Best Director Oscar, winning twice for "Brokeback Mountain" and "Life of Pi".
Who is Ang Lee?
Students of Asian descent make up this percentage of Wesleyan's student body (if no one gets it, points go to the closest guess).
What is 8%? (7%, as it has been in past years, is also accepted)
While the Lunar New Year is celebrated throughout much of East and Southeast Asia, this East Asian country does not celebrate it, having switched to observing the New Year on January 1 in the late 1800s.
What is Japan?
This musical group, known for their song "Like a G6," was the first Asian American band to achieve a Billboard number 1 single.
Who is Far East Movement?
The term "Asian American" was coined this year by activists at UC Berkeley, inspired by the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam War movements.
What is 1968?
There have been four major studio Hollywood releases with all-Asian ensemble casts. Name two. (Name three for double points, all four for quadruple points!)
What is Flower Drum Song (1961)?
What is The Joy Luck Club (1993)?
What is Crazy Rich Asians (2018)?
What is Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)?
This Chinese American television journalist graduated from Wesleyan in 1980 before working for ABC, NBC, and, most recently, the PBS NewsHour, while also taking the time to appear to chat with students at AASC's alumni networking event last spring.
Who is John Yang?