Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
What is the month Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is celebrated?
What is May? The month of May was chosen to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843, and to mark the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. The majority of the workers who laid the tracks were Chinese immigrants.
This singer was born Peter Gene Hernandez on October 8, 1985, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is known for for his stage performances and retro showmanship. You may have heard his famous song, Uptown Funk.
Who is Bruno Mars?
She enlisted in the Coast Guard to “avenge the death of her late husband,” a Navy PT boat crewman killed at Corregidor.
Who is Florence Smith Finch? She was the first U.S Coast Guard Women's Reserve member to receive the Asian-Pacific Campaign ribbon in recognition of her service in the Philippines. At the end of the war, she was awarded the civilian U.S. Medal of Freedom.
He is known as "the Awakened One". Hint: think Religion.
Who is Buddha? Buddha was a sage, or wise man, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in eastern India sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE.
The Japanese consume this percentage of calories per day compared with someone from the U.S. 25% less calories 50% less calories or they consume the same amount
What is 25% less? People in Asian countries tend to have lower rates of cancer, heart disease, and obesity than Americans, and they typically live longer, too. Researchers suspect that owes largely to their diet: a low-fat, healthy eating style that emphasizes rice, vegetables, fresh fruit, and fish, with very little red meat.
Which president expanded Asian Pacific American Heritage Month to a month long celebration?
A. President George HW Bush in 1990
B. President Abraham Lincoln in 1864
C. President Jimmy Carter in 1978
Who is President George H.W. Bush in 1990?
He was born in Hong Kong, China. He gained a reputation as Hong Kong's best stuntman. In America he is know as a martial artist and movie star. He mostly recently starred in The Karate Kid with Jaden Smith.
Who is Jackie Chan?
When he reported for duty at Camp Shelby, in 1943, the commander of the 100th Battalion, offered him an immediate transfer because “Koreans and Japanese don’t always get along.”
Who is Second Lieutenant Young Oak Kim? He refused on the spot saying: “You’re wrong. They’re Americans, I’m American, and we’re going to fight for America.” The young Korean American lieutenant was being both patriotic and pragmatic.
This fish represents perseverance and worldly advancement which is often depicted in American culture by tattoos. This fish is also found in garden ponds.
What is the Koi Fish? You'd recognize these fish- some of the major colors are white, black, red, yellow, blue, and cream.
Some animals are revered in India for their resemblance of Hindu deities. Which of the following is NOT one of them? a) Monkey b) Cow c) Crane d) Elephant e) Tiger
What is the Crane?
The term “Pacific Islander,” refers to people from?
What is Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, Melanesia (New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and the Solomon Islands), Micronesia (Marianas, Wake Island, Palau, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru and the Federated States of Micronesia) and Polynesia.
Which Asian-American/ African-American is famous for golf?
Who is Tiger Woods? Tiger Woods' ancestry is African American, Thai, Chinese, and Dutch.
He was drafted into the U.S. Army in March 1941. He was given the nickname “Cesar” because his sergeant could not pronounce his name.
Who is Shizuya Hayashi? In 1942, Hayashi and 1,400 other Nisei soldiers were sent to Camp McCoy, where they formed the 100th Infantry Battalion, the first mainly Japanese-American combat unit in the history of the U.S. Army.
What is the most popular sport in China? With approximately 300 million regular players.
What is Ping Pong. Basketball, volleyball, and badminton are more popular with Chinese youth nowadays, but table tennis remains #1 with the growing older population.
This symbol is prominently featured on the Japanese national flag. Hint: It's rising.
What is the Red Sun?
The official term “Asian-American” is widely encompassing, referring to people with origins in?
What is China, Japan, the Philippines, Korea, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Burma (Maynmar.) Additionally, it refers to people of Indian subcontinent.
This American actor, producer, retired professional wrestler, and former American football and Canadian football player, is of black and Samoan heritage. You may know of his best friend on and off screen, Kevin Hart.
Who is The Rock, Dwayne Johnson.
He was promoted to Admiral in 2013 and assumed command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Who is Harry Harris Jr.? He is the first Asian American to head the U.S. Pacific Fleet, leading the same office from which Admiral Chester Nimitz led the Navy against the Japanese during World War II. Harris was born in Japan and raised in Tennessee and Florida
Hawaii is the only U.S. state with two official languages. What are they?
What is English and Hawaiian. Some locals like to think of Pidgin as an official language, but it’s not. It certainly can sound foreign, and it is spoken a lot here, but Pidgin is not an “official” language. (“We Stay Close” is Pidgin for “Closed”)
The Chinese language has this many characters. A) 1,000 B)20,000 or C)42,000
What is 42,000 characters?
More than 50% of all Asian Pacific Islanders Americans live in just three states. What are these three states?
What is California (3.7 million), New York (1 million), and Hawaii (503,000).
This actor remains the greatest icon of martial arts cinema and a key figure of modern popular media. Had it not been for him and his movies in the early 1970s, it's arguable whether or not the martial arts film genre would have ever penetrated and influenced mainstream North American.
Who is Bruce Lee.
In 2015, an Indian American, was named the new Executive Director for Regions and Center Operations at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Who is Ravi Chaudhary? As second in command to the Deputy Assistant Administrator, he is also responsible for providing Department of Transportation and FAA-wide services in the areas of operations, safety, policy, corporate and congressional outreach, emergency readiness, facilities management, and centralized support for the National Aerospace System.
Each of the three main regions has their own specialty foods. Native dishes include adobo – a meat stew made from pork or chicken, lumpia – meat/vegetable rolls, pancit – a noodle dish and lechon – roasted pig.
What is The Philippines
This is the first person to be served at the Asian family table.
What is the elders?