Politics
Who was the first Asian-Pacific American woman ever to serve in a presidential cabinet? Hint: This person was the US Secretary of Transportation under Donald Trump and US Secretary of Labor under George W. Bush.
Elaine Chao
KFC is known as a Christmas tradition in which country?
Japan
Who is widely considered by critics, media, and other martial artists to be the most influential martial artist of all time?
Bruce Lee
Why was May chosen for AAPI month?
May coincides with two important events in AAPI history, the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants (May 7, 1843) and the contributions of Chinese works building the transcontinental railroad, completed May 10, 1869
Who was the first Asian American woman to serve in the U.S. Congress?
Patsy Mink was the first Asian American woman to serve in the U.S. Congress. She represented Hawaii in the House of Representatives from 1965 to 1977 and from 1990 to 2002.
Who is considered the most famous K-Pop band of all time?
BTS
Who was the first American of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA?
Jeremy Lin - Generating a cultural phenomenon known as "Linsanity".
(Watch 38 at the Garden on HBO if you want to learn more, amazing short documentary!)
What are the top 3 Asian languages spoken in the US?
Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese
Top 5 languages in the US: English, Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese
What year did Hawaii become a state?
1959
Who played the first live action Asian Marvel superhero, Shang-Chi?
Simu Liu
In 1992, she became the first Asian American to win a gold medal in a Winter Olympic competition.
Kristi Yamaguchi - Later in 2008 Yamaguchi was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame
If you were looking to eat some chicken adobo in its country of origin, you'd be off to…
Philippines - Chicken adobo is a Filipino chicken stew
The cooking method for the Philippine adobo is indigenous to the Philippines.
Gary Faye Locke was the first Chinese-American governor as well as the first Asian American governor in the continental U.S.. In what state did he govern?
Washington
Bong Joon-ho was the first Asian American to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. What was the movie?
"Parasite" in 2019, which also won several other Oscars
This Olympic swimmer was known as "the father of surfing"
Duke Kahanamoku, a Hawaiian competition swimmer
Duke was the first person inducted into both the International Swimming Hall of Fame (1965) and the Surfers’ Hall of Fame (1994)—as its first surf pioneer.
In response to the alarming escalation in xenophobia and bigotry resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asian Pacific Planning and Policy Council, Chinese for Affirmative Action, and the Asian American Studies Department of San Francisco State University launched this non-profit coalition that tracks and responds to incidents of hate, violence, harassment and more.
What year marked the first time that 3 Asian American women sat on the Senate at the same time?
2017 - Senator Mazie Hirono (Hawaii), Senator Tammy Duckworth (Illinois) and Senator Kamala Harris (California)
Far East Movement was the first Asian-American group to earn a number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in October 2010. What was the song?
"Like a G6" - feeling so fly like a G6
Far East Movement featuring American musicians Dev and The Cataracs
In 2014 he became the first Pacific Islander to win the Heisman Trophy. He later went on to play for the Philadelphia Eagles and Tennessee Titans.
Marcus Mariota
What year marked the completion of the United States’s transcontinental railroad?
1869