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100
China is bordered by 14 different countries. Name two of them.
Any of these: India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Bhutan and Nepal.
100

In 1989, Beijing troops massacred over 1,000 demonstrators. Where did this infamous event take place?

Tiananmen Square

100

What is the name of the famous 2018 film centering around the conflict between Constance Wu's character and an elite Singaporean family?

Crazy Rich Asians

100

What Chinese social media app did Americans start switching to amid fears of a TikTok ban?

Rednote (Xiaohongshu)!

100
The Summer Olympics are held every four years. What year was the Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China?
2008
200

In which Asian country is the Gobi Desert located within?

Mongolia.

200

What U.S. law(s) in 1882 barred the legal entry and naturalization of Chinese and other Asian immigrants?

The Asian/Chinese Exclusion Act(s).

200

What was the name of the first Asian woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2023?

Michelle Yeoh!

200

What is K-pop boy band BTS's most streamed song?

Dynamite!

200

What country has the lowest birth rate?

South Korea (0.70 TFR)

300

What is Singapore's capital?

Singapore! (haha trick question)

300

What Asian country holds the world record for the most heavily bombed nation of all time?

Laos (the U.S. dropped over 2 million tons of bombs during the Vietnam War)

300
In the Disney movie, Mulan, the ancestors of Mulan send a small dragon to help her. What is the dragon's name?
Mushu!
300

What is the ethnicity of @ultimateivyleagueguide's founder? ( -100 pts for a hint)

Vietnamese!

300

The Chinese lunar calendar dedicates each year to an animal on the Zodiac chart. Which animal of the Chinese Zodiac will represent the year 2027?

The sheep!

400
Which Asian nation is located most directly above Australia?
Indonesia!
400

In feudal Japan, there were different levels of class that determined a person's social status. What was the name of those who were wealthy landowners?

Daimyos!

400

What is the highest-grossing Asian television of all time? (Bonus +67 pts for the name of the main character!)

Squid Game (Bonus: Seong Gi-hun)

400

How many Olympic gold medals does figure skater Alysa Liu have? 

2! (for Women's singles and team events)

400
How tall is Yao Ming, the professional basketball player, give or take 1 inch?
7 feet and 6 inches! (Will accept 7'5" - 7'7")
500
Mount Everest, located in Nepal, is the world's tallest mountain. To the nearest foot (give or take 1,000), how tall is the highest peak of Mount Everest, above sea level?
29,029 ft! (Will accept answers from 28,000 - 30,000 ft)
500

Who were the Khmer Rouge? Name the country they are from and explain who they were.

The Khmer Rouge was the name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea in Cambodia, led by the notorious Pol Pot. It was formed in 1968 as an offshoot of the Vietnam People's Army from North Vietnam and was the ruling party in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. It allied with North Vietnam, the Viet Cong, and Pathet Lao during the Vietnam War against the anti-Communist forces.

500

In Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), what is the name of Shang-Chi's father? (Bonus +50 points for Shang-Chi's American name!)

Xu Wenwu. Bonus answer - Shaun!

500

Who created Gangnam Style? (+50 bonus points if everyone on your team gets up and does the dance right now)

Psy (Park Jae-sang)!

500

Name two major language families of the Asian continent. 

Sino-Tibetan: Includes Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu, Burmese, and Tibetan. | Indo-European: Features Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Urdu, Persian, and Pashto | Austronesian: Includes Indonesian, Malay, and Tagalog. | Dravidian: Includes Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. | Austro-Asiatic: Includes Vietnamese and Khmer.

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