Pop Culture
This movie, which follows a group of singing monster-slayers, was the number one movie on Netflix this summer and garnered over 300 million views worldwide and 3 billion global soundtrack streams.
What is K-pop Demon Hunters?
This is a popular Chinese fast-food restaurant.
What is Panda Express?
This mountain is the tallest in Asia.
What is Mt. Everest?
This language is the most popular language in Asia AND in the world.
What is Mandarin Chinese?
This South Asian prince, ascetic, and religious teacher, known as the Buddha, was the founder of Buddhism.
Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
This Japanese artist is famous for her signature dotted patterns, with dots covering nearly every inch of her work.
Who is Yayoi Kusama?
This traditional Hawaiian dish, consisting of raw fish, rice, and assorted vegetables and fruits, has risen to popularity in the US recently.
What is Poke?
This is the smallest country in Asia. (Hint: it's an island!)
What are The Maldives?
This language has over 40,000 existing characters.
What is Japanese?
This is the national currency of India.
What are Rupees?
The movie "Crazy Rich Asians" is set in this Southeast Asian country.
What is Singapore?
This popular dish is the national meal of the Philippines, consisting of stewed meat.
What is Adobo?
This country borders Uzbekistan on the southeast side.
What is Tajikistan?
Khmer has the longest alphabet in the world, containing 74 letters. It is spoken primarily in this country.
What is Cambodia?
The cow is the national animal of this country.
What is Nepal?
This actor played the first Asian superhero, Shang-Chi, in the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Who is Simu Liu?
Japanese buckwheat noodles are commonly known by this name.
What are soba noodles?
Oceania is a geopolitical region comprising of _____ sovereign nations.
What is 14? (bonus +100 if you can name 3!)
Southeast Asia is one of the most linguistically diverse regions in the world. An estimated ________ living languages are spoken there.
What is 1,500?
Jasmine is the national flower of these two South Asian countries. (You have to get both right to get the points -- no points if you only get one! You may ask for a hint but you will lose 100 points.)
What is Indonesia and Pakistan?
He was the first Vietnamese NBA player.
Who is Jaylin Williams?
This Edo-period chef was the inventor of modern sushi.
Hanaya Yohei
This Southeast Asian country has over 4,000 islands.
What is Laos?
The Cantonese language comes from this Chinese province. Bonus points if you name the city!
What is Guangdong (province)/Guangzhou (city)?
This is the only Southeast Asian country with an absolute monarch.
What is Brunei? (Sultanate)