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This city has the largest population of Indian Americans in the United States.
What is New York?
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This boy band of 7 are South Korea's hottest celebrities. Their top songs include "Dynamite" and "Boy with Love (feat. Halsey)?
Who is BTS?
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This very pungent fermented condiment is prized and used liberally in Vietnamese cuisine.
What is Fish Sauce?
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The national language of the Philippines.
What is Tagalog?
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This app that originated in China allows you to combine clips and reuse other people's audio. It is now one of the most widely used apps around the world?
What is tik tok?
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In 1959, this state was granted statehood and became the last US state.
What is Hawaii?
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This reality tv show about wealthy Asian Americans made headlines when it released in January 2021 on Netflix.
What is Bling Empire?
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Bubble milk tea originates from this country.
What is Taiwan?
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This holy month is dedicated to piety, self reflection, and religious activities for followers of Islam around the world, who will fast from dawn to sunset.
What is Ramadan?
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This genre of Japanese animation is now popular around the world.
What is anime?
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She is the first Thai American woman elected to U.S. Congress, the first woman with a disability elected to U.S. Congress, the first female double amputee in the Senate, and the first U.S. senator to give birth while in office.
Who is Tammy Duckworth?
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This movie is the highest grossing Indian film of all time. It's about 3 boys who have to navigate the pressures of school and their coming of age at an engineering college.
What is 3 Idiots?
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This flatbread originated in India, but is popular in Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
What is roti?
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This holiday in August 15 commemorates the moment the 35 years of Japanese occupation and colonialism ended in Korea.
What is Gwangbokjeol (Korean independence day)?
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This Hawaiian word conveys multiple meanings such as love, affection, peace, compassion and mercy and also signifies the force which holds Hawaiian people together.
What is Aloha?
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This year was when Chinese exclusion laws were repealed.
When is 1943? Chinese immigrants were treated unfairly from all the way until 1943 when Chinese exclusion laws were repealed.
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This award winning American cartoon was inspired by several Asian cultures and details the story of a 12 year old monk named Aang and his journey to save the world.
What is Avatar the Last Airbender?
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This very large fruit is the ancestor to the grapefruit! It is commonly eaten in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and China.
What is a pomelo?
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This was the world's oldest trading route, which stretched from China, through Central Asia, to India and Europe.
What is the Silk Road?
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This biracial Asian tennis star is currently ranked No 1 in the world for women's tennis. She is a 4 time Grand Slam champion.
Who is Naomi Osaka?
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This island is the westernmost point in the United States (it lies about 5,800 miles from San Francisco!) and is the homeland of the Chamorro ethnic group.
What is Guam?
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This Taiwanese American director is a 3 time Academy Award winner, and was the the first non-white director to win the award for Best Director. His three most famous movies are Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi.
What is Ang Lee?
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This candy was introduced to Japan, and has gone on to become the top selling candy. There have been more than 300 limited-edition seasonal and regional flavors which are mainly exclusive to Japan.
What is a Kit Kat?
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This type of quirky diplomacy between the USA and China helped pave the way for Nixon's visit to Beijing. (It involved a sport!)
What is ping pong diplomacy?
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This world heritage site is in Lhasa, Tibet. It used to be the winter residence of the Dalai Lama, and is named after Mount Potalaka.
What is Potala Place?