Phillips
All Phillips Ambassadors are required to enroll in this 3-credit Global Studies course upon their return
What is GLBL 281 - Phillips Ambassador Program?
This physiological phenomenon occurs when your body’s internal clock is out of sync with a new time zone.
What is jet lag?
What is the largest continent in the world?
Asia
This 2018 film was the first major Hollywood movie with an all-Asian cast in 25 years and was filmed largely in Singapore.
What is Crazy Rich Asians?
This is the name of the distinctive, simplified phonetic alphabet used in South Korea, created by King Sejong the Great.
What is Hangul?
This former U.S. Ambassador to the Eastern Caribbean and UNC Kenan-Flagler alumnus is the namesake and benefactor of the program.
Who is Earl N. “Phil” Phillips Jr.?
What is an official document that is sometimes needed to legally enter a country?
What is a visa?
This archipelago nation is made up of over 7,000 islands and is located between the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Philippines?
This is the only Southeast Asian country that was never formally colonized by a European power.
What is Thailand?
In Japanese, this word for "Thank you" is often followed by "gozaimasu" in formal settings.
What is Arigato?
This Phillips initiative provides $180 to help any UNC undergraduate obtain their very first U.S. passport, regardless of GPA.
What is the Phillips Passport Initiative?
This is the standard weight limit (in kilograms) for a checked bag on most international flights before you start paying overage fees.
What is 23 kg (or 50 lbs)?
This is the tallest mountain in the world, located in the Himalayas.
What is Mount Everest?
This country boasts the highest railway passenger traffic in the world
What is China?
If you are in Singapore and hear someone say "Can or not?" or add the word "Lah" to the end of every sentence, they are speaking this unique English-based creole.
What is Singlish?
The Phillips Ambassadors program was established at UNC in this year to provide scholarships for study in Asia.
What is 2007?
This is the most popular app used globally to text friends for free using Wi-Fi while abroad.
What is WhatsApp?
This "City-State" is located at the very bottom of Malaysia and is famous for its clean streets and modern skyline.
What is Singapore?
This is Asian city is a leading financial hub and operates under the ‘one country, two systems’ principle
Hong Kong
This country is the most linguistically diverse in the world. (Bonus points for how many spoken languages)
What is Papua New Guinea? (Over 840 languages)
The program’s motto has three "E" words: Explore, Experience, and this one.
What is Engage?
What is the busiest international airport in the world (by international passenger traffic)?
What is the Dubai International Airport?
This 3,000-mile-long river flows through six countries, including Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam, and is vital for Southeast Asian agriculture.
What is the Mekong River?
This country is iconic for measuring success using Gross National Happiness (GNH) rather than Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Bhutan
What is the official national language of the country in which you are studying abroad?
Answers will vary