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Po(P)HE Quiz!
Mystery Box
100

This book, which is often read in high school English classes, is about a tragic love story between a girl and a boy that results in death.

What is Romeo and Juliet?

100

This actress is well known for her role on the Disney hit show “Wizards of Waverly Place”

Who is Selena Gomez?

100

This Hmong-American gymnast won the 2020 Olympic All Around Gold Medal.

Who is Suni Lee?

100

This is the full name behind the acronym PoHE

What is the "Pursuit of Higher Education"?

100

This song was sung during the training sequence of Mulan

What is “I’ll Make a Man Out of You”?

200

This dark gray and rocky planet is known for being the smallest and the closest to the sun.

What is Mercury?

200

This reality tv show involves one man, twenty-five women, and a rose.

What is the Bachelor?

200

These two colors are used to describe the two main Hmong dialects.

What is green and white?

200

This phrase represents the theme for this year’s PoHE.

What is “Back to the Future”?

200

This fictional basketball singer/athlete attended UC Berkeley

Who is Troy Bolten?

300

This letter is the atomic symbol for Potassium.

What is K?

300

This American rapper, who was involved in a feud with another rapper in 2024, recently won the GRAMMYS for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

Who is Kendrick Lamar?

300

This activity is a traditional Hmong courting game involving tossing a ball back in forth.

What is “Pov pob”?

300

This app has been (and will continue to be used) as the main form of communication during PoHE weekend.

What is Slack?

300

This painting was done by Leonardo da Vinci and can be found in a museum in Paris.

What is the Mona Lisa?

400

This blood type is known as the “Universal Donor”

What is O negative blood?

400

This 2019 South Korean thriller film is about greed and discrimination as well as a newly formed symbiotic relationship between two families from different social classes.

What is Parasite?

400

These three US states are where you can find a significant population of Hmong people

What is Minnesota, California, and Wisconsin? 

400

This individual (or individuals) is both a family head and a PoHE committee member

Who is Maiceella Vang and Jacky Vang?

400

This word is used to describe a phrase, number, or other sequence of characters that can be read the same backward and forward

What is a palindrome?

500

This amendment protects individuals from self incrimination, double jeopardy, and ensures due process.

What is the Fifth Amendment?

500

This phrase gained traction after a viral interview with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande where a journalist noted that people, specifically in the LGBTQ+ community, were finding power and solace in a song’s lyrics. 

What is “Holding space for Defying Gravity”?


500

This number describes the existing number of Hmong clans

What is 18?

500

This number represents the number of years that HSAB has hosted PoHE

What is 12?

500

This fictional character has been played by both Robert Downey Jr. and Benedict Cumberbatch

Who is Sherlock Holmes?

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