K-Pop
This K-pop girl group collaborated with The Powerpuff Girls for their 2023 EP rollout. This group is called NewJeans, with one member being Vietnamese-Australian who was born in Ho Chi Minh City and raised in Melbourne.
Who is New Jeans Hanni?
Going viral in South Korea, this trendy treat takes the crispy kataifi pastry and pistachio cream from a famous Middle Eastern chocolate bar and wraps it inside a chewy, cocoa-dusted marshmallow shell.
What is Dubai Chewy Cookie?
This hyper-popular beauty service in South Korea involves draping different fabrics over your shoulders to determine if you are a "Spring Warm," "Summer Cool," or another seasonal palette.
What is Personal Color Analysis?
In this Southeast Asian city-state, chewing gum is heavily restricted and can result in fines or even jail time.
What is Singapore?
Cici’s adorable white Samoyed is named Zimi, which translates to "purple rice." Ironically, if she were named after her actual fluffy white coat, her name would be this Chinese term for "white rice."
What is Baimi? (Also accept: Bai Mifan)
TWICE was formed through this 2025 JYP Entertainment survival show, where trainees competed for a spot in the final group.
What is Sixteen?
When eating this iconic, creamy milk candy, you are actually supposed to eat the clear, inner wrapping because it's made of edible rice paper.
What is White Rabbit candy?
Often seen stuck to the back of phone cases, these viral, collectible mini cherub figures wear various headgear ranging from strawberries to animal ears.
What are Sonny Angels? (Also accept: Smiskis)
In Thai culture, this specific part of the body is considered the most sacred and the "seat of the soul." Because of this, it is considered very rude to touch someone else's, even a child's.
What is the Head?
Hunan Express is a beloved campus food place for many CMU students. One of their side menus is pork dumpling and you can get a certain amount of dumplings under a dinner block.
What is 12?
This 13-member boy group, known for their three units — vocal, hip-hop, and performance — has released this many total albums, EPs, singles, and compilations in their discography.
What is 61?
This beloved hot sauce, known for its iconic rooster logo and green cap, sent foodies into a panic after a bitter 2016 legal split with its chili supplier of 30 years caused massive global shortages.
What is Sriracha? (Also accept: Huy Fong Sriracha)
This viral TikTok "hand dance" features a high-speed remix of a Yunnan folk song. The lyrics reference a legendary story about a girl who disguised herself as a man to attend school, only to later throw herself into her lover's grave on a mountain.
What is the Midu Mountain Song? (Also accept: The Butterfly Lovers or Midu Shange)
Named after a long-legged bird, this traditional Philippine folk dance involves two people sliding and clapping bamboo poles on the ground while dancers intricately step in and out of them.
What is Tinikling?
This is the official internet "ship name" for CMU's very own Miss Korea runner-up, Park Hee-sun, and her endgame match, Lim Su-been, from Season 5 of Netflix's Single's Inferno.
What is HeeBeen?
K-pop fans on stan Twitter (now X) use this term to describe a highly underrated or unknown group from a small entertainment company that hasn't hit mainstream success yet.
What is Nugu?
In a viral "Ruby-chan" TikTok audio featuring the Japanese idol group AiScReam, this classic ice cream flavor is the third and final one mentioned after Chocolate Mint and Strawberry.
What is Cookies and Cream?
Set to a 2006 track by the Black Eyed Peas, this viral TikTok makeup transition celebrates Y2K Filipina beauty, highlighting "morena" energy, glossy lips, and ultra-thin eyebrows.
What is Bebot Challenge?
Often cited as the coldest national capital in the world, this city’s name translates to "Red Hero" and serves as the seat of government for Mongolia.
What is Ulaanbatar?
Millies dropped their new spring flavors. These flavors are Irish Cream, Shirley Temple, Pina Colada, and which one is the last flavor?
What is Lemon Drop?
These three male K-pop idols have all been publicly linked to BLACKPINK's Jennie over the years. (List in chronological order)
Who are Kai, G-Dragon, and V?
This jiggly, soufflé-like sponge cake became a massive Asian food trend before its popularity collapsed in South Korea after a 2017 TV exposé revealed vendors were using excessive cooking oil.
What is Taiwanese Castella Cake?
Commonly seen as a 'dexterity flex' on TikTok in 2025, this trend involves using two traditional wooden utensils to securely hold a smartphone—often to film a 'hands-free' vlog or a 0.5x selfie.
Every team has 90 seconds. The first team to successfully prop their phone up and take a group selfie using only two chopsticks wins 500 points!
It’s Lunar New Year! You’ve finally collected all your Hongbao from your relatives, only for your mom to take them all away while saying she’ll 'keep it safe' for you.
-500!!
Resnik Pavilion’s Manna recently refreshed its menu with two new Asian staples: one is Korean Bulgogi with rice, and the other dish is from a Japanese Cuisine.
What is Chicken Katsu?