South Asia in US Politics
The wife of JD Vance, this politician softens the vice president's harsher statements, and appeals to the traditionalism of immigrant families.
Who is Usha Chilukuri Vance?
Named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People, this is the CEO of Google and Alphabet.
Who is Sundar Pichai?
This is the technical term for a 40-40 score in tennis.
What is a deuce?
True or False: South Asians have the second highest voter turnout of any AAPI group.
False - they have the highest voter turnout at 71%.
Mr. Hwang is this many years old.
What is 29?
Chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa achieved Grandmaster at this age.
What is 12?
This Serbian tennis player has been ranked as the World No 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals more than any other player.
Who is Novak Djokovic?
What is an elephant?
This is the largest species of shark.
What is a whale shark?
Sundar Pichai helped pioneer this self-driving technology.
What is Waymo?
This is the only sport to have been played on the moon.
What is golf?
Representing 1.6% of the total US population approximately this many Desis live in the United States.
What is 5 million (approximately).
What is the name of Gavin's soccer club?
What is DCSC?
This politician was the first Indian American on a presidential cabinet, and was the runner-up to Donald Trump in the 2020 Republican Primaries.
Who is Nimarata Nikki Haley?
India has this many states.
What is 28?
The diameter of a basketball hoop is this many inches.
What is 18?
The racial profiling, hate-crimes, and attacks that followed this major event in US history caused a leftward shift politically among South Asians.
What is 9/11?
This is the name of the teacher lead of the Latin American Affinity Group
Ms. Niazi
This politician owns a pharmaceutical company, believes in smaller government, support for fossil fuels, and that the climate change agenda is a hoax to promote global equity.
Who is Vivek Ramaswamy?
This Punjabi folk dance is performed to the beat of a dhol.
Wilt Chamberlain holds this NBA record for the most rebounds in a single game.
What is 55?
This is one of the three South Asian authors whose book we found as part of our Upper School Library Scavenger hunt.
Who is: Jhumpa Lahiri, Salman Rushdie, or Rumi?
This is Ayan was born in August on this day.
What is the 27th?