Politics
Gary Lock was the first main land Asian American Governor of this State.
What is Washington State?
This Filipino-American Pop-Star was invited to the White House to urge young Americans to get the Covid-19 vaccine in 2021.
Who is Olivia Rodrigo?
This Olympic Speed Skater holds the record for most US Olympic medals for Winter Olympians and was Season 4 champion of Dancing With the Stars.
Who is Apolo Ohno?
A purple yam popular in Filipino dishes.
What is ube?
Ezra Reese is the Partner on this nonprofit client that is dedicated to building a progressive Asian American voter base in Georgia.
What is the Asian American Advocacy Fund?
The first Asian American to serve in the U.S. Congress.
Who is Hiram Fong?
The first Asian American to win the Academy Award for Best Picture in his film “Parasite” in 2019.
Who is Bong Joon-ho?
During the 2011-2012 NBA season, he generated a cultural phenomenon known as 'Linsanity' and is the first Asian-American Basketball player ever to win a Championship title.
Who is Jeremy Lin?
Makoto Higawara is credited with serving the first modern version of this cookie in San Francisco.
What is a fortune cookie?
In the year 1959, this former territory became a State.
What is Hawaii?
He served on what is popularly known as the Watergate Committee, he was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Bill Clinton in 2000, and he was the first Japanese American to serve in both bodies of Congress.
Who is Daniel Ken Inouye?
The two Asian American members of the popular Soul/Contemporary R&B duo, Silk Sonic. They won the Grammy award for Record of the Year and Best R&B Performance.
Who are Anderson Paak and Bruno Mars?
The first woman in Olympic history to win more than one halfpipe snowboarding gold medal.
Who is Chloe Kim?
This starchy staple in Hawaiian cuisine is made from steamed and pounded taro. It also contains three times as much fiber as a potato!
What is poi?
The record high number of AAPI members in the 118th Congress
What is 21?
In the 2020 Election AAPI voters had the highest growth of any racial group with this percentage.
What is 47%?
In 2005, Ang Lee was the first Asian American to win the Academy Award for Best Director for this movie.
What is Brokeback Mountain?
The first Asian American to win an Olympic Gold Medal.
Who is Duke Kahanamoku?
With origins dating back to 4800 BC China, this spirit’s cultivation was originally deemed as women’s work until the 16th and 17th century. Now, and since 300 BC, the development of this drink is more closely associated with Japan.
What is sake?
The year that the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus was formed.
What is 1994? (May 16, 1994 by Congressmen Norman Y. Mineta)
The number of representatives, out of 5, that are currently members of Leadership of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus that are current ELG clients
What is 2? Representative Grace Meng (D-NY-06) and Jill Tokuda (D-HI-06).
The first Asian American to win the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Who is Miyoshi Umeki?
In this year Kristi Yamahuchi entered the US Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
What is 1998?
The Indian American Executive Chef of DC foodies fan favorite restaurant, Rasika.
Who is Vikram Sunderam
The first Indian-American woman to fly to space.
Who is Kaplana Chawla?