APIDA Heritage Month History
Music
Pop Culture & Film
APIDA Scientists/Engineers
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What month is APIDA Heritage Month celebrated in the United States?
May
100
This song is by an award-winning Filipino-American artist...
Count on Me by Bruno Mars
100
Who is Disney’s first Polynesian princess?
Moana
100
Which astronaut and aerospace engineer was the first Indian woman to go to space?
Kalpana Chawla
200
In what year did Congress pass a resolution to recognize APIDA Heritage Month?
1990
200
This song that went viral in 2020 is by a musical group that has received critical acclaim...
Mariposa by Peach Tree Rascals
200
Which 2022 movie won 7 awards at the 95th Academy Awards, topping all other movies that year?
Everything Everywhere All At Once
200
Who is the Samoan-American civil engineer who designed the Seattle Space Needle?
Eddie Carlson
300
What is the significance of May 7th in APIDA Heritage Month?
To commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese people to the US on May 7th, 1843
300
This song is by a record-breaking boy band...
Dynamite by BTS
300
Who played the first Asian Marvel superhero, Shang-Chi?
Simu Liu
300
This Bangladeshi-American is often referred to as “the Einstein of structural engineering,” and they designed the Willis Tower?
Fazlur Rahman Khan
400
What is the significance of May 10th in APIDA Heritage Month?
May 10th, 1869 marks the completion of the first transcontinental railroad, which was mainly built by Chinese immigrants
400
This song is by a band whose name originated from a GIF...
Be Sweet by Japanese Breakfast
400
Drew Afualo, a Samoan Tik-Toker, is known for her reaction videos to misogynistic men. What is the name of her podcast?
“The Comment Section with Drew Afualo”
400
Who is the Filipina-American microbiologist that collected over 1000 types of microorganisms worldwide? (NASA credited this research in the theory that life on Mars may exist)
Roseli Ocampo-Friedmann
500
What was the name of the 1968-1969 student-led protests at California colleges that led to the creation of the first Asian American Studies program (among other established departments within ethnic studies) in the United States?
The Third World Liberation Front Strikes
This was the longest student strike in US history (133 days), as a coalition of BIPOC students protested the Eurocentric postsecondary education system.
500
This song with over 35 million streams is by a Vietnamese singer/songwriter...
Chances by Thuy
500
Who was the first Asian American to win an Academy Award?
James Wong Howe - 1955, The Rose Tattoo
Oscar for Best Cinematography
500
Who is Taiwan’s Digital Minister, making history as the first transgender and non-binary member of their government?
Audrey Tang