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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