APIDA in Entertainment
East Asian/
East Asian American
East Asian American
Southeast Asian/
Southeast Asian American
Southeast Asian American
South Asian/South Asian American
Asian American History
100
This social media platform, notoriously run by China, features comedy, music, dance, and challenges.
What is Tik Tok?
100
What is the biggest holiday in East Asia, extending to all parts of the continent?
Lunar New Year
100
Name three ethnicities encompassed under "South East Asian American"
Burmese Americans, Cambodian Americans, Filipino Americans, Hmong Americans, Indonesian Americans, Laotian Americans, Malaysian Americans, Mien Americans, Singaporean Americans, Thai Americans, and Vietnamese Americans
100
What is the Hindu festival of lights, celebrated around October and November?
What is Diwali?
100
This false stereotype says that Asians are more successful than other minority groups because they work harder. It puts all Asians in a monolith and creates resentment between POC.
What is the model minority myth?
200
This basketball player was booted from numerous teams before setting off a month-long winning streak with the New York Knicks
Who is Jeremy Lin?
200
During what period did many East Asians immigrate to the US under a student or skill-based visa?
What is the Cold War?
200
How many islands are there in Southeast Asia, rounded to the nearest thousand?
What is 20,000?
200
What mixed race Indian American is the current Vice President of the US?
Who is Kamala Harris?
200
The 2014 exoneration of police officers who killed African American Eric Garner (by chokehold) led Asian Americans to create this hashtag.
What is #Asians4BlackLives?
300
The group Far East Movement became the first Asian American music group to get a hit on the Billboard Top 100 with this song
"Like a G6"
300
This immigration law was enforced in 1882 and placed heavy limitations on Chinese immigration and labor.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
300
Viet Thanh Nguyen is the Vietnamese American author of this historical fiction novel, set in the Vietnam War
What is The Sympathizer?
300
Which Pakistani activist advocates for girls' education, published a widely read autobiography, and is the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate?
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
300
The 1992 Rodney King Riots intensified after a black girl (Latasha Harlins) was shot and killed in what LA neighborhood?
Where is Koreatown?
400
The 2013 hashtag #NotYourAsianSidekick spread light on what Asian American issue?
What is APIDA feminism (especially in Hollywood)?
400
Which Korean American entertainer, a member of the Try Guys, is notable for his work in the LGBTQ+ community and his coming out video "I'm gay"?
Who is Eugene Lee Yang?
400
The 2008 American drama film Gran Torino is the first mainstream US film to feature this group of Southeast Asian Americans.
Who are Hmong Americans?
400
Which Indian American comedian, writer, and political commentator is best known for his show Patriot Act?
Who is Hasan Minhaj? (his show is available on YouTube if you want to check it out!)
400
A prominent Japanese American Black Panther who acted as field marshal and trained the Panthers in weapons and defense
Who is Richard Aoki?
500
Connie Chung, one of the first Asian American national correspondents for a major TV news network, reported for what national news anchor?
What is CBS / CBS Evening News?
500
This is the second largest racial group who is undocumented in the United States
What is Korean
500
Labor leaders Philip Vera Cruz and Larry Itliong led many Filipino farm workers on strike against growers of table grapes in California in this famous strike.
What is the Delano Grape Strike?
500
Thushari Jayasekera became the first Sri Lankan American actress to play a main role in a primetime show when she acted in this NBC show.
What is Outsourced (2010-2011)?
500
Which Chinese American was severely beaten by two white men who were angered by the losses of US auto jobs from Japan, despite the fact that he was not Japanese?
Who is Vincent Chin?
