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100
The founder of Buddhism, Gautama Buddha’s birth name.
Siddartha
100
This Indian actress was an angel in the 2019 movie, Charlie’s Angels. She was also the Pink Ranger in the 2017 Power Rangers movie and starred as Jasmine in the live-action remake Aladdin in 2019.
Naomi Scott
100
Name this South Asian novelist, essayist and political activist. Amongst many books and essays, she is also known for challenging Mahatma Gandhi's racist stance on maintaining the caste system in India.
Arundhati Roy
100
Doing this at night will attract wandering ghosts who will follow you home.
Whistling
100
Name this type of noodle used in the Spicy Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup, Bun Bo Hue.
Vermicelli
100
Founded in 1928, the founder of this grocery chain, Fujimatsu Moriguchi, sold homemade foods and trade items from the back of his truck to Japanese laborers working in logging and fishing camps in the Puget Sound region.
Today, this family run business provides ingredients for Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, and Vietnamese cuisine, as well as gifts, and restaurants.
100
Name a state and/or region in Western Asia.
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen
200
Chinese workers began to build the Transcontinental Railroad during this year.
1865
200
Name this Haitian-Japanese tennis player!
Naomi Osaka
200
This hip-hop and electronic music group who’s 2010 single, “Like a G6” featuring pop-rap duo The Cataracs and singer Dev hit number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and on the iTunes chart in late October 2010. This single made them the first Asian-American group to earn a number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Far East Movement
200
Name this tree that is home to ancestral spirits throughout many A&PI cultures.
Banyan Tree
200
This popular Filipino dessert or snack sold by street vendors includes silken tofu, sago pearls, and brown sugar syrup.
Taho
200
Name this local API organization that empowers survivors of gender-based violence and human trafficking to gain safety, connection, and wellness. They build power by educating and mobilizing South Asian, Asian, Pacific Islander, and all immigrant communities to end exploitation.
200
At 29,028 feet (or 5.5 miles above sea level), it is the highest point on Earth. This mountain is located in Nepal and Tibet and is equivalent to the size of almost 20 Empire State Buildings.
Mount Everest
300
To CHamorus, what was the latte (pronounced laa-tee) stone used for?
300
The film “Judas and the Black Messiah”’s title theme “Fight for You” won this Black and Filipina RnB sing-songwriter her first Oscar award.
H.E.R.; Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson
300
George Quibuyen and Saba Mohajerjasbi met during their time as students at the University of Washington and formed Blue Scholars. Their music often addresses topics like immigration and imperialism – This song is named after its eponymous Japanese American civil rights activist.
Yuri Kochiyama
300
Pictured are three types of lingling-os, a fertility and good luck amulet common in the northern regions of this archipelago nation.
The Phillipines
300
Name this traditional Khmer food dish that is also Cambodia's national dish.
Samlor korkor
300
Also known as Lee Jun-fan and UW alum, Bruce Lee created this hybrid martial arts philosophy and practice based on Lee’s philosophy of “casting off what is useless” and it literally translates to “Way of the Intercepting Fist”.
Jeet Kune Do
300
For generations, much of Southeast Asia suffered colonization and western imperialism by the British, French, and Dutch. This country remained independent throughout.
Thailand