Food
Name three ingredients that can be used as dumpling fillings.
What are cabbage, meat, kimchi, glass noodles, chives, shrimp, etc…..
People eat mooncakes during this holiday, celebrated across East and Southeast Asia.
What is the mid-autumn festival?
Immigrants from this Asian country came to the United States in high numbers in the nineteenth century, working in trades like railroad construction and mining
What is China?
This actress is known for playing Mulan in the Disney movie of the same name (either the animated or live-action versions count!)
Who is Ming-Na Wen OR Who is Liu Yifei?
Six Asian languages are offered at Wesleyan. Name at least four of them.
What is Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, and Urdu?
People from northern China prefer eating food made with flour, such as noodles and dumplings. On the contrary, people from southern China eat this food as a “staple.”
What is rice?
This East Asian country DOES NOT celebrate the Lunar New Year
What is Japan?
The Immigration and Nationality Act, which removed many restrictions on Asian immigration to the United States, was passed under which President?
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This Indonesian rapper is known for songs including "Glow Like Dat" and "100 Degrees"
Who is Rich Brian?
The 2018 Winter Olympics took place in this South Korean county
What is Pyeongchang?
This is a famous American-Chinese dish that does not exist in Chinese cuisine.
What is orange chicken, General Tso’s chicken, beef with broccoli, etc...
If I was born in May of 2000, how old am I considered in Korea?
What is 22?
This South Asian country is known for its unusually-shaped flag, which has been in use since 1743
What is Nepal?
This actor is known for his role in Star Trek, as well as speaking up about his experience in a Japanese American internment camp
Despite their association with Chinese food in Western countries, fortune cookies actually originate from this place
What is San Francisco, California, United States? (Any one of these locations is a valid answer)
First introduced in 1930’s Japan, this is one of the most popular probiotic milk drinks.
What is Yakult?
What are soba noodles?
This small Southeast Asian nation gained independence from Malaysia in 1965
What is Singapore?
This K-pop company is known for artists like Twice and Got7
What is JYP Entertainment?
According to 2016 World Health Organization Data, this country has the highest per capita alcohol consumption in Asia, with each person averaging 10.2 liters of alcohol annually
What is South Korea?
Which one of the following foods is NOT spicy?
Budae Jjigae, Kungpao Chicken, Tom Yum Kung, Okonomiyaki
What is Okonomiyaki?
Name two animals that are considered auspicious in India
What are cows, horses, deer, elephants, monkeys, or snakes?
This is the only Southeast Asian country to never have been colonized by a European power
What is Thailand?
This Taiwanese director has won Oscars for his films Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain, and Life of Pi
Who is Ang Lee?
What year (or decade) did Wesleyan's first Asian student graduate? Bonus points if you know their name
Who is Jewsuke Shimata, who graduated in 1892?