ASAM + PAACH
Asians in Media
Progress Made
Facilitator Trivia
AAPI Discrimination
100

Who is the current PAACH director? What was her old role?

Mei Long, she used to be an Associate Director at Wharton undergrad

100

Which female Asian actress won the Academy Award for Best Actress (and what movie) in 2022?


Michelle Yeoh for her work in Everything, Everywhere, All At Once

100

This subject was taught for the first time from 1968-69 centered on domestic U.S. concerns. It continues to be part of a national activist effort to increase the political, economic and cultural representation of AAPI communities in American life. What is the name of this subject?

AAPI History

100

This facilitator is in the LSM program.

Who is Roger? 

100

Where was the first identified case of COVID-19, the virus that lead to a global pandemic with a rapid rise in AAPI hate crimes globally?

Wuhan, China

200

When was the first class of APALI formed?

(accepting +/- 2 years)

2001

200

Which artist made history as the first K-Pop headliner of Coachella?

Blackpink!

200

Protests led by groups a coalition formed by the Asian American Political Alliance, Latin American Students Organization, Black Student Union, and Native American Student Union, that lasted for 5 months and resulted in violent interactions with police, happened at these 2 colleges and resulted in the teaching of ethnic studies. What were the names of at least 1 of the 2 colleges?

Hint* They’re in California

San Francisco State University and University of California, Berkeley

200

This facilitator has lived in seven states. 

Who is Uzair?

200

This executive order was signed by President Roosevelt and authorized the internment of tens of thousands of American citizens of Japanese ancestry and resident aliens from Japan. Dated February 19, 1942, this order gave the military broad powers to ban any citizen from a fifty- to sixty-mile-wide coastal area stretching from Washington state to California and extending inland into southern Arizona. What’s its name?

Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066

300

In what year was PAACH officially opened? What rally helped provide support?

(accepting +/- 2 years) 

2000 (November 11); the SPEAKOUT! Rally

300

Name the 1993 movie that featured an all-Asian cast and was based off a NYT Bestseller book

Joy Luck Club

300

In 1979, President Carter issued Presidential Proclamation 4650, speaking of the significant role Asian/Pacific Americans have played in the creation of a dynamic and pluralistic American society with their contributions to the sciences, arts, industry, government and commerce. Over the next ten years, Presidents Carter, Reagan and George H.W. Bush continued to annually issue proclamations designating a week in which month as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week?

May

300

These two facilitators have lived together for two years. 

Who are Jackie and Irene? 

300

What Supreme Court case ruled that Indian residents did not have the right to naturalize even though they were considered caucasian, because they did not fit “the common definition of whiteness”?

United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind

400

What’s the address of PAACH?

3601 Locust Walk, Suite G22

ARCH Building

Philadelphia, PA 19104-6224

400

Which female politician is Indian American and goes by her middle name?

Nimarata Nikki Haley

400

These were two landmark Asian/AAPI films that earned seven Academy Awards and four academy awards, respectively.

Everything Everywhere All At Once and Parasite

400

Which facilitator recently killed their lucky bamboo plant? 

Who is Finn? 

400

In May 1913, this U.S. state passed the Alien Land Law, prohibiting "aliens ineligible for citizenship" (targeting Asian immigrants) from owning land

California

500

When was Penn’s ASAM program founded?

(accepting +/- 2 years)

Fall of 1996

500

What was the name of the first Asian American to be promoted to the main cast of SNL in 45 seasons? 

Bowen Yang, the first Asian cast member on Saturday Night Live in 45 seasons, is known for referring to himself as the "Lizzo of China""

500

This Supreme Court case ruling cemented the citizenship of children born in the U.S. to non-citizen parents (commonly known as birthright citizenship) in 1897.

United States v. Wong Kim Ark

500

Which of the facilitators has 37,000 Sidechat karma?

Who is Anika?

500

Name the other supreme court case in 1922-1923 that argued over the definition of “whiteness” in its relationship to citizenship within the US

Ozawa v. United States