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Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month initially celebrated the arrival of the first group of immigrants from this country.
What is Japan?
100
The oldest continuously operating Chinese restaurant is located in this Big Sky state.
What is Montana?
100
This Chinese American author is best known for her popular novel “The Joy Luck Club”, which was adapted into a 1993 film.
Who is Amy Tan?
100
He is also known as “The Awakened One” or “The Enlightened One”.
Who is Buddha?
100
Research has shown that this herb common in the cuisines and medicines of China and South Korea could help lower blood sugar and inflammation.
What is Ginseng?
200
The tracks for this major route connecting east and west were laid out by predominantly Chinese immigrants, about 1,200 of whom died.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
200
AAPI dining experienced its initial boom due to this significant period that took place in San Francisco.
What is the Gold Rush?
200
His novel “Crazy Rich Asians” inspired a film adaptation starring Constance Wu and Michelle Yeoh in 2018.
Who is Kevin Kwan?
200
This is Japan’s most popular spectator sport.
What is Baseball?
200
This is the oldest surviving living tree species in the world and can be recognized by its distinct fan-shaped leaves.
What is Ginkgo?
300
In May 1990, this president extended Asian Pacific American Heritage Week to a month-long celebration.
Who was George H.W. Bush?
300
These two popular Korean dishes are both marinated and grilled, one featuring thinly sliced beef while the other uses beef short ribs.
What are Beef Bulgogi and Beef Galbi?
300
This English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist born in colonial British India won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 and is best known for his children’s books, including “The Jungle Book”.
Who is Rudyard Kipling?
300
This Pacific Island’s moniker is “Where America’s Day Begins!”
What is Guam?
300
This fermented and sweetened black tea drink is thought to have originated in China, despite speculation that it might be a misheard transliteration from Japanese.
What is Kombucha?
400
Boun Bang Fai is a three-day holiday/festival traditionally practiced and celebrated by Northeast Thailand and Laos usually in the middle of May by firing these into the air.
What are Rockets?
400
The U.S. Pacific islands of Hawaii, Guam, the Northern Marianas, and American Samoa are the highest consumer per capita of this canned product.
What is SPAM?
400
This author of “The Good Earth” was born in West Virginia, and her missionary parents took her to China as a baby, where she would eventually live for 40 years.
Who was Pearl S. Buck?
400
Starring as Aquaman in a relatively recent movie, this native Hawaiian has become one of the most popular Polynesian American actors next to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
Who is Jason Momoa?
400
The Japanese consume roughly this much less calories per day compared to their American counterparts (please express your answer as a percentage).
What is 25%?
500
This is commonly regarded as the most important festival in Buddhism, as it celebrates Buddha’s birthday.
What is Vesak?
500
This iconic Thai soup is celebrated for its vibrant hot and sour flavors, often featuring shrimp as its main source of protein.
What is Tom Yum?
500
This Indian-born British American novelist often combines magic realism with historical fiction in his works and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations, typically set on the Indian subcontinent.
Who is Salman Rushdie?
500
Currently on the Injured/Reserved List, this New England Patriots defensive tackle from American Samoa learned to speak English while in college on a football scholarship to Washington State.
Who is Daniel Ekuale?
500
She was the first Chinese American woman to become a physician and founded one of the first medical clinics in San Francisco’s Chinatown in the 1920s.
Who was Dr. Margaret “Mom” Chung?
