Asian American History 101
Popular Film and Television
AAPI's in Music B.A. (Before Awkwafina)
Demographics and the U.S. Census
Misc. Pop Culture (and white nonsense)
100
Opened in 1910, the detention facility on this isolated piece of land in San Francisco Bay was the site of oppressive detainment for thousands of Chinese immigrants.
What is Angel Island?
100
During the 1910s and early 1920s, Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa was a popular Hollywood star of these types of films, which conveyed key lines of dialogue through the use of title cards.
What are silent films?
100
Johnny Dang is a Houston-based Vietnamese American jeweler known for making custom pieces of this type of dental jewelry, popularized in the mid-2000s during the rise of Southern rap culture.
What is a grill?
100
After California and New York, this state has the largest Asian American population.
What is Texas?
100
This Taiwanese American NBA player experienced an unprecedented rise to fame with the 2012 New York Knicks.
Who is Jeremy Lin?
200
In 1968 and 1969, students at San Francisco State University and University of California Berkley went on strike to demand this.
What is the establishment of ethnic studies programs?
200
This American sitcom starring Margaret Cho was the first prime time sitcom featuring an Asian American cast.
What is All American Girl?
200
Karen Lee Orzolek, better-known as "Karen O," is the lead vocalist for this indie rock band.
What are the Yeah Yeah Yeahs?
200
Filipino Americans are the largest Asian ethnic group in this state.
What is Hawaii?
200
The worst people in the world got mad at this Asian American musician when she asked fans on twitter to not use their phones at her concerts.
Who is Mitski?
300
This landmark Supreme Court Case upheld the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066, which forced Japanese Americans into internment camps during WWII.
What is Korematsu v United States?
300
Vietnamese American actress Thuy Trang was the first to play this member of an iconic, color-coded, ‘90s era superhero team; her civilian identity was teenager Trini Kwan.
Who is the "Yellow Ranger" from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers?
300
Born in Honolulu to a Filipino mother and Puerto Rican father, Philip Gene-Hernandez is a popular American singer who goes by this stage name.
Who is Bruno Mars?
300
This northern Massachusetts city has the highest population of Cambodian Americans.
What is Lowell?
300
Living to be 100, this Chinese American philosopher and activist published her last book when she was 95.
Who is Grace Lee Boggs?
400
In 1952, this president vetoed the McCarran-Walter Act that would have nullified anti-Asian exclusion laws and allow for naturalization of all Asians. (The veto was overridden by congress)
Who is Harry Truman
400
Korean American drag queen Kim Chi, who competed on the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, has been known to perform a routine on tour inspired by this fictional lunar defender of love and justice.
Who is Sailor Moon?
400
This 2010 song by Far East Movement reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for three non-consecutive weeks, becoming the first single by Asian American artists to do so.
What is "Like a G6"?
400
According to the 2010 U.S. Census, this ethnic group is the 7th largest (after Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese Americans).
What are Pakistani Americans?
400
In 2021, Andrew Yang and Christine Todd Whitman founded this "centrist" "political" "party."
What is Forward Party?
500
"The first and only national organization for Asian Pacific American union members," the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), formed in this year.
What is 1992?
500
This smooth-talking mathlete and amateur rapper was a minor character in the 2004 film Mean Girls, and the below screenshot is from a scene in the movie where he tells main character Cady Heron, "Look, I don't mean to hurt your feelings, but I only date women of color."
Who is Kevin G (Kevin Gnapoor)?
500
In 2005, this Korean American singer released her second album's lead single, "1 Thing,” which reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
Who is Amerie?
500
This city has the largest population of Hmong Americans in the country.
Minneapolis
500
Actor Keone Young played the character Mr. Wu in this historical western TV series set in South Dakota.
Deadwood