Geography
This country has the most amount of islands in Asia.
What is Indonesia?
California rolls are undoubtedly one of the most popular forms of sushi. What are the five main ingredients found in it? (100 pts per correct ingredient). Bonus: +100 pts if you can name the place where it was invented!
What is rice, seaweed, crab meat, cucumbers, and avocado? Bonus answer - Vancouver, Canada!
In crazy rich asians what was the female leads name?
Who is Rachel Chu?
This “Gangnam Style” singer paved the way for K-pop’s global entry.
Who is Psy?
What is a Chinese musical form which became popular in the middle of the 19th century? It combines the music of traditional instruments with spoken and sung dialogues, sweeping stylized movements, dance and acrobatics.
What is Peking Opera?
This country’s capital, Ulaanbaatar, is the coldest capital city in the world.
What is Mongolia?
Although now considered a staple of Japanese cuisine, this noodle soup traces its origins to Chinese lamian and only became widespread in Japan after the late 19th century.
What is ramen?
In the Disney movie, Mulan, the ancestors of Mulan send a small dragon to help her. What is the dragon's name?
Who is Mushu?
This 9 member girl group, known for “Gee” and “Into the New World” is often called the “Nation’s girl group”.
What is Girls Generation/SNSD?
What are the "Four Treasures of the Study"?
What is writing brush, ink, paper and ink slab / ink stone?
This Southeast Asian country is the only one in the region that was never colonized by a European power.
What is Thailand?
This Southeast Asian fruit is banned from many hotels and public transport due to its strong smell, yet is known as the “king of fruits.”
What is durian?
In the TV show Modern Family, Mitchell and Cameron decided to adopt a child from an Asian country. From which country is their daughter from?
What is Vietnam?
This 2004 Ghibli film features a young hatmaker named Sophie who is cursed into an old woman’s body.
What is Howl’s Moving Castle?
What Korean pottery is famous for jade-green glaze and graceful shape?
What is Celadon pottery?
This river forms much of the border between Laos and Thailand before flowing into Cambodia and Vietnam.
What is the Mekong River?
This Korean dish’s name literally means “seaweed rice,” referring to its two essential components.
What is kimbap?
The movie Big Hero 6 was set in a fictional city, that combined elements of two actual ones. What was the name of this city?
What is San Fransoyko? (San Francisco and Tokyo)
This 2020 c-drama follows three unrelated children who grow up together due to their lack of mother figures and had a Korean remake in 2024 called Family By Choice.
What is Go Ahead?
This porcelain style required painters to apply designs before glazing and firing, a technique that allowed its signature deep blue patterns to remain crisp for centuries.
What is blue and white porcelain?
This country, located between China and India, measures national success using “Gross National Happiness.”
What is Bhutan?
This Sichuan dish, known for its numbing‑spicy flavor, gets its name from a “pockmarked old woman” who invented it in Chengdu.
What is mapo tofu?
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry falls for a Ravenclaw girl (who happens to be Asian). What is the name of his crush? Bonus: +100 points if you can name the character who asked her out to the Yule Ball before Harry did!
Who is Cho Chang? Bonus answer - Cedric Diggory
This 2020 k-drama, starring Seo Yeji as an antisocial children’s book author, won the Best Drama award at the 57th Baeksang Arts Awards.
What is It’s Okay to Not Be Okay?
Created by the ukiyo‑e master Hokusai, this artwork became one of the most internationally recognized images of Japanese art, influencing Impressionist painters like Monet and Van Gogh.
What is The Great Wave off Kanagawa?