AAPI Heritage
This U.S. chain created the famous “Orange Chicken” dish.
What is Panda Express?
This holiday, celebrated on June 19th, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.
What is Juneteenth?
According to the "Cookout" rules, you are NOT allowed to take this home with you.
What is a plate of food (or Tupperware that isn't yours)?
This hot sauce, featuring a rooster on the bottle, is based on Thai flavors but produced in California.
What is Sriracha?
This U.S. Vice President has both African American and South Asian (Indian) heritage.
Who is Kamala Harris?
This Indian "festival of lights" is now celebrated annually in New York's Times Square.
What is Diwali?
This individual was the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
These are the two acceptable colors for the 'red drink' at a family function.
What are "Red" and "Purple"?
This soul food side dish, made from cornmeal, broth, and seasonings, is often served with greens.
What is dressing (or stuffing)?
This shared sport between India and Pakistan is watched by hundreds of millions, similar to the Super Bowl.
What is cricket?
U.S. state that has the largest Asian American population.
What is California?
Known as 'Black Wall Street,' this was the name of the prosperous Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, destroyed in a 1921 massacre.
What is the Greenwood District?
Finish the lyric from the *Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* theme song: "I pulled up to the house about seven or eight and I yelled to the cabbie..."
What is, "..yo homes, smell ya later!"?
This U.S. state is famous for Spam musubi, a snack made of rice, Spam, and seaweed.
What is Hawaii?
This musical genre, originating in Jamaica, heavily influenced the development of hip-hop.
What is reggae?
The Netflix Korean show, featuring deadly children's games, to become a global phenomenon in 2021.
What is Squid Games?
This trailblazer was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress and famously said, 'If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This is the unofficial time someone is operating on if they say they're 'on their way' but are still in the shower.
What is CPT (Colored People's Time)?
This is the name of the 'South Asian ice cream,' a frozen dairy dessert beloved in India and Pakistan.
What is Kulfi?
This Pakistani-British singer rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Who is Zayn Malik?
This Asian country is the only one with a national flag that isn't rectangular.
What is Nepal?
This inventor created the three-light traffic signal and a life-saving gas mask.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
This is the name of the card game, often involving trash talk and slamming cards on the table, that is a staple at almost every Black family gathering.
What is Spades?
These three essential vegetables form the 'Holy Trinity' of Creole and Cajun cooking.
What are onion, bell pepper, and celery?
This was the famous name of the legendary boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire (now DR Congo) in the 1970s.
What is The Rumble in the Jungle?