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This romantic-comedy was renowned for having an all-Asian cast (Constance Wu, Gemma Chan, Henry Golding, and Awkwafina, to name a few) and was released in 2018.
What is Crazy Rich Asians?
These two Asian countries are the most populous in the world.
What are China and India?
This 24K Magic singer (who also happens to be 5' 5'') is half-Filipino.
Who is Bruno Mars?
Name one club at Payton that celebrates and unpacks the identity and culture of Asian-American Pacific Islander students.
What are Asian-American Club, South Asian-American Club, Asian Student Initiative, TAK, and Jade?
This is a grilled meat dish that is served on a skewer and originates from the Middle East.
What is a kebab?
Simone Ashley plays the female lead—Kate Sharma—in season two of this regency Netflix Original.
What is Bridgerton?
This Pacific Island is the most isolated population center on Earth. Therefore, it has its own time zone (three hours behind Pacific Standard Time).
What is Hawai'i?
Name one author of Asian-American/Pacific Islander descent that we have read at Payton.
Who are Amy Tan, Gene Luen Yang, Cathy Park Hong, Helen Zia, Jhumpa Lahiri, Alok Vaid-Menon, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Jose Antonio Vargas, etc.?
This holiday signifies the end of the fasting of Ramadan.
What is Eid-ul-Fitr?
This Filipino fast food chain is known around the world for its signature Chickenjoy meal and “Yumburger”.
Jollibee
This seven-member boy band was the first K-pop group to ever receive a Grammy Award nomination.
Who is BTS?
China is bordered by 14 different countries. Name two of them.
What are Korea, the People's Republic of Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar?
This half-Samoan actor (and former wrestler) is renowned for his role in movies such as Moana, Baywatch, and The Game Plan.
Who is Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson?
This holiday is nicknamed the festival of light and marks the beginning of spring.
This body modification comes from the Tahitian word “tatau”.
What is a tattoo?
This horror and drama Korean film, released in 2019, about wealth disparity won four awards at the 92nd Academy Awards and a Golden Globe.
What is Parasite?
This is the only country in Southeast Asia that has never been colonized by Europeans.
What is Thailand?
This Taiwanese-American professional basketball player has been on eight NBA teams, most notably the Knicks.
Who is Jeremy Lin?
This is the month that the mid-autumn festival, marking the end of the autumn harvest, is celebrated in.
Hint: The price of mooncakes is highest one month before it.
What is September?
These two Asian countries fought to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.
What are China and Kazakhstan?
This actor played the first Pakistani superhero in the Marvel universe.
Kumail Nanjiani
What is Bangladesh?
This Vietnamese-American woman created a viral video in 2021 demanding increased coverage of hate crimes against Asian-Americans and is responsible for drafting the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Rights Act.
Who is Amanda Nguyen?
Name a traditional AAPI item of clothing.
What are qipao, maoshan, ao dai, batik, hanbok, sari, chut thai, baro’t saya, kimono, lavalava, holoku, etc.?
Mount Everest, located in Nepal, is the world's tallest mountain. This number is the height (in feet) of the highest peak of Mount Everest.
What is the number 29,029? (Accept answers between 28,000 - 30,000 feet)