This president expanded Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month to a month-long celebration in 1990.
Who is President George H.W. Bush?
100
President Barack Obama is from this Pacific Island.
What is Hawaii?
100
This is the largest country in the Asia-Pacific region.
What is China?
100
This popular American condiment derives its name from the Malaysian word for condiment "kecap".
What is ketchup?
100
This lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls is Filipino, Hawaiian, and Russian.
Who is Nicole Sherzinger?
200
This is the decade the US opened doors to formerly excluded Asian-Pacific groups.
What are the 1960s?
200
During the Tibetan Uprising in 1959, this Tibetan leader fled into exile in India.
Who is the Dalai Lama?
200
These two oceans surround the Asian and Pacific Island region.
What are the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean?
200
This state is the largest consumer of Spam in the U.S.
What is Hawaii?
200
Daily Double!:
This 2008 film directed by, produced by, and starring Clint Eastwood, is the first mainstream US film to feature Hmong Americans.
What is Gran Torino?
300
Japanese Americans were detained in internment camps during this war.
What is World War II?
300
This current Secretary-General of the
United Nations, Ban-Ki Moon, hails from this country.
What is South Korea?
300
Daily Double!:
China borders me to the north and India to the south.
What is Nepal?
300
Traditionally thought to be from China, historians believe fortune cookies actually originated in this Asian-Pacific country.
What is Japan?
300
This Asian-American director has won the Academy Award for Best Director twice, most recently for "Life of Pi."
Who is Ang Lee?
400
Founded in 1611, the oldest university in the Asia-Pacific region is located in this country.
What is the Philippines?
400
One of the world's most prominent political prisoners, Aung San Suu Kyi was held on house arrest for almost 15 years in this country.
What is Burma?
400
This body of water separates Japan from Eastern Asia.
What is the Sea of Japan?
400
This red fruit is believed to reduce the risk of heart diseases and grown abundantly in several Asian countries like India, China and in the Middle East.
What is pomegranate?
400
This singer, of the hit "Wind Beneath My Wings," was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Who is Bette Midler?
500
Independence Day of Bangladesh is on March 26th, celebrating independence from this country.
What is Pakistan?
500
This is the current Acting Chief of the Asylum Division.
Who is Ted Kim?
500
The largest non-functioning Hindu temple in the world is located in this country.
What is Cambodia?
500
Popular dishes from this country include tom yam goong and massaman curry.
What is Thailand?
500
He is a boxer, TV/movie actor, commercial model, recording artist and now the first active boxer to become a congressman in the Philippines.