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AAPI Heritage Month: How much do you know?
AAPI Heritage Month: How much do you know?
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A Quiz to test your knowledge of AAPI history and people.
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1
Name this famous Asian!
Kal Penn, activist and actor
Sanjay Gupta, former Surgeon General and CNN host
Hari Kondabolu, comedian and director
Bobby Jindal, former governor of Louisana
2
Olympian Chloe Kim is known for her athleticism in ___
snow boarding
ice skating
speed skating
skiing
3
This famous Asian is multi-racial, claiming both Puerto Rican and ___ ancestry.
Korean
South Asian
Filipino
Chinese
4
Filipino American actor Dante Basco is the voice of
Patrick (Sponge Bob Squarepants)
Mordecai (The Regular Show)
Perry (Phineas and Ferb)
Zuko (Avatar the Last Airbender)
5
These two Asian Americans have hosted SNL
Awkwafina
Ken Jeong
Constance Wu
Lucy Liu
6
Vientamese American writer Viet Thanh Nguyen won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel, ___.
The Refugee
Pachinko
The Sympathizer
Exit West
7
The case of the murder of Vincent Chin in 1982 is important in AAPI history because it
All of the above
became a rallying cry for AAPI activists nationwide
took place in Detroit (tensions high w/Japanese automakers)
was a hate crime against a Chinese American man
8
The three largest AAPI ethnicities in the U.S. are
Chinese, Indian, and Filipino Americans
Chinese, Filipino, and Korean Americans
Chinese, Indian, and Japanese Americans
Chinese, Korean, and Filipino Americans
9
The actor pictured was part of a social media movement to advocate for more AAPIs in Hollywood
Norman Mineta
Nathan Chen
Gary Locke
John Cho
10
Hong Kong American actress Ming Na Wen has starred in all of the following EXCEPT
Crazy Rich Asians
Agents of Shield
The Joy Luck Club
Mulan
11
Which of the following is a new acronym being used to include more groups that may be "Asian American"?
APIDA
AA
APA
ACKPA
12
Asian Americans are the CEOs or Co-Founders of all the following companies EXCEPT
Jacksonville Jaguars
Google
Kickstarter
Coca-Cola
13
Crazy Rich Asians is the __ highest grossing rom-com of all time in the U.S.
6th
12th
9th
2nd
14
Korean American David Chang...
hosts a podcast called The David Chang Show
all of the above
stars in the Netflix series, Ugly Delicious
owns restaurants and earned two Michelin stars
15
Name this famous Asian!
Chrissy Tiegen, model and actress
Helen Zia, award-winning journalist & LQBTQ rights advocate
Margaret Cho, Korean American comedian
Kamala Harris, the 1st Indian American vice president
16
Which of these statistics about the AAPIs is true?
Majority of AAPI people came to US after 1965
59% of AAPI people are foreign born
AAPI is projected to become largest immigrant group by 2055
AAPI is the fastest growing immigrant group in the US
17
Asian Briton Kazuo Ishiguro was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in ___.
Literature
Physics
Chemistry
Political Science
18
Taiwanese American Justin Lin is the director of the ___ franchise.
Mission Impossible
Fast and the Furious
Star Wars
Harry Potter
19
This famous Asian is best known for...
her role in The Karate Kid
her role in The Joy Luck Club
her role in Crazy Rich Asians
her role in longest-running AAPI-centered family TV series
20
AAPIs represent _% of the total U.S. population.
5.4
3.8
4.5
6.8
21
Fresh Off the Boat author Chinese American Eddie Huang also
won a snowboarding medal in the junior Olympics
owns a restaurant
writes for Time Magazine
works at Google as a developer
22
Simu Liu, star of the Canadian series "Kim's Convenience," was recently cast as ____
Shang-Chi
Mr. Miyagi
Superman
Green Lantern
23
AAPI students make up __ of the total T/E student population.
19.0%
16.3%
12.1%
8.5%
24
Name this famous Asian!
musician and activist Kina Grannis
civil rights and political activist Yuri Kochiyama
feminist scholar and author Grace Lee Boggs
actor and comedian Awkwafina
25
Chinese American scholar & Penn professor Angela Duckworth is famous for her ___ research on ___.
biology; neuroplasicity
politics; gender dynamics
language; translation
education; grit and resilience
26
Each of the following celebrities has Asian ancestry EXCEPT
John Cena
Tiger Woods
The Rock
Chrissy Tiegen
27
This famous Asian hosted his own political talk show on Netflix.
Hari Kondabolu
Kumail Nanjiani
Aziz Ansari
Hasan Minaj
28
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month takes place in
There is none!
October
May
January
29
Who was the first Asian American to win an Olympic medal?
Sammy Lee (diving)
Chloe Kim (snow boarding)
Michelle Kwon (figure skating)
Apollo Anton Ono (speed skating)
30
The number of Asian American athletes who competed in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
11
14
6
2
31
Japanese American George Takei is famous for
his role as Sulu on Star Trek
All of the above
his activism as an LGBTQ advocate
his memoirs about his WWII Japanese Incarceration experience
32
Chinese American architect I. M. Pei designed ___
the Louvre in Paris
the Civil Rights Memorial in Alabama
the Vietnam War Memorial in D. C.
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland
33
Thai American Tammy Duckworth is...
a former US lieutenant colonel
a US senator for Illinois
all of the above
the first senator to give birth while serving in Congress
34
The term AAPI stands for
American Asians Pacific Islanders
Asian Americans Protecting Identity
American Asians from the Pacific Islands
Asian American Pacific Islander
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The term "Asian American" was first coined in the
1970s
1980s
1950s
1960s
