Question 1

What is the base for the popular Japanese liquor Sake?

Accepted Answer

Polished Rice

Question 2

Hawaii is home to the country’s highest percentage of Asian Americans, Pacific Islander Americans, and multiracial Americans compared to any other state. In what year did Hawaii become a U.S. state?

Accepted Answer

1959 - Hawaii became the 50th state in 1959, after a long relationship with the mainland United States. American missionaries, businesspeople, and sugar cane planters first took an interest in the islands in the early 1800s, and Hawaii became a U.S. territory in 1898. Historians say that the path to statehood was slow because of discrimination against the Hawaiian islands’ large Polynesian, Chinese, and Japanese populations.

Question 3

Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian-American woman to do what?

Accepted Answer

Fly to space

Question 4

Which country invented paper money?

Accepted Answer

China - The first known banknote was first developed in China during the Tang and Song dynasties, starting in the 7th century. Its roots were in merchant receipts of deposit, as merchants and wholesalers desired to avoid the heavy bulk of copper coinage in large commercial transactions.

Question 5

In the 18th century, which Asian group was the first known to settle in the US, and where did they settle?

Accepted Answer

The Manilamen, Filipino immigrants, who settled in Louisiana in 1763 - Most historians believe that Filipinos were the first Asians to live in America! In the 1760s, some Filipino sailors settled in Louisiana, building a small fishing village along with other people of color.

Question 6

Māori are the Indigenous people of which region?

Accepted Answer

New Zeland

Question 7

Kamala Harris has been lauded as the first woman, first Black American, and first South Asian American to be elected Vice President of the United States. What is her actual ethnic identity?

Accepted Answer

Indian and Jamaican - Vice President Kamala Harris was born in California to a Tamil Indian biologist mother and a Jamaican professor father.

Question 8

Which famous temple complex located in Asia is one of the largest religious monuments in the world?

Accepted Answer

Angkor Wat (Cambodia) - Angkor Wat is renowned for its grand scale, intricate bas-relief carvings, and its architectural and artistic significance.

Question 9

Which country's flag is this?

Accepted Answer

Bhutan

Question 10

Who was the first Asian American in history to appear on U.S. currency?

Accepted Answer

Anna May Wong - Anna May Wong’s image is featured on quarters produced by the U.S. Mint starting in 2022 as part of the American Women Quarters Program. Wong, who lived from 1905 until 1961, was the first Asian American film star in Hollywood. The year before her death, Wong became the first Asian actress to be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Question 11

Where does bubble tea originate from

Accepted Answer

Taiwan

Question 12

How much does Asia contribute to the world population?

Accepted Answer

60%

Question 13

Which tech companies is NOT run by Asian American CEOs?

Accepted Answer

Nvidia - Alphabet (Sundar Pichai); Microsoft (Satya Nadella); Nvidia (Jensen Huang)

Question 14

Which Asian country is the only one that has both the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean coastlines?

Accepted Answer

Indonesia

Question 15

How many Oscar awards did Everything Everywhere All at Once won?

Accepted Answer

7

AANHPI Trivia

2) Hawaii is home to the country’s highest percentage of Asian Americans, Pacific Islander Americans, and multiracial Americans compared to any other state. In what year did Hawaii become a U.S. state?

3) Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian-American woman to do what?

4) Which country invented paper money?

5) In the 18th century, which Asian group was the first known to settle in the US, and where did they settle?

6) Māori are the Indigenous people of which region?

7) Kamala Harris has been lauded as the first woman, first Black American, and first South Asian American to be elected Vice President of the United States. What is her actual ethnic identity?

8) Which famous temple complex located in Asia is one of the largest religious monuments in the world?

9) Which country's flag is this?

10) Who was the first Asian American in history to appear on U.S. currency?

11) Where does bubble tea originate from

12) How much does Asia contribute to the world population?

13) Which tech companies is NOT run by Asian American CEOs?

14) Which Asian country is the only one that has both the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean coastlines?

15) How many Oscar awards did Everything Everywhere All at Once won?