2025 Drew AAPI Heritage Month - Asian Art Feature

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What is most notable about the Terracotta Warriors?

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They are all individually personalized and are not identical.

Answer explanation

The Terracotta Warriors, part of the funerary art for Emperor Qin Shi Huang, feature individual characteristics in facial features, hairstyles, and clothing, despite being made in a large quantity. Each warrior was crafted with meticulous attention to detail, reflecting variations in rank, duty, and even age.

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The oldest tattoo artist in the world is Apo Whang-Od—a Filipina tattoo artist. How old is she?

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108 years old

Answer explanation

Apo Whang-Od, the world's oldest tattoo artist, is significant for several reasons: she's the last of her kind, a guardian of a thousand-year-old Kalinga tattooing tradition, and an icon of Filipino culture. Her global recognition, especially through her Vogue Philippines cover, has brought attention to traditional Filipino tattooing and her work inspires tattoo artists worldwide. 

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The most famous artifact in Taiwan’s National Palace Museum is a Jadeite carving of a…

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Bok Choy Cabbage

Answer explanation

The Jadeite Cabbage, also known as "Jadeite Cabbage with Insects," is a Chinese sculpture carved from a single piece of jadeite. It depicts a bok choy cabbage, with a white stalk and sea-green foliage, and includes a locust and katydid perched on its leaves. The sculpture is a part of the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan. 

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What does “BTS” in the K-Pop band name mean?

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Bangtan Sonyeondan (“Bulletproof Boy Scouts”)}}]}

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BTS stands for the Korean phrase Bangtan Sonyeondan (Korean: 방탄소년단; Hanja: 防彈少年團), which translates literally to 'Bulletproof Boy Scouts'. According to member J-Hope, the name signifies the group's desire "to block out stereotypes, criticisms, and expectations that aim on adolescents like bullets".

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Which of the following musicians is NOT Asian or mixed race Asian? Joji, Bruno Mars, Jhené Aiko

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Answer explanation

Yes, the rest of these musicians have Asian-American Heritage!

Joji is of Asian descent, specifically Japanese. His birth name is George Miller, and he adopted "Joji" as his stage name, which is a Japanese version of his first name. He was born in Osaka, Japan.

Jhené Aiko has Japanese heritage on her mother's side. Aiko herself has acknowledged her mixed heritage and has spoken about the importance of representing her Japanese background.

Bruno Mars has Asian ancestry. His mother was of Filipino and Spanish descent and immigrated to the United States from the Philippines.

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The Emperor's Palace in Mulan is loosely based on what actual historical Chinese palace?

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Forbidden City

Answer explanation

In Mulan (1998) we see the "Imperial City", as it's called in the film, which more or less takes the shape of the Meridian Gate from the Forbidden City in Beijing, built in the 1420s, an exemplar of Chinese architecture with its heavy, looming, magnificent eaves.

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Which Studio Ghibli film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature?

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Answer explanation

"Spirited Away" was the first (and still only!) hand-drawn, non-English animated film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Directed by the legendary Hayao Miyazaki, it's basically a fever dream powered by giant babies, river spirits, and mouthy soot sprites — and somehow, it all makes perfect sense.

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Which anime series holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-running animated TV show?

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Answer explanation

"Sazae-san" has been airing since 1969 and is still going, making it the Energizer Bunny of anime. Sorry, "One Piece" fans — your pirate king still has some catching up to do!

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Which color is traditionally associated with happiness and celebration in many Asian cultures?

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Red

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Extra spice: That’s why you see so much red during Lunar New Year and weddings — it’s the colour of luck, joy, and good fortune! Wearing White is not customary in many Asian weddings unless the couple chooses to have a specifically second, Western wedding.

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The batik textile art, known for its wax-resist dyeing technique, is most associated with which country?

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Indonesia

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Fun note: UNESCO even declared Indonesian batik a "Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity." Wearing batik is like draping yourself in living art.