AAPI Heritage Month Trivia

Which U.S. state has the highest concentration of Asians?

• Washington

• California

• New Jersey

• Hawaii

Crazy Rich Asians (2018) is the first major Hollywood film with a majority Asian cast since The Joy Luck Club, which premiered in

• 2004

• 1988

• 1993

• 1997

Which of the following south Asian countries are islands?

• Sri Lanka

• Bhutan

• Pakistan

• Maldives

• Nepal

Which of the following former 2020 Democratic contenders have Asian and/or Pacific Islander heritage?

• Andrew Yang

• Tulsi Gabbard

• Kamala Harris

• Bernie Sanders

Asian-American women won the right to vote in the U.S. in

• 1920

• 1931

• 1952

• 1947

• 1926

When was Hawaii annexed to the US?

• 1800

• 1912

• 1898

• 1950

Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian-American woman to

• win a Nobel prize

• invent a medicine

• travel to space

• drive a racecar

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

• Chinese, in California

• Filipinos, in Louisiana

• Japanese, in California

• Indians, in Maryland

Why is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month observed in May?

• To honor Chinese railroad engineers and a peace treaty with Japan

• To honor Japanese-American architects and the first Chinese immigrants

• To honor Nakahama Manjiro's birthday and the Delano Grape Strike

• To honor the first Japanese-American immigrant and the completion of the transcontinental railroad

What is true about Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month? Choose more than one answer

• Celebrated in May

• Established outside the United States

• Honor the first Japanese immigrant to the United States

• Honors the contributions of Chinese immigrants in building the transcontinental railroad