AAPI Heritage Month Trivia

In 2020, he became the first Asian-American baseball manager to win the World Series.

• Dave Roberts

• John McGraw

• Sparky Anderson

• Tony La Russa

Gerald Tsai was the first Asian American to become what?

• Fortune 500 CEO

• Congressman

• Astronaut

• Cabinet member

Cesar Chavez joined this person to demand farm workers' rights.

His name may not be as well-known a name as Chavez, but his role among Filipino-American workers was as critical in the 1965-70 Delano grape strike. Who was he?

• Larry Itliong

• Julio Hernandez

• Jose M. Leonidas

• Philip Vera Cruz

This queen advocated for a free Hawaiʻi until her death in 1917 at the age of 79. She is also famous for saying:

“Never cease to act because you fear you may fail.”

• Queen Liliuokalani

• Queen Kamehameha I

• Queen Nahienaena

• Queen Kamehameha III

JoAnne S. Bass became the first Asian-American to hold the senior enlisted position in the U.S. Air Force in _________.

• 1980

• 2000

• 2010

• 2020

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

• Invent a medicine

• Drive a racecar

• Fly to space

• Win a Nobel Peace Prize

The Tape v. Hurley case happened in ______. California's Supreme Court ruled that the state entitles "all children" access to public education. The case centered on Mamie Tape (8 yrs old) an American-born daughter of Chinese immigrants whose family sued the San Francisco Board of Education for denying her admission because of her race.

• 1755

• 1830

• 1885

• 1900

Bowen Yang became the first cast member of full Asian descent on Saturday Night Live in _______.

• 1975

• 1989

• 2000

• 2019

In 1994, Taiwanese American Jerry Yang co-founded the web portal ____ with David Filo, after ditching a doctoral program at Stanford University.

• Yahoo!

• Ask Jeeves

• Duck Duck Go

• Gmail

This man is an actor, author, and activist. He was imprisoned as a child in Japanese American incarceration camps and wrote about it in his graphic memoir, They Called Us Enemy.

• George Takei

• Bob Matsui

• Eric Shinseki

• Ryan Higa