What term is used to describe Americans with ancestry from East Asia, Southeast Asia, or South Asia?
a) Indo-Americans
b) Afro-Americans
c) Asian-Americans
d) Euro-Americans
Answer: c) Asian-Americans
Which Asian-American activist and politician served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations?
a) Kamala Harris
b) Grace Lee Boggs
c) Patsy Mink
d) Nikki Haley
Answer: d) Nikki Haley
Who was the first Asian-American to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor?
a) Riz Ahmed
b) Dev Patel
c) Ben Kingsley
d) Haing S. Ngor
Answer: d) Haing S. Ngor
Which Asian-American figure skater won a gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics?
a) Michelle Kwan
b) Kristi Yamaguchi
c) Nathan Chen
d) Apolo Ohno
Answer: b) Kristi Yamaguchi
Who is the first Asian-American woman elected to Congress?
a) Grace Meng
b) Patsy Mink
c) Mazie Hirono
d) Kamala Harris
Answer: b) Patsy Mink
Which Asian-American scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the Higgs boson particle?
a) Michio Kaku
b) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
c) Yoichiro Nambu
d) Takaaki Kajita
Answer: d) Takaaki Kajita
Who is the first Asian-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
a) Jhumpa Lahiri
b) Celeste Ng
c) Amy Tan
d) Maxine Hong Kingston
Answer: d) Maxine Hong Kingston
Which Asian-American actor is known for his role as Glenn Rhee in the TV series “The Walking Dead”?
a) Steven Yeun
b) John Cho
c) Daniel Dae Kim
d) Randall Park
Answer: a) Steven Yeun
Who is the first Asian-American to serve as a federal judge in the United States?
a) Denny Chin
b) Goodwin Liu
c) Sri Srinivasan
d) Kim McLane Wardlaw
Answer: a) Denny Chin
Which Asian-American athlete won the gold medal in gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics?
a) Kohei Uchimura
b) Yang Wei
c) Kohei Kameyama
d) Nastia Liukin
Answer: d) Nastia Liukin
Who is the first Asian-American to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?
a) Har Gobind Khorana
b) Susumu Tonegawa
c) Tu Youyou
d) Yuan T. Lee
Answer: a) Har Gobind Khorana
Which Asian-American actress is known for her role as Mindy Lahiri in the TV series “The Mindy Project”?
a) Priyanka Chopra
b) Constance Wu
c) Mindy Kaling
d) Sandra Oh
Answer: c) Mindy Kaling
Who was the first Asian-American to win the Academy Award for Best Director?
a) Ang Lee
b) Bong Joon-ho
c) Hirokazu Kore-eda
d) Hayao Miyazaki
Answer: a) Ang Lee
Which Asian-American athlete won the gold medal in figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics?
a) Yuzuru Hanyu
b) Nathan Chen
c) Shoma Uno
d) Adam Rippon
Answer: b) Nathan Chen
Who is the first Asian-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming?
a) Missy Franklin
b) Janet Evans
c) Lia Neal
d) Kristy Kowal
Answer: c) Lia Neal
Which Asian-American filmmaker directed the movie “Crazy Rich Asians”?
a) Justin Lin
b) Jon M. Chu
c) Lulu Wang
d) Ang Lee
Answer: b) Jon M. Chu
Who is the first Asian-American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress?
a) Awkwafina
b) Rinko Kikuchi
c) Sandra Oh
d) Miyoshi Umeki
Answer: d) Miyoshi Umeki
Which Asian-American musician is known for his hit song “Gangnam Style”?
a) Jay Park
b) Psy
c) G-Dragon
d) Eric Nam
Answer: b) Psy
Who is the first Asian-American to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Transportation?
a) Elaine Chao
b) Norman Mineta
c) Gary Locke
d) Jeh Johnson
Answer: b) Norman Mineta
Which Asian-American chef is known for his TV show “Ugly Delicious” and his restaurant Momofuku?
a) Roy Choi
b) David Chang
c) Eddie Huang
d) Jet Tila
Answer: b) David Chang
Who is the first Asian-American to win the Nobel Prize in Economics?
a) Daniel Kahneman
b) Paul Krugman
c) Milton Friedman
d) Vernon L. Smith
Answer: d) Vernon L. Smith
Which Asian-American actress starred in the movie “The Farewell” and won a Golden Globe for her performance?
a) Michelle Yeoh
b) Awkwafina
c) Lucy Liu
d) Maggie Q
Answer: b) Awkwafina
Who is the first Asian-American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
a) Aung San Suu Kyi
b) Malala Yousafzai
c) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
d) Leymah Gbowee
Answer: c) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Which Asian-American journalist is the anchor of “NBC Nightly News”?
a) Lester Holt
b) Juju Chang
c) Elaine Quijano
d) David Muir
Answer: a) Lester Holt
Who is the first Asian-American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama?
a) David Henry Hwang
b) Lin-Manuel Miranda
c) Qui Nguyen
d) Ayad Akhtar
Answer: a) David Henry Hwang
Which Asian-American actor is known for his role as Sulu in the “Star Trek” franchise?
a) Kal Penn
b) John Cho
c) Daniel Dae Kim
d) Ken Jeong
Answer: b) John Cho
Who is the first Asian-American to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress?
a) Sandra Oh
b) Anna May Wong
c) Miyoshi Umeki
d) Hailee Steinfeld
Answer: c) Miyoshi Umeki
Which Asian-American tennis player won the US Open in 2014?
a) Naomi Osaka
b) Kei Nishikori
c) Li Na
d) Peng Shuai
Answer: c) Li Na
Who is the first Asian-American astronaut to travel to space?
a) Kalpana Chawla
b) Ellison Onizuka
c) Mae Jemison
d) Franklin Chang-Díaz
Answer: b) Ellison Onizuka
Which Asian-American actress is known for her role as Cristina Yang in the TV series “Grey’s Anatomy”?
a) Sandra Oh
b) Lucy Liu
c) Ming-Na Wen
d) Constance Wu
Answer: a) Sandra Oh
Who is the first Asian-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in individual figure skating?
a) Michelle Kwan
b) Kristi Yamaguchi
c) Yuna Kim
d) Mao Asada
Answer: b) Kristi Yamaguchi
Which Asian-American comedian is known for his role in “The Hangover” movies?
a) Ken Jeong
b) Hasan Minhaj
c) Jimmy O. Yang
d) Ali Wong
Answer: a) Ken Jeong
Who is the first Asian-American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director?
a) Chloe Zhao
b) Ang Lee
c) Bong Joon-ho
d) Wong Kar-wai
Answer: a) Chloe Zhao
Which Asian-American singer-songwriter is known for her hits “Adorn” and “Sure Thing”?
a) Jason Mraz
b) Bruno Mars
c) Miguel
d) John Legend
Answer: c) Miguel
Who is the first Asian-American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry?
a) Li-Young Lee
b) Claudia Rankine
c) Ocean Vuong
d) Tracy K. Smith
Answer: a) Li-Young Lee
Which Asian-American actress starred in the movie “Raya and the Last Dragon” as the voice of Raya?
a) Gemma Chan
b) Awkwafina
c) Sandra Oh
d) Constance Wu
Answer: b) Awkwafina
Who is the first Asian-American to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
a) Yuan T. Lee
b) Ahmed Zewail
c) Roger Y. Tsien
d) K. Barry Sharpless
Answer: a) Yuan T. Lee
Which Asian-American basketball player is known as “Linsanity” for his breakout performance with the New York Knicks?
a) Jeremy Lin
b) Yao Ming
c) Dikembe Mutombo
d) Stephon Marbury
Answer: a) Jeremy Lin
Who is the first Asian-American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
a) Gao Xingjian
b) Kazuo Ishiguro
c) Haruki Murakami
d) Orhan Pamuk
Answer: a) Gao Xingjian
Which Asian-American actress is known for her role as Cassian Andor in the “Star Wars” series?
a) Rinko Kikuchi
b) Kelly Marie Tran
c) Awkwafina
d) Luna Lauren Velez
Answer: b) Kelly Marie Tran
Who is the first Asian-American to win the Nobel Prize in Physics?
a) Chen-Ning Yang
b) Tsung-Dao Lee
c) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
d) Yoichiro Nambu
Answer: a) Chen-Ning Yang
Which Asian-American actress is known for her role as June Woo in the movie “The Joy Luck Club”?
a) Lucy Liu
b) Sandra Oh
c) Ming-Na Wen
d) Tamlyn Tomita
Answer: d) Tamlyn Tomita
Who is the first Asian-American to win the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences?
a) Paul Krugman
b) Daniel Kahneman
c) Vernon L. Smith
d) Amartya Sen
Answer: b) Daniel Kahneman
Which Asian-American filmmaker directed the movie “Minari”?
a) Lulu Wang
b) Bong Joon-ho
c) Ang Lee
d) Lee Isaac Chung
Answer: d) Lee Isaac Chung
Who is the first Asian-American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music?
a) Tan Dun
b) Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
c) Zhou Long
d) Du Yun
Answer: a) Tan Dun
Which Asian-American actress is known for her role as Mulan in the live-action adaptation of “Mulan”?
a) Liu Yifei
b) Michelle Yeoh
c) Gemma Chan
d) Zhang Ziyi
Answer: a) Liu Yifei
Who is the first Asian-American to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
a) Linus Pauling
b) Yuan T. Lee
c) Ahmed Zewail
d) Frances H. Arnold
Answer: c) Ahmed Zewail
Which Asian-American actress is known for her role as Melinda May in the TV series “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”?
a) Jamie Chung
b) Ming-Na Wen
c) Rinko Kikuchi
d) Maggie Q
Answer: b) Ming-Na Wen
Who is the first Asian-American to win the Academy Award for Best Original Score?
a) Tan Dun
b) Joe Hisaishi
c) Ryuichi Sakamoto
d) A. R. Rahman
Answer: d) A. R. Rahman
Which Asian-American writer is known for his novel “American Born Chinese,” which won the Michael L. Printz Award?
a) Gene Luen Yang
b) Kevin Kwan
c) Viet Thanh Nguyen
d) Jhumpa Lahiri
Answer: a) Gene Luen Yang
