St. Louis / Missouri AAPI History quiz #1

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How much do you know about Asian American history in St. Louis and Missouri? Take this quiz to find out!!

Presented by the AACS Team of AAPI History Volunteers Team (Junnie Bae, Hannah Moon, Megan Ouyang, Sai Prem, Larry Qian, Yehia Said, Aanya Sigh, and Max Zeng)

We thank our advisers Christopher Gordon, Huping Ling, Min Liu, Ed Shew, and Peter Tao for their guidance. We will use our instagram (#civicasians) and Facebook (Asian American Civic Scholars) to provide summaries from this quiz.

Shayn Prapaisilp is a second generation Asian American business owner in St. Louis. The family businesses include Chao Baan and Global Foods. In 1981, their family opened the first __________ restaurant in St. Louis. *

1 point

Japanese

Korean

Mongolian barbeque

Thai

OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates (often referred to as OCA) was founded in 1973 and is one of the largest national civil rights advocacy organization for AAPIs, with over 100 chapters and affiliates. What's the St. Louis connection to this organization? *

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St. Louis chapter of OCA was one of the three founding chapters of the national organization, along with Washington DC and Detroit.

Its headquarter is in St. Louis.

It had no specific connection to St. Louis.

Springfield, Missouri's signature meal is what Chinese inspired dish? *

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Springfield-Style St. Paul Sandwich

Springfield-Style Cozy Dog

Springfield-Style Sesame Chicken

Springfield-Style Cashew Chicken

The award-winning James S. McDonnell Planetarium of St. Louis was designed by HOK, the largest U.S.-based architecture-engineering firm, which is based on St. Louis. Which of the following AAPI architect was one of its three founders?

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Hideo Miyagi

Kaneji Domoto

Gyo Obata

Maya Lin

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St. Louis was the first US City to become a sister city to a city in China in 1979. What was that city's name? *

1 point

Beijing

Nanjing

Chongqing

Shanghai

What presidential cabinet post did former St. Louisan Steven Chu serve in during the Obama Administration? *

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Secretary of Treasury

Secretary of Transportation

Secretary of Energy

Secretary of Education

Which member of the Chinese Royal Family visited the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair? *

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Qin Shi Huang Di

Prince Pu Lun

Emperor Puyi

Emperor Qianlong

Discrimination in employment forced most early Chinese immigrants in St. Louis into which business? *

1 point

Chinese restaurants and tea houses

Hand laundry

Herb shops

Salons

Which of the following restaurants was opened in 1985, and is considered to be one of the first Vietnamese restaurants in St. Louis? *

1 point

Mai Lee

Pho Grand

Pho Long

Little Saigon

According to Professor Linghu Ping of Truman State, 24 year old Alla Lee who arrived at St. Louis in 1857 was the first recorded Chinese American in St. Louis, and probably the first Asian immigrant as well. Nationwide, Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial/ethnic group. The 2020 Census showed that the St. Louis region saw a _______ increase since 2010. *

1 point

15%

25%

37%

100%

According to a 2019 study, STL had the 3rd-fastest-growing foreign population among major US cities. In 2020, which AAPI group was the largest foreign-born population, exceeding the Mexican-born foreign population? *

1 point

Chinese

Indians

Japanese

Vietnamese

When Anna Hui was appointed Missouri's Director of Labor and Industrial Relations, she became the first Asian American to ever serve in the Governor's Cabinet for Missouri. When did that happen? *

1 point

1996

2000

2017

2021

Hop Alley, the original St. Louis Chinatown, was demolished to make room for the development of: *

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Powell Hall

Budweiser

The Arch

Busch Stadium

The late Dr. George Sato, a beloved pediatrician who served generations of St. Lousans, was a transfer students at WashU's medical school; he was among dozens of Japanese students who transferred to WashU in 1941/1942. This was due to FDR's Executive Order 9066 that led to ________ persons of Japanese ancestry in internment camps.

1 point

1,200

12,000

50,000

120,000

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Alla Lee arrived in St. Louis in 1857 as a 24-year old man from the city of Ningbo, China. Later he'd open up a shop selling coffee and tea in North 10th street. He married in St. Louis. Where was his wife from originally? *

1 point

St. Louis

Ningbo

San Francisco

Ireland

The following questions help provide us with some information about our community. Please help us answer them to your best ability. We also ask that you help forward this survey to anyone who may be interested in trying this quiz. Here is the link: https://forms.gle/XRjmbGGZTubtAAJB9

Which of the following best describes you?

I am an Asian American student.

I am an adult in the Asian American community.

I am an educator who works in a public/private school.

I am an ally of the AAPI community.

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Where do you live primarily? Please provide us with your zip code.

Out of the 15 questions, what % do you think you got correctly?

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We hope to collect data from people in St. Louis. What % do you think the average St. Louisian will get right on the quiz?

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AAPI students like us would like to see more opportunities in schools and in the community to teach about AAPI history. How unlikely/likely are you to support an effort like that?

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