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Garbage Quiz ShoW Episode 13-14
Garbage Quiz ShoW Episode 13-14
Garbage Quiz ShoW Episode 13-14
Easy Round
2. What are the benefits of recycling for our earth and the environment?
a. Conserves energy
b. Reduces air and water pollution
c. Conserves natural resources
d. All of the above
Answer: D. All of the above
a. Car battery
b. Clothing
c. Toxic Cleaning bottles
d. Electronic Devices
Answer: B. Clothing
4. What is the name of the theme park in the Municipality of Sibalom where all designs and decorations are
made from recycled waste materials?
Average Round
Difficult Round
9. In the basuraology TV Crafts, the Calphos is the concoction or mixture made from eggshells, bones, and
vinegar that is rich in natural minerals like calcium and phosphorus, which can be used as a nutrient solution
for the plants. What does Calphos stand for?
EPISODE 5
Average Round
2. On average, how long is a plastic bag used by a person before being thrown away?
a. 12 minutes
b. 1 hour
c. 1 day
d. 1 week
Answer: A. 12 minutes
3. The following are the adverse effects of solid waste other than _____.
a. Cause of floods during rainy season
b. Burning of solid waste adds to the pollution problem
c. Worsen the spread of diseases such as dengue and cholera
d. Increase the number of waste pickers making a profit from it
Difficult Round
4. What policy is being followed and implemented in the municipality of Sibalom to ensure strict segregation at
source towards zero waste management? The Basuraology TV crafts, the CalPhos is the concoction or mixture
made from eggshells, bones, and vinegar that is rich in natural minerals like calcium and phosphorus, which
can be used as a nutrient solution for the plants. What does CalPhos stand for?
Easy Round
11. In his class, Ms. Perez told her students to reuse paper instead of throwing it in the bin. How will they do it?
a. Make a paper plane or boat
b. Use it as a scratch paper in computing mathematical equation
c. Give it to your classmate
d. Never mind the advice of the teacher
Answer: B. Use it as a scratch paper in computing mathematical equation
1. Aling Paolah, a carinderia owner always has left-over and spoiled food. How can you help her dispose it
properly?
a. Give the left-over and spoiled food to street children.
b. Throw them into canal near the carenderia
c. Feed them to the animals
d. None of the above
Answer: C. Feed them to the animals
1. Which of the following food-soiled papers should you not put in the food scrap composting or yard waste bin?
a. Paper towels
b. Paper napkins
c. Greasy cardboard pizza delivery boxes
d. Plastic cups, utensils and plates
Answer: D. Plastic cups, utensils and plates
1. It includes organic wastes such as kitchen waste, vegetables, fruits peeling and animal manure.
a. Biodegradable wastes
b. Industrial wastes
c. Hazardous wastes
d. Non-biodegradable wastes
Answer: A. Biodegradable wastes
Average Round
7. Currently the Philippines is facing a huge problem related to solid waste. As a student how can you help
reduce the problem of solid waste?
a. Practice 3R’s Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
b. Ignore announcements regarding proper waste disposal
c. Participate in seminars and symposium that provide knowledge about solid waste
d. Both A and C
8. Burning trash or wastes in our household is prohibited because of its harmful effects on the health of the
people and it damages the ozone layer of the earth. What policy is being enforced by DENR in implementing
this order?
a. Building Code of the Philippines
b. Clean Air Act
c. Fire Code of the Philippines
d. Climate Change Act
Difficult Round
10. It refers to the ordinance in prohibiting the use of single-used plastic like sando bags, cellophanes and the like
as packaging and also the used of plastic straws in the Municipality of Sibalom?
11. It refers to the department which is responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies,
guidelines, and rules related to environmental management, as well as the management and the
conservation of the country’s national resources?
Answer: Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
EPISODE 7
Easy Round
12. Mang Kanor sells toys made from old slippers. This is an example of _____?
a. Reducing
b. Recycling
c. Recovering
d. Repairing
Answer: B. Recycling
2. Maria used the old tires from their backyard instead of buying pots for her plants. This is an example of which
management strategy?
a. Repair
b. Reduce
c. Recycle
d. Reuse
Answer: D. Reuse
12. Waste management using 5R’s can promote a clean and healthy environment. Which of the following can free
earth from garbage?
a. Improper collection of garbage
b. Throwing of garbage anywhere and old newspapers
c. Recycle and Composting Wastes
d. Green house effect
Answer: C. Recycle and Composting Wastes
2. Your group was assigned to do a campaign about the importance of reducing the use of materials. Which do
you think is one of the best ways of reducing waste?
a. Use cloth napkins instead of paper napkins
b. Use paper napkins and plastic cups
c. Use disposable plates, spoons and glass
d. Use Styrofoam to keep the food
Answer: A. Use cloth napkins instead of paper napkins
2. The Municipal Ordinance Regulating the use of Plastics in Sibalom or Municipal Ordinance No. 016-2019
prohibits the use of single-used plastics like sando bags, cellophanes and the like as packaging in the
municipality of Sibalom. Which of the following practice should you do to show support on this? Includes
organic wastes such as kitchen waste, vegetables, fruits, peeling and animal manure.
a. Bring your own eco bag or baskets
b. Bring your own food containers when buying meals for take-out from restaurants
c. Use old papers or banana leaves as alternative packaging for dry good
d. All of the above
Answer: D. All of the above
Average Round
Answer: A. A place or facility where segregated wastes are taken from households
14. How can you better protect your environment through Solid Waste Management?
a. There will be support from other stakeholders of the community to sell recyclable products in the
market
b. The barangay will enact an ordinance to impose fines and penalties on those who do not follow the
rules of proper waste disposal.
c. There will be information provided to all areas of the community regarding proper waste segregation
and the availability of awards or incentives to those who are good at advocacy
d. Garbage separation will begin with each resident and the barangay will conduct training on
“composting”, “recycling” and “livelihood opportunities”.
Answer: D. Garbage separation will begin with each resident and the barangay will conduct training on “composting”,
“recycling” and “livelihood opportunities”.
15. You see your neighbor throwing garbage into the river, they do it every day. What will you do?
a. Follow what they do to avoid paying garbage collection fee materials.
b. Report them to the barangay or concerned agencies like MENRO and DENR.
c. Just ignore them to avoid misunderstanding
d. I will remain silent to avoid offending them
Answer: B. Report them to the barangay or concerned agencies like MENRO and DENR.
Difficult Round
16. In the Basuraology TV Facts, it shows that based on the Waste Characterization Survey (WACS) the
Municipality of Sibalom disposed how many tons of solid wastes per year?
17. What do you call a machine that compresses wastes materials such as tins, cans, metals, and plastic strap
into compact bales that are easy to handle, transport and store?
Answer: Baling Machine
EPISODE 8
Easy Round
13. If you bring your lunch to your school, how can you pack a “waste-Free Lunch”?
a. Pack your food in reusable containers
b. Pack your food in aluminum foil
c. Pack your lunch food in styrofoam
d. Pack your lunch in a single-use plastic
Answer: A. Pack your food in reusable containers
14. Camille is a kind child and lives the environment. She has a habit of segregating garbage into biodegradable,
non-biodegradable and recyclables. What is her method of waste disposal called?
a. Waste management
b. Waste arrangement
c. Waste segregation
d. Waste disposal
Answer: A. Reused
16. Miss Dolly asked the students to use both sides of a paper. Ms. Dolly wants her students to ____ the use of
papers.
a. Reused
b. Reduce
c. Recycle
d. Repurpose
Answer: B. Reduce
17. In order for the fisherman to catch more fish and earn more, we should exert effort to______?
a. Tell them to use dynamite fishing
b. Give them other jobs
c. Help them go fishing all day
d. Help protect the seas so the fish would increase in number.
Answer: D. Help protect the seas so the fish would increase in number.
Average Round
19. What are the substances that pollutes the air, water or ground thereby harming the living organisms?
a. Pesticides
b. Pollutants
c. Non-biodegradable
d. Eco-friendly
Answer: B. Pollutants
20. Plastic pollution in our oceans is a threat to sea life. How exactly does plastic harm sea creatures?
a. It starves them to death
b. It poisons them
c. It makes reproduction more difficult
d. All of the above
Difficult Round
21. This national government agency was tasked to implement, recommend, and provide technical assistance to
the DENR in the environmental law implementation such as the clean water act, clean air act and the
ecological solid waste management act.
EPISODE 9
Easy Round
22. This is what citizens should do to properly dispose garbage in final disposal facilities?
a. Throwing of garbage into the river
b. Waste Segregation
c. Burning of wastes
d. Reforestation
Answer: D. Waste Segregation
23. Which of the following is not included in the problems of solid waste?
a. Lack of discipline in proper waste disposal
b. Waste management compliance
c. Establishments of Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)
d. None of the above
24. Which of the following is NOT among the ways that your family could help to reduce the use of plastics?
a. Bringing ecobag when shopping
b. Bringing of your tumbler or water container
c. Using plastic spoon and fork when eating
d. Using your own “straw” made of paper or bamboo when buying milk tea.
25. Which of the following is/are ways to create awareness for the people about waste disposal?
a. Organize awareness programs
b. Strict laws and penalty
c. Encourage segregation and recycling
d. All of the above
Average Round
27. Which of the following is primarily responsible for solid waste segregation?
a. Waste generator or sources
b. Barangay officials
c. Garbage collectors
d. DENR-EMB
28. What actions could reduce the use of single-use plastics during this public health crisis?
a. Using gloves and single-use masks
b. Using stirrers and plastic bottles for consuming food
c. Using plastic containers in taking out food
d. Wear reusable masks
Difficult Round
31. It is a non-biodegradable material that can be reshaped (remolded) by applying heat and pressure.
Answer: Plastic
32. This refers to waste coming from households and commercials, establishments, trash seen around, and trash
that coming from the agricultural sector.
EPISODE 10
Easy Round
33. What can you do to help stop plastic pollution?
a. Reuse shopping bags
b. Pick-up plastic litter
c. Use steel straws
d. All of the above
Answer: D. All of the above
35. The Municipality of Sibalom prohibits the use of single-use plastic bags. Which of the following would you use
instead?
a. Cloth bags
b. Sack bags
c. Paper bags
d. All of the above
36. Lucas thinks that the best way to reduce the amount of garbage his family produces is to burn all of it. Why is
this not the best way to reduce waste?
a. It is a lot of work
b. A fire creates too much heat on a hot summer day
c. Burning garbage can release toxins into the air
d. Biodegradable items do not burn
37. When the restaurant’s staff offered plastic packaging, straws, what do you need to do?
a. Refuse
b. Talk to the Manager
c. Be Karen
d. Accept it
Answer: A. Refuse
Average Round
38. What do scientists call plastics when they break down into tiny pieces.
a. Microtrash
b. Microparticles
c. Microplastics
d. Macroplastics
Answer: C. Microplastics
39. According to the article, humans are also ingesting plastic that has ended up in the ocean. How is this
possible?
a. The tiny plastics particles in the ocean end up coming through the faucets in our sinks once the salt water
is converted to fresh water.
b. The fish in the ocean eat the plastics and humans eat the fish, causing the toxic chemicals from the
plastics to spread from the fish to humans.
c. Humans are mistaking plastics in the ocean for food just as the marine life and sea birds are.
d. All of the above.
Answer: B. The fish in the ocean eat the plastics and humans eat the fish, causing the toxic chemicals from the
plastics to spread from the fish to humans.
40. How much time does it take for a plastic bottle to decompose?
a. Around 450 years
b. Around 200 years
c. Around 50 years
d. Around 5 years
Difficult Round
41. On April 4, 1998, President Corazon C. Aquino issued Proclamation number 237, designating the month of
____ each year as Philippine Environment Month in order to devote time and effort to the protection,
enhancement, and development of the country’s environment?
Answer: June
42. This comes from landfills and is generated from liquid wastes, or solid wastes coming in contact with
rainwater.
Answer: Leachate
Easy Round
43. What can you do to help stop plastic pollution?
a. Reuse shopping bags
b. Pick-up plastic litter
c. Use steel straws
d. All of the above
Answer: D. All of the above
45. The Municipality of Sibalom prohibits the use of single-use plastic bags. Which of the following would you use
instead?
a. Cloth bags
b. Sack bags
c. Paper bags
d. All of the above
47. When the restaurant’s staff offered plastic packaging, straws, what do you need to do?
a. Refuse
b. Talk to the Manager
c. Be Karen
d. Accept it
Answer: A. Refuse
Average Round
48. What do scientists call plastics when they break down into tiny pieces.
a. Microtrash
b. Microparticles
c. Microplastics
d. Macroplastics
Answer: C. Microplastics
49. According to the article, humans are also ingesting plastic that has ended up in the ocean. How is this
possible?
a. The tiny plastics particles in the ocean end up coming through the faucets in our sinks once the salt
water is converted to fresh water.
b. The fish in the ocean eat the plastics and humans eat the fish, causing the toxic chemicals from the
plastics to spread from the fish to humans.
c. Humans are mistaking plastics in the ocean for food just as the marine life and sea birds are.
d. All of the above.
Answer: B. bThe fish in the ocean eat the plastics and humans eat the fish, causing the toxic chemicals from the
plastics to spread from the fish to humans.
50. How much time does it take for a plastic bottle to decompose?
a. Around 450 years
b. Around 200 years
c. Around 50 years
d. Around 5 years
Difficult Round
51. On April 4, 1998, President Corazon C. Aquino issued Proclamation number 237, designating the month of
____ each year as Philippine Environment Month in order to devote time and effort to the protection,
enhancement, and development of the country’s environment?
Answer: June
52. This comes from landfills and is generated from liquid wastes, or solid wastes coming in contact with
rainwater.
Answer: Leachate
EPISODE 11
Easy Round
53. Which is the following is not the benefit of recycling?
a. Less trash filling up landfills
b. Less pollution
c. Fewer resources take from earth
d. High waste disposal
54. The gold, silver and copper are sometimes recovered from what kind of wastes?
a. Glass and Ceramics
b. Electronic wastes
c. Papers and Cartons
d. Plastic bottles
56. Which is the following statements is false about zero waste management?
a. Separate collection of each kind of waste
b. Segregation of garbage at the source
c. Community involvement
d. Open dumping
57. Which type of solid waste includes household wastes such as empty spray cans, batteries, thinners, and
paints?
a. Biodegradable wastes
b. Residual wastes
c. Special wastes
d. Recyclable wastes
Average Round
59. Burning trash or wastes in our household is prohibited because of its harmful effects on the health of the
people and it damages the ozone layer of the earth. What law is being enforced by EMB-DENR in
implementing this order?
a. Building code of the Philippines
b. Fire code of the Philippines
c. Clean Air Act
d. Zero waste management
60. Waste removal system was established in which of the following cities for the first time?
a. Athens
b. Lahore
c. London
d. Paris
Answer: A. Athens
Difficult Round
62. Under RA 9003, this shall refer to a solid waste management practice of separating different materials found
in solid waste in order to promote recycling and reuse of resources and to reduce the volume of waste for
collection and disposal.
EPISODE 12
Easy Round
63. In which type of waste do sanitary napkins and diapers belong ?
a. Residual Wastes
b. Compostable Wastes
c. Recyclable Wastes
d. Special Wastes
Answer: A. Residual Wastes
64. Which in the 3R formula do Aling Rita practice if she uses basket during market days ?
a. Reduce
b. Recycle
c. Repair
d. Reuse
Answer: D. Reuse
Answer: B. Electronics
66. What do you call the process of creating new products from waste material?
a. Reusing
b. Reducing
c. Recycling
d. Recovering
Answer: C. Recycling
67. Rosa is practicing _ by writing her notes on both sides of a piece of paper?
a. Reducing
b. Repairing
c. Recycling
d. Recovering
Answer: A. Reducing
Average Round
68. The Republic Act 9003, also known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, was enacted in
response to what disastrous event?
a. Cherry Hills Subdivision Landslide (1999)
b. Payatas Trashslide (2000)
c. Typhoon Haiyan / Yolanda (2013)
d. Zamboanga Siege (2013)
Answer: C. When the gases in our atmosphere trap heat and block it from escaping our planet
Difficult Round – Don’t reach this level as participant scored 15 in the average level.
EPISODE 13
Easy Round
71. You are aware that only the RESIDUAL and SPECIAL wastes are collected by the municipality. What will you
do to your compostable waste.
a. Hide my compostable wastes in between piles of my RESIDUAL waste so the collectors won’t notice.
b. Burn my compostable wastes.
c. Dump it in the vacant lot far from the road.
d. Make a composting area for compostable wastes and use it as an organic fertilizer.
Answer: D. Make a composting area for compostable wastes and use it as an organic fertilizer.
72. Segregated collection at source is strictly implemented in the Municipality of Sibalom. As a pupil, how will you
encourage proper segregation in your household?
a. Let your parents take care of your household wastes.
b. Put all kinds of wastes in the compost pit.
c. Keep separate containers for different kinds of waste.
d. Burn your garbage to minimize the work of garbage collectors.
73. You visited the Sibalom Eco-SWM Park and you were amazed at how they have turned old tires and water
gallons into beautiful coffee tables and chairs. What R in the 3R’s do you think they have applied?
a. Reduce
b. Reuse
c. Recycle
d. Repair
Answer: C. Recycle
74. Your broken appliances such as radio, tv, refrigerator, and others should fall in what waste category?
a. Special Waste
b. Compostable Waste
c. Residual Waste
d. Recyclable Waste
75. Facemask becomes a necessity because of COVID-19 and this also adds up to the problem of solid waste.
How will you properly dispose it?
a. Wash and re-use it.
b. Dispose it along with other residual waste
c. Put it in a separate container or garbage bag and sealed it.
d. Use it as long as you want to minimize waste.
Average Round
76. There is a high recorded case of Dengue in the Province. Which of the following you should not do to prevent
its spread.
a. Search and destroy the place that could be breeding place of mosquitos.
b. Always make sure that the surrounding is clean and trim the thick shrubs or plants around the house.
c. Participate in the 4 o’clock habit with burning of dried leaves to keep away the mosquitos
d. Prevent water from stagnation
Answer: C. Participate in the 4 o’clock habit with burning of dried leaves to keep away the mosquitos
77. All are prohibited acts in RA 9003 under Section 48 except this.
a. Segregated collection
b. Open burning of Solid Wastes
c. Causing or permitting the collection of unsegregated wastes.
d. Throwing or littering of wastes.
78. Water is essential into our lives but you notice lately that you have consumed most of water in plastic bottles
and all end up in the trash bin. What will be your best solution without compromising your health?
a. Recycle the plastic bottles.
b. Refrain from drinking water from plastic containers
c. Sell all the plastic bottles at the junkshop
d. Bring your own refillable water container
Difficult Round
79. According to RA 9003, segregation and collection of solid waste shall be conducted at what level specifically
for biodegradable, compostable and reusable wastes?
Answer: Barangay
80. This law aims to achieve and maintain clean air that meets the National Air Quality guideline values for criteria
pollutants, throughout the Philippines, while minimizing the possible associated impacts to the economy.
Clincher Round
81. Who is the Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Officer of Sibalom?