• (POLITICS) WHO IS THE FIRST PRESIDENT FROM MINDANAO AND THE OLDEST PERSON TO BE

ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

- RODRIGO DUTERTE
• (PHILIPPINES HISTORY) WHO IS KNOWN AS THE IRON LADY OF ASIA?
- MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO
• (TRIVIAL QUESTION) WHAT IS THE LARGEST ISLAND IN THE PHILIPPINES?
- LUZON
• (TRIVIAL QUESTION) WHAT IS THE LONGEST MOUNTAIN RANGE IN THE PHILIPPINES?
- SIERRA MADRE
• (PH HISTORY) WHO IS THE ONLY BROTHER OF DR. JOSE RIZAL?
- PACIANO RIZAL
• (PH HISTORY) WHAT IS THE PEN NAME OF MARCELO H DEL PILAR?
- PLARIDEL
• (POLITICS) WHAT IS THE MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT FOR THE PRESIDENT IN THE
PHILIPPINES BEFORE OR ON THE DAY OF ELECTION?
- 40
• (PH HISTORY) WHO IS THE FIRST FILIPINA BEAUTY QUEEN WHO WON MS. UNIVERSE?
- (GLORIA DIAZ)- 1969
• (PH HISTORY) HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE FIRST AND THE YOUNGEST PRESIDENT OF THE
PHILIPPINES AND THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC IN ASIA.
- EMIILIO AGUINALDO
• (PH HISTORY) PANG-ILAN SA MAGKAKAPTID SI DR. JOSE RIZAL?
- 7
• (PH. HISTORY) WHAT IS THE POPULAR “N” NICKNAME OF FORMER SENATOR BENIGNO
AQUINO JR, WHOSE DEATH BY ASSASSINATION SPARKED THE EVENTS THAT LED TO THE PEOPLE
POWER REVOLUTION?
- NINOY
• (PH HISTORY) ON MARCH 11, 1942, WHO SAID THE FAMOUS LINE “I SHALL RETURN”?
- GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
• (PH HISTORY) WHO WROTE THE DECLARATION OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE?
- AMBROCIO RIANZARES BAUTISTA
• What is the longest river in the Philippines?
- AGUSAN RIVER
• The Bataan Death March took place in what year?
- 1942
• Who is known as “ Hero of Tirad Pass”?
- GREGORIO DEL PILAR
• Where in Manila can you find the San Agustin Church?
- INTRAMUROUS
• “Pahiyas” is a festival celebrated every May in which town in Quezon province?
- LUBAN
• In which year did the Philippines get its independence from the USA?
- 1946
• Which island is the most eastern in Philippines?
- MINDANAO
• What is the residence of the President of the Philippines popularly called?
- MALACAÑANG PALACE
• Mt Pinatubo is located in the province of Luzon at the intersection of the borders of the
provinces of Zambales, Tarlac, and
- PAMPANGA
• In what year did the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan arrive on the shores of the
Philippines?
- MARCH 17,( 1521)
• What place does the Philippines occupy within the most populated country in the world?
- 12TH
• How many types of climate does the Philippines have?
- 5 (tropical rainforest, tropical monsoon, tropical savanna, humid subtropical and oceanic)

• What is the primary religion of the Philippines?

- CHRISTIAN
• Which country occupied the Philippines during World War 3?
- IMPERIAL JAPAN
• Which country occupied the Philippines during World War 2?
- JAPAN
• Philippines Independence Day celebrated in what day?
- JUNE 12, 1898
• Filipina Lea Salonga has supplied the singing voice of two Disney princesses – Mulan in 1998,
and what princess who discovered “A Whole New World” in 1992’s “Aladdin?”
- PRINCESS JASMINE
• The St.Joseph Parish Church in Las Pinas, Philiippines has an organ with pipes and keys made
from what hollow, tubular evergreen?
- BAMBOO
• The flag of the Philippines is flown differently to reflect the state of the country. When the
blue side is up, it’s a sign of peace. Which state is the country in when the flag is flying red-side
up?
- WAR
• The 1854 Eureka Rebellion in Australia was in part a protest following what get-rich-quick
event of the 1850s?
- Gold rush
• A beach in Malay, Aklan, Philliipines, located on an archipelago island, has what name due to
the color of its sand, also the color of Christmas in a Bing Crosby song?
- WHITE BEACH
• What is the stonefruit that is the national fruit of India, Haiti, and the Philippines? Strangely
enough, is also the summer national fruit of Pakistan. Using seasons to claim four different
national fruits: brilliant.
- MANGO
• In 1967, Singapore formed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations with Malaysia,
Indonesia, Thailand, and what archipelagic country?
- PHILIPPINES

• Which Australian Prime Minister once held the record for skolling a yard of ale? He downed a
sconce pot (2 ½ imperial pints) in 11 seconds at university.
- BOB HAWKE
• A marine mammal park located in Manila, Philippines is the Manila ______ Park. Fill in the
one word “O” blank, a large body of water that is the major division of sea on Earth.
- MANILA OCEAN PARK
• Which country in Southeast Asia that is named after a Spanish monarch is one of the few
predominantly Christian countries in Asia?
- THE PHILIPPINES

Fill in the blank to complete the name of this world’s largest specific type of gem discovered by
a Filipino fisherman in 1996 and shares its name with the traditional birthstone of June: _____
of Puerto.
- PEARL
• What international competition has been won by women from the Philippines on four
occasions: Gloria Diaz in 1969, Margie Moran in 1971, Pia Wurtzbach in 2015, and Catriona Gray
in 2018?
- ANSWER: MISS UNIVERSE
• Easily earning her social work merit badge, Josefa Llanes Escoda founded the Philippines
branch of what youth organization?
- ANSWER: GIRL SCOUTS
• The Tubbbataha Natural Park in Cagayancillo, Philippines is home to a underwater sanctuary
that is what kind of “R” aquatic structure?
- ANSWER: TUBBATAHA REEF
• That’s not a box office gross. THIS is a box office gross: what 1986 film is the highest grossing
Australian movie of all time?
- ANSWER: CROCODILE DUNDEE
What four-word phrase spoken by Ronald Reagan in Europe in 1987 received relatively little
media coverage at the time but exploded into ubiquity two years later when the phrase became
reality? The phrase eventually became shorthand for an entire speech and foreign policy
achievement.

- ANSWER: TEAR DOWN THIS WALL

• Cebu City in the Philippines is home to a cross that was believed to be planted in 1521 by
what “M” Spanish explorer, during his circumnavigation of the world?
- ANSWER: MAGELLAN’S CROSS
• With over 1.39 billion SMS messages sent daily in the country in 2007, the Philippines has
been frequently named the “text capital of the world”. The acronym “SMS” is short for what
three-word texting term?
- ANSWER: SHORT MESSAGING SYSTEM
• What Fort in Manila, Philippines, built in 1593 by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi for Spain, shares its
name with the capital of Chile?
- ANSWER: FORT SANTIAGO
• In 1543, the islands of the Philippines were named after Philip II, king of what country?
- ANSWER: SPAIN
• Hidilyn Diaz, who won the women’s 55kg class in weightlifting, is the first person from what
Asian nation to win a gold medal at the Olympics?
- ANSWER: PHILIPPINES
• Originating from a Filipino Tagalog word meaning “mountain”, what colloquial American word
typically refers to remote rural area and is the title of a comic strip and mid-2000s Adult Swim
animated series created by African American illustrator Aaron McGruder?
- ANSWER: BOONDOCKS
• Batad and Banaue are two of the prominent Terraces of the Phillipine Cordilleras, dedicated to
the irrigation and production of what food stuff?
- ANSWER: RICE
• The official languages of the Philippines are Filipino and what?
- ANSWER: ENGLISH
• Five years prior to his announcing his retirement from the sport, professional boxer Manny
Pacquiao was sworn into what political position within the Philippine government on June 30,
2016?
- SENATOR

• The San Agustin Church and the Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Church are two Philippine
churches and UNESCO World Heritage Sites that are designed in what decorative and gilded 17 th
century Italian architectural style that is also a French word meaning “irregularly shaped”?
- ANSWER: BAROQUE
• The Philippines were previously named Las Islas Filipinas by European explorer Ruy López de
Villalobos in 1565 to honor of King Philip II of what country?
- ANSWER: SPAIN
• The national flower of the Philippines is a five-petal white flower called Arabian jasmine,
better known by what common name?
- ANSWER: SAMPAGUITA
• What baroque church in Ilocos Norte was declared a National Cultural Treasure by the
Philippine government in 1973 and a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1993?
- ANSWER: PAOAY CHURCH
• Its name meaning “inside the walls” in Latin, what walled area in the city of Manila is home to
Fort Santiago and Manila Cathedral?
- ANSWER: INTRAMUROS
• Abbreviated as PHP, 100 centavos is equivalent to one unit of what currency currently used as
the official currency of the Philippines?
- ANSWER: PESO
• The poem ‘Filipinas’ was adapted to become the lyrics for this song, while the music was
written by Julian Felipe. Originally called the “Marcha Nacional Filipina”, what is this famous
song better known as today?
- ANSWER: LUPANG HINIRANG
• One of the most famous dishes from the Philippines is what sweet and savory stew, commonly
featuring chicken or another meat, marinated in soy, vinegar, garlic, and a blend of herbs and
spices?
 - ANSWER: ADOBO
• What “R” park in Ermita, Manila, Philippines, also known as Luneta, is one of the largest urban
parks in Asia, covering an area of 58 hectares?
- ANSWER: RIZAL PARK
• The WBC/WBA heavyweight title match that took place in the Philippines on October 1, 1975
between reigning champ Muhammad Ali and challenger Joe Frazier is popularly known by what
rhyming name?
- ANSWER: THE THRILLA IN MANILA
• A 1977 David Lynch movie set partially in a pencil factory inspired the name of what Filipino
alt rock band formed in 1989?
- ANSWER: THE ERASERHEADS
• Luzon, Mindanao, Samar, Negros, and Palawan are, in order, the five largest islands that make
up what nation of over 7,000 islands?
- ANSWER: THE PHILIPPINES
• What national martial art of the Philippines, also known as Kali or Eskrima, sometimes uses
sticks and knives as well as open hand combat?
- ANSWER: ARNIS
• The head of the monarchy in the Philippines is known by what “S” title? The last officially
recognized person to hold this title, Mohammed Mahakuttah Kiram, reigned from 1974 to 1986.
- ANSWER: SULTAN
• Panay, Negros and Cebu are the most populated islands of which of the three major island
group of the Philippines?
- ANSWER: VISAYAS
• Although it doesn’t have legal status as such, which domesticated swamp-type water buffalo is
considered the national animal of the Philippines?
- ANSWER: CARABAO
• White Beach and Puka Shell Beach are just two of the dozen beaches on which little island in
the central Philippines?
- ANSWER: BORACAY
• What American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army was born in Little
Rock, AR?
 - ANSWER: DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
• When Ruy Lopez de Villalobos named the Philippines in 1543, he did so in honor of which
Spanish king?
- ANSWER: PHILIP II

• Which city that starts with M is the financial heart of the Philippines, with more than 62,000
registered businesses as of 2012?
- ANSWER: MAKATI
• What Cebu-born fashion designer has dressed celebrities for more than 20 years, including
creating Britney Spears’s wedding gown for her 2004 marriage to Kevin Federline?
- ANSWER: MONIQUE LHUILLIER
• According to the 2020 census, which city that starts with Q is home to 2.9 million people and
is therefore the country’s most populous city? (Hint: It’s nicknamed the City of Stars)
- ANSWER: QUEZON
• “Camisa fuera” was the old Philippine Spanish name for what embroidered traditional formal
shirt?
- ANSWER: BARONG / BARONG TAGALOG
• Akin to Naga, Rahu, and Ketu of Hindu-Buddhist mythology, what “B” is the name of the
serpent-like dragon in Philippine mythology that is believed to be the cause of eclipses,
earthquakes, rains, and wind?
- ANSWER: BAKURAWA
• The smallest fish in the ocean is the dwarf pygmy goby. It’s also sometimes named for the
country where it’s most often found—which would be what archipelago in Southeast Asia?
- ANSWER: PHILIPPINES
• A portmanteau of their last names, which moniker was given to the three priests (Mariano
Gomez, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora) who were falsely accused of (and executed for)
treason during the El Motín de Cavite of 1872?
- ANSWER: GOMBURZA
• Named the second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century by the U.S. Geological Survey,
the sulfuric acidic ash emitted from the 1991 eruption of what volcano in the Philippines caused
$700 million in damage and caused global temperatures to drop by more than 0.9 degrees
Fahrenheit?
- ANSWER: MOUNT PINATUBO
• In the most recent census of the Philippines, which island (named the most beautiful island in
the world by Conde Nast) is the only one of the country’s ten largest islands by area to have
reported a population of fewer than a million people?
- ANSWER: PALAWAN
• What 10,000-ft. Peak with an “A” name that towers over Davao City is the highest point of the
Philippines?
- ANSWER: MT. APO
• Which of the Spratly Islands is home to the smallest village in the Philippines?
- ANSWER: THITU
• In addition to being the fourth most populated city in the Philippines, which city is also known
for having many motorcycle shops on 10th Avenue and a landmark dedicated to Andrés
Bonifacio?
- ANSWER: CALOOCAN
• What “M” island in the Philippines is located in the Visayan Sea, across a strait from the
northern end of Cebu Island? It is a popular site for diving, as thresher sharks can be seen off of
Monad Shoal.
- ANSWER: MALAPASCUA ISLAND
• Named after the third-largest city in Vietnam, which 1881 typhoon has the record for the
deadliest in Phillipine history, killing an estimated 20,000 people, three times as many as the
second deadliest?
- ANSWER: THE HAIPHONG TYPHOON
• It is 65 square kilometers, but home to over half a million people. Which island, located a few
kilometers from Cebu island, is the most densely populated in the Philippines?
- ANSWER: MACTAN
• Who was the first Filipina to win the Miss International beauty title in 1964?
- GEMMA CRUZ
• Gloria Diaz won the Miss Universe contest in what year?
- 1969
• Who said these immortal words “A Filipino is worth dying for?”
- NINOY AQUINO
• Which is the common street food in Phillippines?
- BALUT
• What is the meaning of the acronym NAMFREL?
- NATIONAL CITIZENS’ MOVEMENT FOR FREE ELECTIONS
• What are the provinces that consist of the acronym CALABARZON? (Name them)
- CAVITE, LAGUNA, BATANGAS, RIZAL, QUEZON
• The First Book Printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593.
- DOCTRINA CHISTRIANA
• What is the capital of the Philippines?
- ANSWER: MANILA
• Who served as the first female President of the Philippines?
- ANSWER: CORAZON AQUINO
• Who was the 16th President of the Philippines, known for his tough stance on crime?
- ANSWER: RODRIGO DUTERTE
• Who was the President of the Philippines during the declaration of Martial Law in 1972?
- ANSWER: FERDINAND MARCOS
• Who was the first President of the Philippines after it gained independence from the United
States?
- ANSWER: MANUEL ROXAS
• Who was the President of the Philippines known for his “EDSA Revolution” in 2001?
- ANSWER: JOSEPH ESTRADA
• Who is the current Vice President of the Philippines as of 2021?
- ANSWER: LENI ROBREDO
• Who is known as the “Father of Philippine Independence” and was the first President of the
First Philippine Republic? ANSWER: EMILIO AGUINALDO
• Who was the President of the Philippines known for his role in drafting the 1987 Philippine
Constitution?
- ANSWER: CORAZON AQUINO
• Who was the President of the Philippines known for his economic reforms under the slogan
“Katas ng VAT”?
- ANSWER: GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
• Which President of the Philippines was the first to be impeached by the House of
Representatives but was later acquitted by the Senate?
- ANSWER: JOSEPH ESTRADA
• What Philippine city borders the Lingayen Gulf and is the country’s top producer of milk fish?
- DAGUPAN
• What coastal city, near Obando, is dubbed the “Fishing Capital of the Philippines”?
- NAVOTAS
• What is the longest river in the Philippines?
- CAGAYAN RIVER
• What is the largest province in the Philippines in terms of land area?
- PALAWAN
• What is the provincial capital of Isabela?
- ILAGAN
• The Philippines is composed of approximately how many islands?
- 7,640 ISLANDS
• Which city is often referred to as the “Queen City of the South” in the Philippines?
- ANSWER: CEBU CITY
• What is the “City of Golden Friendship” in the Philippines?
- ANSWER: CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY
• Which city is known as the “Gateway to Northern Philippines”?
- ANSWER: TARLAC CITY
• What is the “City of Smiles” in the Philippines?
- ANSWER: BACOLOD CITY
• Which city is known as the “Queen City of the South” in Mindanao?
- ANSWER: DAVAO CITY
• What is the “Melting Pot of Cultures” in the Philippines due to its diverse population?
- ANSWER: ZAMBOANGA CITY
• Which city is called the “Heart of the Philippines” because it is situated in the center of the
country?
- ANSWER: NAGA CITY
• What is the “Rice Granary of the Philippines,” known for its vast rice fields?
- ANSWER: NUEVA ECIJA
• What is the “ City of Love”
- ILOILO
• Which province is considered the “Summer Capital of the Philippines” due to its highland
resorts?
- ANSWER: BAGUIO
• What is the second Summer Capital of the Philippines?
- TAGAYTAY