1.

Although they each use their own version of the currency,

Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic,
Mexico, the Philippines, and Uruguay all use a currency with
what four-letter name?

Answer: Peso

2. 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?"

Answer: Princess Jasmine

3. The St. Joseph Parish Church in Las Pinas, Philippines has an

organ with pipes and keys made from what hollow, tubular
evergreen?

Answer: Bamboo

4. 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?

Answer: War

5. A beach in Malay, Aklan, Philippines, 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?

Answer: White Beach

6. 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.

Answer: Mango

7. In 1967, Singapore formed the Association of Southeast Asian

Nations with Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and what
archipelagic country?

Answer: Philippines

8. Which country in Southeast Asia that is named after a Spanish

monarch is one of the few predominantly Christian countries in
Asia?

Answer: The Philippines

9. 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

10. The Tubbbataha Natural Park in Cagayancillo, Philippines

is home to an underwater sanctuary that is what kind of “R”
aquatic structure?

Answer: Tubbataha Reef

11. Easily earning her social work merit badge, Josefa Llanes
Escoda founded the Philippines branch of what youth
organization?

Answer: Girl Scouts

12. Bikol, Tagalog, and Mansakan are languages spoken in the

central part of which South Asian archipelago?

Answer: The Philippines

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. In 1543, the islands of the Philippines were named after

Philip II, king of what country?

Answer: Spain

17. 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

18. 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

19. Batad and Banaue are two of the prominent Terraces of the
Philippine Cordilleras, dedicated to the irrigation and production
of what food stuff?

Answer: Rice

20. The official languages of the Philippines are Filipino and

what?

Answer: English

21. Abbreviated as PHP, 100 centavos are equivalent to one

unit of what currency currently used as the official currency of the
Philippines?

Answer: Peso

22. In the Saint Paul Mountain Range, on the island of

Palawan in the Philippines, is what subterranean river and
national park? It gets its name from the Spanish for a royal
position held by Peach in the Super Mario universe, among
others.
 Answer: Puerto Princesa Subterranean National Park

23. 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?

Answer: Senator

24. 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 17th century Italian architectural style that is also a French
word meaning “irregularly shaped”?

Answer: Baroque

25. 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

26. The national flower of the Philippines is a five-petal white

flower called Arabian jasmine, better known by what common
name?
 Answer: Sampaguita

27. Since “Jolly” pasta is a favorite dish in the country’s cuisine,

the Philippines is one of only two places in the world where you
can still order which McDonald’s menu item?

Answer: McSpaghetti

28. 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

29. 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

30. Crowned Miss France in 2016, Iris Mittenaere reigned

supreme and won what global beauty pageant competition held
in late January 2017 in Manila, Philippines?

Answer: Miss Universe

31. Weighing 75 pounds measuring 2.2 feet in length, the
largest ever found Pearl, the Pearl of Puerto was found of the
coast of which island country?

Answer: Philippines

32. The 1996 "People Power Revolution" ended the 20-year

dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in
what Asian nation?

Answer: The Philippines

33. Luzon is the biggest and most populated island in what

archipelago country in the western Pacific Ocean?

Answer: The Philippines

34. In 1992 a Pepsi campaign mistakenly distributed 800,000

caps with the winning numbers for a prize of 1 million pesos
(PHP) in what (non-Mexico) country?

Answer: The Philippines

35. 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

36. The Carabao, or Manila, is a particularly sweet variety of

what national fruit of India, Pakistan, and the Philippines?

Answer: Mango

37. 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

38. 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

39. What Filipino fast-food brand now sells its flagship

Chickenjoy product in 1,500 outlets worldwide?

Answer: Jollibee
40. After being directed to evacuate by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt in 1942, General Douglas MacArthur gave a famous
speech in which he declared “I shall return" to what country?
MacArthur made good on his promise when he returned to the
country in 1944 to help liberate it from Japanese troops.

Answer: Philippines

41. Households in Aklan, Antique, Palawan, and Davao were

part of a home solar power program courtesy of PEEP, the
Energy Efficiency Project of what Pacific Island nation?

Answer: Philippines

42. Named for the capital of the Philippines and the island it
sits on, Manila Luzon is a popular competitor who debuted on
Season 3 of what reality TV series?

Answer: RuPaul's Drag Race

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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

46. 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

47. Fried Chickenjoy, spaghetti, and traditional palabok noodles

can all be found at Jollibee, an international fast-food restaurant
originating in what Asian nation?

Answer: The Philippines

48. Panay, Negros, and Cebu are the most populated islands
of which of the three major island group of the Philippines?

Answer: Visayas
49. 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

50. Appearing on the back of the Philippine 200 Peso note, a

hill formation in the Province of Bohol is named after which
earthy colored sweet treat?

Answer: Chocolate

51. 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

52. White Beach and Puka Shell Beach are just two of the
dozen beaches on which little island in the central Philippines?

Answer: Boracay

53. What American five-star general and Field Marshal of the

Philippine Army was born in Little Rock, AR?
 Answer: Douglas MacArthur

54. When Ruy Lopez de Villalobos named the Philippines in

1543, he did so in honor of which Spanish king?

Answer: Philip II

55. 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

56. 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

57. By winning the women's 55 kg category at the 2020 Tokyo

Olympics, which weightlifter became the first athlete from the
Philippines to win an Olympic Gold?

Answer: Hidilyn Diaz

58. The mascot of which Filipino fast-food company was

chosen by founder Tony Tan to reflect Filipino optimism and
 industriousness?

Answer: Jollibee

59. The woman born Imelda Remedios Visitacion Trinidad

Romualdez was the First Lady of which country for 20 years
before being deposed in a revolution in 1986?

Answer: Philippines

60. The national anthem of the Philippines was composed by

Julián Felipe with lyrics adapted from a José Palma poem. The
original title was Marcha Nacional Filipina. Today, it’s casually
known as “Bayang Magiliw” and more formally by which name
that means “chosen land” in English?

Answer: Lupang Hinirang

61. 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

62. "Camisa fuera" was the old Philippine Spanish name for
what embroidered traditional formal shirt?
 Answer: Barong / Barong Tagalog

63. 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

64. 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

65. The Philippines features over 1,700 distinctly conical hills in

the Bohol Province. Due to the color-changing grass on this
geological formation, the Hills are named after what sweet treat?

Answer: Chocolate Hills

66. 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

67. 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

68. What 10,000-ft. peak with an "A" name that towers over
Davao City is the highest point of the Philippines?

Answer: Mt. Apo

69. Which of the Spratly Islands is home to the smallest village

in the Philippines?

Answer: Thitu

70. The first Asian woman to win a Tony Award, what Filipina
"Miss Saigon" star also provided the singing voices for Disney's
original Mulan and Jasmine?

Answer: Lea Salonga

71. 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

72. 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

73. Named after the third-largest city in Vietnam, which 1881

typhoon has the record for the deadliest in Philippines' history,
killing an estimated 20,000 people, three times as many as the
second deadliest?

Answer: The Haiphong Typhoon

74. What is the oldest existing university in Asia? It was

founded in 1611 in Manila, Philippines, from funds and a library
bequeathed by the third Bishop of Manila.

Answer: University of Santo Tomas

75. 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
 About the Author
Eli Robinson is the Chief Trivia Officer at Water Cooler Trivia. He was once in a Bruce
Springsteen cover band called F Street Band.

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