Name that Person
______ is a businesswoman and politician in the Philippines serving as the current mayor of the municipality of Bamban, Tarlac, since June 30, 2022. She also said she grew up in a farm, was homeschooled, and led a simple life.
Alice Guo aka Guo Hua Ping
In ‘Money Heist’, what are the characters named after?
Cities
Also known as the "walled city". It was built by the Spaniards and only whites (and certain others classed as whites), were allowed to live there in Spanish colonial times. It was destroyed during World War II but has been rebuilt and is considered one of the famous tourist attractions in the Philippines.
Intramuros
How many islands and islets do the Philippines consist of? Near the estimated no. is acceptable
Clue: Range 7,100-7,900
It consists of about 7,641 islands (updated). This new count, however, is not static.
Name the ocean where the Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob's fictional home, is based on.
Pacific Ocean
Bikini Bottom is located in the Pacific Ocean, below the island Bikini Atoll, a part of the Marshall Islands, and is actually a real place that made way for an interesting fan theory about its origin.
________ identified as a gay woman from 2013 to 2017, when he came out as a transgender male. In 2007, after competing in many singing competitions and several appearances on Filipino television, she/he performed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in the United States.
Jake Zyrus
The player number on the tracksuit of the Squid Game winner who won 4,560,000 won after.
456
What are the four seas surrounding the Philippines?
Philippine Sea, Celebes Sea, Sulu Sea, and the West Philippine Sea (also known as the South China Sea)
What are the 2 things present on the back of (reverse) old 100 peso note?
Clue: 1 animal, 1 famous place
Mayon Volcano, Whale Shark
What is the only mammal that can fly?
Bats
____________ was a Polish and naturalised-French physicistand chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win a Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two scientific fields for discovering radium and polonium. Her work in radiation paved the way for new cancer treatments.
Marie Sklodowska Curie
Name the movie
"I deserved an explanation, I deserve an acceptable reason!"
Starting Over Again
The Katipunan, also known as KKK, holds a prominent place in Philippine history. This revolutionary society played a crucial role in the fight for independence against Spanish colonial rule.
What is KKK?
Kataastaasan Kagalanggalang na Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan
What are the provinces included in the MIMAROPA region?
Mindoro Oriental and Occidental, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan
_________________ were the first apostles known to follow Jesus.
Clue: name starts with P and A
Peter and Andrew
__________ was a Filipino civic leader, social worker, World War II heroine, and suffragette. She is most known for campaigning for women's suffrage and as a founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines.
She was memorialized on the Philippines' 1,000-Peso banknote depicting Filipinos who fought and died resisting the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during the Second World War at the Far Eastern University in Manila.
Josefa Madamba Llanes Escoda
Where was the set of the film Kita Kita?
Answer the island and country
Hokkaido, Japan
Guess the place:
(1) First artificial sea-level waterway in the world. April 25, 1859 construction date and Nov 17, 1869 date completed
(2) It links the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. Provides a shortcut when travelling between Europe and Asia by sea route.
(3) 120 miles long.
(4) Owned by Egypt.
(5) As many as 120,000 workers had died during the construction. One set of records shows that the number was close to 3000 while yet another set of records puts the number at less than 1000. But the actual number is most likely to be in the tens of thousands.
Suez Canal
Name all the Philippine National symbols declared by Proclamations and other Republic Acts:
1-National Tree
2-National Gem
3-National Sport
4-National Flower
5-National Motto of the Philippines
1- Narra
2- Philippine Pearl
3- Arnis
4- Sampaguita
5- "Maka-Diyos, Maka-Tao, Makakalikasan, at Makabansa" ("For God, People, Nature, and Country")
Name 10 Disney Princesses
(There are 13 characters under the Princess Line. The franchise does not include all princess characters from the whole of Disney-owned media but rather refers to select specific female lead characters from the company's animated films.)
The thirteen characters in the franchise consist of Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana, Rapunzel, Merida, Moana, and Raya.
_____________ was a Filipino politician infamous for being a turncoat. He was also a poetand a novelist. His intervention on behalf of the Spanish led to the signing of the Pact of Biak-na-Batoon December 14, 1897, an account of which he published in 1910. Among his other works include the first novel written by a native Filipino, Ninay (1885), and the first Filipino collection of poems in Spanish, Sampaguitas y otras poesías varias ("Jasmines and Other Various Poems"), published in Madrid in 1880.
Pedro Alejandro Paterno y de Vera Ignacio
Name at least 3 children powers in The Umbrella Academy
*The Umbrella Academy features seven super-powered children
The Umbrella Academy features seven super-powered children: Luther Hargreeves, who has superstrength; Diego Hargreeves, who has trajectory manipulation allowing him to control projectiles; Allison Hargreeves, who can influence people to her command with the phrase "I heard a rumor...", followed by what she wants to happen; Klaus Hargreeves, who can communicate with and summon the dead; Five Hargreeves, who can teleport and time-travel; Ben Hargreeves, who can summon monstrous tentacles from his torso; and Vanya Hargreeves, who can control sound waves.
What is the famous war that took place in Troy city in Ancient Greece? One of the most well-known tales ever narrated (most notably in Homer's “Iliad”), this is undoubtedly the greatest war in classical mythology.
Trojan War
Archaeological finds in Turkey suggest that the city of Troy did exist but that a conflict on the immense scale of a 10-year siege may not have actually occurred. There is also contention over whether the ruins in Turkey represent the same Troy as the one Homer and others described in Greek mythology.
Who were the seamstresses of the Philippine national flag and what year was it first unfurled?
Clues:
-M...Agoncillo, L...Agoncillo, D...Natividad
-188x
The Philippine Flag was sewn in Hong Kong by Marcela Agoncillo, her daughter Lorenza Mariño Agoncillo, and Jose Rizal's niece, Delfina Herbosa de Natividad. It was brought back to the Philippines by Emilio Aguinaldo and was first unfurled in 1889 after the Philippine Revolutionary Army won over Spanish forces in Cavite.
Either:
-Name three types of clouds (3 answers) or
-Name the type of cloud (1 answer): It is the thunderstorm cloud, this is a heavy and dense cloud in the form of a mountain or huge tower. The upper portion is usually smoothed, fibrous, or striated and nearly always flattened in the shape of an anvil or vast plume.
Under the base of this cloud, which is often very dark, there are commonly low ragged clouds that may or may not merge with the base. They produce precipitation, which sometimes is in the form of virga. _________ clouds also produce hail and tornadoes.
-Cirrus, stratus, cumulus, nimbus, cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, nimbostratus, cumulonimbus
-Cumulonimbus (Cb)