EAT AND BE MERRY
DARKLY DREAMING LEXTER
UY! PILIPINS!
DUNNO IF IT'S ART, BUT I KNOW I LIKE IT
MABUHAY!
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This fast food chain is now a worldwide phenomenon
Jollibee
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Vivianite, a naturally occurring crystal, is given the moniker, "Death Crystal", because it grows on what?
Corpses! Vivianite grows inside iron coffins through a chemical reaction. It can also be found inside bivalve and gastropod shells. It is also known as the "Corpse Crystal".
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A traditional method of greeting one's elders
What is Mano Po?
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What is my favorite painting medium?
Watercolor
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Lea Salonga is named a Disney Legend because of her contributions to Disney movies. Name one of the two characters who sing with her voice
Princess Jasmine and Fa Mulan
100
Other than a fork, spoon, and knife, name one other tool Filipinos often use for eating food
Chopsticks, skewers/sticks, and hands
100
The Hell Priest, also known as Pinhead, is a sinister and supernatural entity often seen as the main antagonist in what series?
Hellraiser, or The Hellbound Heart
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If you were to point at a location, an object, or a person in the Philippines, how would you do it?
You'd purse your lips. It is believed to be disrespectful to point using one's finger, and elders warned that pointing could provoke wandering spirits
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In order to become a master of the pen, calligraphers had to fulfill one final test. What was it?
Design their own certification of mastery
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Which of these international actors have never visited the Philippines? Jeremy Irons, Zac Efron, Ian McKellen, Evangeline Lilly, Quentin Tarantino, and Vanessa Hudgens
Ian McKellen has never visited the Philippines
150
This food item is named after a popular shoe brand
Adidas, which is a street food consisting of chicken feet
150
The Manananggal, a type of aswang or monster in Filipino mythology, is notorious for separating itself from what part of its body?
The waist or torso. It then grows giant bat wings and flies in the dark of night to eat the fetuses of pregnant women while they sleep
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In the Nineties, what innocent but hilarious decision did localizers do to the characters Genkai and Kurama from the hit anime, Yu Yu Hakusho, aka Spirit Detectives?
Gender swapped! They turned Genkai into a man and Kurama into a woman.
150
What is the meaning of the Latin phrase, "Ars longa, vita brevis"?
"Art is long, though life is brief/short," a quote credited to Hippocrates that originally meant it takes an entire life to learn a craft and we never have enough time. Nowadays, we understand it as our work, especially that of artistry, lasts longer than the life of its creator.
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To the closest number, how many years was the Philippines colonized by Imperial Spain?
Three hundred and thirty-three years, from 1565 to 1898.
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What local ingredient is Pinoy ketchup made of?
Bananas! Filipina food technologist Maria Y. Orosa is credited with inventing the product as an alleged response to surplus production
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I love video games! One of them is Sengoku Basara, a fantastical hack-n-slash video game set in Japan. My favorite character is Yoshitsugu Otani, a magic user who is notorious IRL for having this particular illness.
Leprosy. Yoshitsugu Otani was a samurai allied with Mitsunari Ishida and was famously a leper.
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Other than this meme, what's he known for?
Comics! Gerry Alanguilan is known internationally for working on comics like Wetworks, X-Men, Superman: Birthright, Wolverine, High Roads, Fantastic Four, and Silent Dragon. He died in 2019.
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How do you correctly pronounce the name of the artist that painted Starry Night, Sunflowers, and The Potato Eaters?
The correct way to pronounce his name is Vincent van Gogh (von KHOKH)
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What happens to the Philippine flag when the country goes to war?
Its colors are flipped. In peacetime, the blue side is on the right. In wartime, the red side is on the right.
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Name one unique method of Filipino burial
Hanging Coffins, Smoking Corpses, Kitchen Entombment, Tree Trunk Burials, Jar Burials, Second Funeral
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The Philippines is one of the most Catholic countries in Asia and has some very famous representatives. How many saints do we have and how many of them were martyrs?
Two saints, Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Saint Pedro Calungsod, patron saints of OFWs and the youth, respectively. They are both martyrs of the faith, with Lorenzo dying in Japan and Pedro in Guam.