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Famous Filipinos
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100

This is a traditional Filipino fried spring roll that is usually filled with a mixture of pork, cabbage, and other vegetables.

What is lumpia?

100

These three songs by Olivia Rodrigo each reached a billion Spotify streams.

What are deja vu, good 4 u, and drivers license?

100

AKKA stands for Ate, Kuya, Kapatid, and Ading. These are the translations of those 4 words.

What is older sister, older brother, sibling, and younger sibling?

100

This Grammy winning Filipino is best known for songs such as “Just the Way You Are” and “Grenade,” as well as being a part of the musical duo Silk Sonic.

Who is Bruno Mars?

100

Kain and kanin are two similar Filipino words. One means “to eat” and the other means “rice.”

What is kain and kanin?

200

This communal feast is one during which food is laid out on a bed of banana leaves, and people customarily eat with only their hands.

What is Kamayan?

200

This FIlipina rapper appeared in a Mastercard campaign alongside platinum recording artist SZA.

Who is Ruby Ibarra?

200

This is the name of the current cultural chair.

Who is Hermary Gonzales?

200

This Filipino activist helped lead the “Delano Grape Strike” during which the phrase “Isang Bagsak” was born.

Who is Larry Itliong?

200

This is the word that is added to sentences to add respect, especially when you are talking to elders.

What is “po”?

300

This large bird is the National Bird of the Philippines.

What is the Philippine Eagle?

300

“Easter Sunday” is a movie produced by this person and centers around a man that returns home to celebrate Easter Sunday with his typical Filipino family. 

Who is Jo Koy?

300

These are the organizations that FASO has collabed with this semester.

What are AAIV, OIE, and Sigma Psi Zeta?

300

This Filipino actress is best known for her various roles on Broadway as well as for being the singing voice for Disney Princess Mulan and  Princess Jasmine.

Who is Lea Salonga?

300

This is how you count to 10 in Tagalog.

What is isa, dalawa, tatlo, apat, lima, anim, pito, walo, siyam, sampu?

400

This is a sign of respect in which a person bows and presses their forehead to the hand of their elder.

What is Mano Po?

400

This is the Miss Universe winner who was crowned after Steve Harvey’s infamous mistake.

Who is Pia Wurtzbach?

400

This is the year that FASO was founded.

When is 1991?

400

This LGBTQ+ Filipino-American actor starred the film “Crazy Rich Asians”. 

Who is Nico Santos?

400

This is the percentage of Tagalog words that are borrowed from the Spanish language.

What is 20%?

500

Originally created from leftover American jeeps, these small trucks covered with paintings, flags, flowers, and fancy bodywork are now a popular mode of public transportation in the Philippines.

What are Jeepneys?

500

This P-pop boy band released a song called “Bazinga,” which surpassed the record held by BTS’s “Butter” for keeping their No. 1 position on Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs chart for 7 consecutive weeks

What is SB19?

500

FASO’s mission statement is founded on this value, which is a term that focuses on community.

What is bayanihan?

500

This former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines is now memorialized on the Philippines’ 1000 peso banknote.

Who is Jose Abad Santos?

500

This is the amount of dialects that are spoken in the Philippines.

What is 120-175?

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