Literature
Which character in Noli Me Tangere is believed to symbolize the oppressed Filipino motherland?
Sisa
Sisa is thought to have represented the motherland who was suffering as her character have suffered with the loss of her children. The tragic events that ruined her life represented the abuse that the motherland received from her colonizers.
- Philippine Trivia
Which continent has the fewest countries?
South America
South America has the fewest, with just 12. In total, 195 countries (including two UN observer states) are distributed across seven continents.
- World Atlas
Which subatomic particle determines the identity of an element?
Who is the 6th president of the Republic of Philippines?
Elpidio Quirino
He was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the sixth President of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953. A lawyer by profession, Quirino entered politics when he became a representative of Ilocos Sur from 1919 to 1925.
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If two angles are complementary and one angle is 37 degrees, what is the other angle?
53 degrees.
x+37=90
It is known as the first Filipino social novel in Spanish.
Ninay
Ninay is a novel in the Spanish language written by Pedro Alejandro Paterno and is the first novel authored by a native Filipino.
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Which country owns Greenland?
Denmark
Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark and is the largest of the kingdom's three constituent parts by land area, the others being Denmark proper and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenland are citizens of Denmark.
- Oceanwide Expeditions
What is the name of the process where a solid turns directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first?
Sublimation
Trap answer: evaporation
In evaporation, the substance begins as a liquid and transitions to gas.
Sublimation, on the other hand, begins as a solid and transitions directly to gas, bypassing the liquid state all together.
- Brainly
What was the original name of Andrés Bonifacio’s wife, Gregoria de Jesus?
Oriang
GREGORIA DE JESÚS (WIFE OF ANDRES BONIFACIO) Gregoria Álvarez de Jesús (9 May 1875 – 15 March 1943), also known as Aling Oriang, was the founder and vice-president of the women's chapter of the Katipunan of the Philippines.
- The Kahimyang Project
This value represents the sum of the first five prime numbers.
28
2 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 11 = 28
What does María Clara symbolically represent in Noli Me Tangere?
The Philippines under Spanish colonial rule.
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How many provinces in the Philippines?
82
There are 82 provinces at present, which are further subdivided into component cities and municipalities. The local government units in the National Capital Region, as well as independent cities, are independent of any provincial government.
- PhilAtlas
What’s the name of the closest star to Earth?
Alpha Centauri
Alpha Centauri is a triple star system consisting of three main sequence stars, and these are the closest stars to Earth after the Sun.
- BBC Sky Magazine
Which battle marked the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte?
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo marked the final defeat of Napoleon.
- Britannica
What is the sum of the first 100 even numbers?
10,100
In both cases we get the same answer: the sum of the first 100 positive even numbers is 10,100.
Who wrote Po-on, the first novel in the Rosales Saga?
F. Sionil José
Po-on is a 1984 novel written by Filipino English language writer, F. Sionil José.
- Ex Libris Philippines
Which 2 nations agreed to redraw their borders in 2023 near the Matterhorn on account of melting glaciers?
Switzerland and Italy
Switzerland and Italy have redrawn part of their border in the Alps due to melting glaciers, caused by climate change. Part of the area affected will be beneath the Matterhorn, one of Europe's tallest mountains, and close to a number of popular ski resorts.
- BBC
Which planet rotates on its side?
Uranus
Uranus, also known as the Tilted Giant for its unique tilted rotation that makes it appear to spin on its side, is the second outermost planet in our Solar System.
- National Air Space and Museum
What year did World War I end?
1918
On November 11, 1918 an armistice was signed between the Germans and the Allies, ending World War I.
- American Battle Monuments
In the famous Netflix show Stranger Things, the young characters frequently refer to this branch of mathematics as it relates to an alternate dimensions, which they call the upside down.
Quantum mechanics
Quantum mechanics governs much of the show, including the presence of the Upside Down and eventually Dimension X, or The Abyss.
- The Daily Nexus
What is the title of the Philippine national epic?
Biag ni Lam-Ang
What is the only country that borders both the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf?
Iran
Iran (officially the Islamic Republic of Iran) is a large country located in the Middle East. It is bordered to the north by the Caspian Sea and the south by the Persian Gulf. With an area of 1,648,195 square kilometers, Iran is the 17th largest country in the world.
How many bones are in an adult human body?
206
The human body has 206 bones in total, though it's possible for some adults to have more.
- BBC Science Focus Magazine
What political and economic system was established in Europe after World War II to prevent Soviet expansion and rebuild Western Europe?
The Marshall Plan (European Recovery Program)
This mathematical constant is used as the base value of the natural logarithm and can be approximated to 2.72.
Euler's Number
'Euler's' number. e is important mathematical constant that is the base on the natural logarithm. It is the approximately equal to 2.71828 and is the limit of (1+1/n) n as n approaches infinity and the sum of the infinite series e=1 + 1/1 + 1/1.2 + 1/1.2.
- Britannica