Basic Knowledge
What is the significance of the month of June?
What is Filipino Heritage Month? It is also the Philippines Independence day on June 12th.
The Philippines is an..
What is an archipelago?
Archipelago - group of islands
Name a sour stew and three different types of meat that can be used in it
What is Sinigang?
With beef, pork, goat, shrimp, fish, chicken, or dried fish.
Term used to describe Indigenous peoples in the mountains of Northern Luzon
Who are the Igorot peoples?
Number of languages in the Philippines
What is over 120 languages?
The capital of the Philippines
Where is Manila?
Number of islands in the Philippines
What are more than 7100 islands?
A dish often called "chocolate meat"
What is dinuguan?
Vanquished Portuguese conquistador Ferdinand Magellan
Who is Lapu-Lapu?
Referring to something that is yummy
What is "Ang sarap"?
The official language(s) of the Philippines
What is Filipino (Tagalog) and English?
Three main island groups
What is Luzon, Mindanao and Visayas?
A traditional Filipino way of eating with hands in a big group
What is Kamayan (boodle fight)?
Ancient writing system of the Philippines
What is Baybayin (ᜊᜌ᜔ᜊᜌᜒᜈ᜔)?
Word used to show respect to an elder or other individual they respect
What is "Po"?
Main colonizers of the Philippines
What is the United States of America and Spain?
Longest river in the Philippines
What is the Cagayan River or Rio Grande?
These foods were introduced by early Chinese settlers in Manila
What is pancit (noodles) and lumpia shanghai (spring rolls)?
Often seen as a sign of bravery, a symbol of social standing, and a rite of passage
What are tattoos?
What are (choose from the below):
National flower of the Philippines
What is the Sampaguita?
The highest mountain in the Philippines
What is Mount Apo?
A fertilized developing egg embryo that is boiled or steamed and eaten from the shell
What is balut?
Was executed by the Spanish colonial government for the crime of rebellion after the Philippine Revolution broke out since it was inspired by his writings
Who was Jose Rizal?
Jose was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is considered the national hero (pambansang bayani) of the Philippines. Rizal became a writer and a key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement, which advocated political reforms for the colony under Spain.
Translate to Tagalog:
Person 1: Are we going down?
Person 2: We're going down.
What is:
Person 1: Bababa ba?
Person 2: Bababa