Mythology/Folklore
The Filipino/local term for God
Bathala
It’s estimated that Filipinos send about 400 million of these every day, adding up to about 142 billion per year.
What is text messages?
Color of ube
What is Lila?
CAMANAVA stands for the cities: Caloocan, Malabon, ______ , Valenzuela
What is Navotas
In a local children’s rhyme, what did the child buy instead of food?
Balloon/Lobo
A petite, or sometimes a microscopic creature, that is believed to be living in an ant-hill-like protruding land
Nuno sa Punso
A buggy type of transportation. Similar to a taxi mainly used in rural or suburban areas.
What is a tricycle?
The Sky is this color
What is azul / bughaw
Most populated city in the Philippines
What is Quezon City
The insect that was told to be attracted and ended up burning as per the story of Rizal’s mother.
What is Gamu-Gamo / Moth
A terrifying creature is believed to be a “bird” and lurks into houses, especially when there is a pregnant woman, then can extend its tongue to a lengthy one to take and eat the unborn baby from the woman’s womb; its name came from the onomatopoeia of the sound it is believed to be producing
Tiktik
This blood sport in which two animals specifically bred for aggression existed in the islands before the Spanish arrived.
What is cockfighting/sabong?
The color pink in Filipino
What is Kalimbahin?
The longest mountain range in the Philippines
What is Sierra Madre
A Filipino epic poem about three princes to catch an eponymous magical bird as its sound can cure their dying their father but its debris makes anyone turn into stone
Ibong Adarna
A legendary figure in Philippine mythology who is said to be the cause of earthquakes. There are numerous versions of this tale. Some versions say he is a giant, as supported by the enormous footsteps he has reputedly left behind in the mountains of Montalban.
Who is Bernardo Carpio
It is believed that a local can marry her/his cousin of what degree?
Third Degree
Leaves are usually this color when healthy.
What is berde, lungtian, or lunti?
The largest province in the Philippines by land area
What is Palawan
In Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere, he is the father of Maria Clara.
Padre Damaso
Usually an effeminate man that mediates between the people and the nature/the gods/goddesses, also acts as an advisor of the Datu
Babaylan
This well-known drug in the global medical community, was invented by a Filipino named Dr. Abelardo Aguilar back in 1949.
What is Erythromycin?
The color of a carrot?
What is Kahel?
An underwater plateau and an extinct volcanic ridge located in the Philippine Sea approximately 250 km (160 mi) east of the northern coastline of Dinapigue, Isabela
What is Benham/Philippine Rise
In the Filipino folklore song Bahay Kubo, how many plants were mentioned?
18