PH History
The Rizal family had 11 siblings, of whom Rizal was the seventh. One of his siblings died early and is said to have been Rizal's 'first sorrow'. Who was this sibling?
Conception
Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?
Mercury
What is the smallest "perfect number" (a number whose proper divisors add up to the number itself)?
Six (divisors are 1, 2, and 3, and \(1 + 2 + 3 = 6\))
NPC
Non-playable character (used to describe someone who is unoriginal or robotic)
The Indonesian people came into two waves. The first one, the 'Indonesians A', became the ancestors of the Ilongot people of the Sierra Madres. Both groups introduced the 'kaingin' system of farming which is still practised today in the forested areas of the Philippines.
Indonesians
What was the world's first urban civilization?
The Sumerians
What natural phenomenon is measured using the Richter scale?
Earthquake
What is the only even prime number?
Two
SMH
The circumstances behind the founding of Manila remain unclear. However, it is known that in its early history Manila was ruled from which nearby settlement that is the oldest-known named settlement in the Philippines?
Tondo
Who drew the famous illustration known as "Vitruvian Man"?
Leonardo Da Vinci
Which is the most abundant element in the universe?
Hydrogen
What number is a \(1\) followed by \(100\) zeros?
A googol. (This is also the inspiration for the name "Google"!)
GOAT
Greatest Of All Time
Foreign influences were evident on most aspects of Filipino culture - the Philippine languages, for example. Now, from which Asian language do these words came from, 'alam', 'hukom', and 'salamat'?
Arabic
What country was ruled by Pol Pot until he was overthrown by the Vietnamese army in 1979?
Cambodia
What do you call the study of weather, climate and the atmosphere?
Meteorology
What is the name of the longest side on a right-angled triangle?
The hypotenuse
CEO
The best of something (She’s the CEO of…)
Who wrote the "Kartilla", considered the 'bible' of the Katipunan movement?
Emilio Jacinto
What are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World? Give at least 3.
The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria
What do you call the elements helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, radon and oganesson?
The Noble Gasses
Which famous mathematician is widely regarded as the "Father of Geometry"?
Euclid
OOMF
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