Old Name, New Name
The OLD name of social media platform X, which mimics the sound made by a bird.
What is Twitter?
This 90's toy allowed you to raise, feed, and train a digital pet in a small, egg-shaped keychain with three buttons.
What is a Tamagotchi?
This snack, taken in between the noontime meal and the evening meal, is the Filipino-Spanish equivalent of afternoon tea.
What is merienda?
A 1970's videocasette format that was outshone by the VHS.
Also a Filipino grilled street food made of coagulated blood shaped into rectangles.
What is Betamax?
This Ben Affleck war romance film gets its name from the Japanese Navy's surprise attack on this American military base in Hawaii.
What is Pearl Harbor?
The OLD name of retail giant SM, which reflected their humble origins as a footwear store in Quiapo.
What is Shoemart?
This iconic English girl group launched in 1996 with members named Baby, Ginger, Posh, Sporty, and Scary.
Who are The Spice Girls?
This brand of luncheon meat was brought to the Philippines during the American colonial period, and now features in silog breakfast meals.
What is SPAM?
A Nintendo retro gaming console.
Now also a 2025 song by KATSEYE.
What is Gameboy?
This 2015 indie film starring John Arcilla challenges viewers with the line, "Bayan o sarili? Pumili ka!"
What is 'Heneral Luna'?
The NEW name of Roosevelt Avenue in Quezon City, chosen to honor this late Filipino action star.
Who is FPJ/Fernando Poe Jr.?
This studio gave us cartoons such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Fairly Oddparents, Rugrats, and more.
What is Nickelodeon?
This Filipino dish stirs up drama in the novel 'Noli Me Tangere', where Crisostomo Ibarra is served the good parts of the chicken and Padre Damaso is only given the bony neck.
What is tinola?
A device invented by Thomas Edison that plays vinyl music records.
Also the name for the annual music awards presented by the Recording Academy.
What is a Grammy/Gramophone?
The epic action film '300' stars Gerard Butler as Leonidas, king of this Ancient Greek warrior state, who shouts the famous line, "THIS IS _____!"
What is Sparta?
The NEW name of Maryknoll College, which is based in Quezon City and has satellite campuses in Laguna and Pampanga.
What is Miriam College?
This child actor rose to fame in the 90's for movies like 'Home Alone' and 'Richie Rich'.
Who is Macaulay Culkin?
Established in 1594, this district in Manila is known as the world's oldest Chinatown and is the go-to place for Filipino-Chinese cuisine.
What is Binondo?
A 1950's coin-operated music player typically found in diners or bars.
Also the term for a musical using a single artist's songs set to a story, such as 'Mamma Mia!'.
What is a jukebox?
Based on a book with the same name, this Vilma Santos movie is about a middle-class family and their five sons trying to survive the Martial Law years.
What is "Dekada '70"?
Sawadeeka! This country rebranded from Siam to this NEW name, which means "Land of the Free", emphasizing their status as the only Southeast Asian nation that was never colonized.
What is Thailand?
This NBA idol won six titles for the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s, and also appeared in the film 'Space Jam' with the Looney Tunes characters.
Who is Michael Jordan?
Actress Liza Soberano professes to love this precolonial dish, a stew made with tamarind, meat or seafood, and sour broth.
What is sinigang?
An acronym for mobile devices that organized your appointments and to-dos, such as the Palm Pilot
Also the slang term for being visibly sweet to your lover.
What is (a) PDA?
The 2023 Academy Award-winning biographical film 'Oppenheimer' was about the life of the creator of which weapon of mass destruction?
What is the atomic bomb?