Philippine Facts
These are the two national languages of the Philippines.
Filipino and English
This Portuguese explorer, who was the first person to circumnavigate the world, was killed in the Philippines in 1521.
Ferdinand Magellan
This Filipino dish that typically involves meat, seafood, or vegetables marinated in vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, black peppercorns, and bay leaf.
adobo
This famous Filipino is a professional boxer and currently holding the office of a senator in the Philippines.
Manny Pacquiao
Capital of the Philippines
Manila
This is the currency of the Philippines coming from the Spanish word for weight.
Philippine Peso/Peso
This country colonized the Philippines from 1521 to 1898.
Spain
This popular Filipino dish is a whole roast pig that takes about a day to cook.
lechon
This Filipina was crowned Miss Universe 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Catriona Gray
This Filipino volcano recently erupted on January 12th, 2020.
Taal
This is the current Philippines president. He was also the Mayor of Davao City.
Rodrigo Duterte
This country invaded and occupied the Philippines between 1942 to 1945.
Japan
This Filipino dish that was introduced by China and is fried noodles combined with chicken and vegetables.
pancit
This Filipina was crowned Miss Universe 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
Pia Wurtzbach
These are the three major geographical regions of the Philippines.
Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao
This was the monarch of Spain that the Philippines was named after.
King Philip the II
This war was the armed conflict between the Philippines and the country that took possession of the Philippines from Spain.
Philippine-American War
This Filipino cold dessert comprised of crushed ice, evaporated milk, various fruits, and topped with ice cream.
halo-halo
This Filipina singer was the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Aladdin (1992) and Fa Mulan in Mulan (1998).
Lea Salonga
This city in the Philippines was hit by Typhoon Haiyan (or Super Typhoon Yolanda) which formed on November 3rd, 2013 and lasted until November 11th, 2013.
Tacloban
This is the color on the top of the Philippines flag during war times.
red
This was the year the Philippines became fully independent from all its colonizers.
1946
This Filipino street food that is a fertilized duck embryo.
balut
This Filipino nationalist and writer is regarded as the national hero of the Filipino people. He was executed on December 30th, 1896.
José Rizal
This city in the Philippines is popular in the summer for unusually cool temperatures. Also known as the Summer Capital of the Philippines: City of Pines.
Baguio