NATURAL WONDERS
Known as the largest reef system in the world, this UNESCO World Heritage site is located off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
This novel by Harper Lee follows Scout Finch as she witnesses racial injustice in her hometown during the Great Depression.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
In 1521, this Portuguese explorer arrived in the Philippines, marking the start of European involvement in the archipelago.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This type of angle measures exactly 90 degrees and is used in construction.
What is a right angle?
Known as the "Father of the Computer," this English mathematician invented the concept of a programmable machine in the early 19th century.
Who is Charles Babbage?
Located in the United States, this natural wonder is known for its immense size and red rock formations, carved by the Colorado River over millions of years.
What is the Grand Canyon?
Set in the Jazz Age, this F. Scott Fitzgerald novel follows the main character’s love for Daisy Buchanan.
What is The Great Gatsby?
The first elected Vice-President of the Philippines, this person also served the shortest term as the President after his predecessor died.
Who is Sergio Osmeña?
DAILY DOUBLE
This theorem, named after a Greek mathematician, states that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
What is the Pythagorean theorem?
The discovery of this structure by Watson and Crick in 1953 paved the way for modern genetics.
What is the double helix structure of DNA?
Over 8 million visitors annually, this natural wonder contains three waterfalls with the Horseshoe Falls as the largest.
What is Niagra Falls?
This dystopian novel by George Orwell features a world ruled by "Big Brother" and explores the dangers of totalitarianism.
What is 1984?
The Philippines signed a peace treaty with this nation in 1951 and received $550 million in reparations payments.
What is Japan?
In a circle, this segment passes through the center and has endpoints on the circle’s edge.
What is the diameter?
This medical imaging technique, widely used today, was discovered by Wilhelm Röntgen in 1895 and is often used to view bones.
What are X-rays?
Spanning 1,800 miles and teeming with unique biodiversity, this South American river runs through one of the world’s largest rainforests.
What is the Amazon River?
This novel, penned by Russian author Leo Tolstoy, explores the life and romantic struggles of a woman within Russian high society.
What is Anna Karenina?
This treaty in 1898, signed between Spain and the United States, ended the Spanish-American War and resulted in the cession of the Philippines to the United States.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This concept is the ratio of the circumference of any circle to its diameter, and its day is celebrated on March 14.
What is pi (π)?
Known as the “father of vaccines,” this scientist developed the first successful smallpox vaccine.
Who is Edward Jenner?
The tallest mountain in Africa, this snow-capped Tanzanian peak is a renowned destination for climbers.
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
Hailed as Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s masterpiece, this novel traces the Buendía family’s lives over several generations in the town of Macondo.
What is One Hundred Years of Solitude?
This Act of Congress established the process for the Philippines, then an American territory, to become an independent country after a ten-year transition period enacted in 1934.
What is the Tydings–McDuffie Act?
Represented by the letter "e," this mathematical constant, approximately 2.718, is the base of natural logarithms.
What is Euler’s number?
Discovered in 1928, this groundbreaking substance revolutionized medicine by combatting bacterial infections.
What is penicillin?