Food
Chicken or pork marinated in soy sauce, vinegar, and spices (bay leaf, peppercorn, ginger, garlic, etc.)
a) bistek
b) bola-bola
c) mechado
d) adobo
What is adobo?
The act of bringing the hand of the elderly or someone older to your forehead and saying “Mano po”
a) Bayanihan
b) Pamamanhikan
c) Noche Buena
d) Pagmamano
What is Pagmamano?
The person who the Philippines was named after
a) Philip II of France
b) Philip I of Castile
c) Philip II of Spain
d) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Who is King Philip II of Spain?
Which beloved Filipino fast-food chain is famous for its Chickenjoy and sweet style spaghetti?
a) Chowking
b) Jollibee
c) Mang Inasal
d) Greenwich
b) Jollibee
The most popular fast-food chain
a) McDonald's
b) Jollibee
c) KFC
d) Wendy's
What is Jollibee?
Filipino version of a spring roll usually paired with a sweet and sour sauce
a) lumpia
b) almondigas
c) bibingka
d) lechon kawali
What is lumpia?
An occasion lasting from November 1st to 2nd when Filipinos visit the graves of their loved ones
a) Araw ng mga Patay
b) Ati-Atihan
c) Dinagyang
d) Sinulog
What is Araw ng mga Patay (Day of the Dead)?
The first European to land on the Philippines
a) Christopher Columbus
b) Bartolomeu Dias
c) Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
d) Ferdinand Magellan
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Often referred to as the "Beatles of the Philippines," which legendary 90s OPM band is behind the massive anthem "Ang Huling El Bimbo"?
a) Rivermaya
b) Parokya ni Edgar
c) Kamikazee
d) Eraserheads
d) Eraserheads
The capital city
a) Angeles
b) Cebu City
c) Davao City
d) Manila
What is Manila?
Dessert with fruits, sweet beans and multicolored shaved ice topped with evaporated milk and often purple ice cream
a) palitaw
b) champorado
c) taho
d) halo-halo
What is halo-halo?
A time period of honoring Jesus Christ's death when He was crucified
a) Masskara
b) Feast of the Black Nazarene
c) Holy Week
d) Bayanihan
What is Holy Week?
The year the Philippines was liberated from Japan
a) 1898
b) 1935
c) 1944
d) 1965
What is 1944?
What sport is practically a religion in the Philippines, with leagues, fans, and makeshift courts found in almost every single neighborhood?
a) Volleyball
b)(Soccer)
c) Basketball
d) Baseball
c) Basketball
The "King of the Road"
a) Jeepney
b) Tricycle
c) Kalesa
d) Habal-habal
What is a Jeepney?
Fried noodle dish with different variations
a) lugaw
b) sinigang
c) pancit
d) kinilaw
What is pancit?
A meal eaten at midnight on December 24. Filipino families exchange gifts and share memorable stories with their loved ones during this time.
a) Feast of the Black Nazarene
b) Harana
c) Pabasa
d) Noche Buena
What is Noche Buena?
The president who declared martial law in 1972
a) Emilio Aguinaldo
b) Ferdinand Marcos
c) Corazon Aquino
d) Fidel Ramos
Who is Ferdinand Marcos?
What is the popular, everyday term Filipinos use to describe their local television soap operas and drama series?
a) K-Drama
b) Telenovela
c) Teleserye
d) Cine-drama
c) Teleserye
A Filipino holds the world's only patent on this object
a) a microphone
b) a hand fan
c) a karaoke machine
d) a woven mat
What is a karaoke machine?
Steamed rice cake that is served during the holidays
a) gising-gising
b) puto
c) kare-kare
d) sinangag
What is puto?
A series of masses in anticipation of Christmas time in the Philippines. People go to Church and attend dawn masses from December 16-24 to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
a) Holy Week
b) Simbang Gabi
c) Pagmamano
d) Noche Buena
What is Simbang Gabi?
The person who led the longest revolt in the Philippines during the Spanish times
a) Deodato Arellano
b) Andres Bonifacio
c) Emilio Aguinaldo
d) Francisco Dagohoy
Who is Francisco Dagohoy?
Which famous Filipina beauty queen broke the internet and won Miss Universe 2018
a) Gloria Diaz
b) Pia Wurtzbach
c) Megan Young
d) Catriona Gray
d) Catriona Gray
Miss Universe 2018
a) Pia Wurtzbach
b) Catriona Gray
c) Megan Young
d) Gloria Diaz
Who is Catriona Gray?