The What?
This song by Miley Cyrus uses a metaphor of upward movement to frame perseverance and self-realization after personal failure.
What is The Climb?
This 1982 film starring Nora Aunor centers on a young woman whose supposed miracles expose mass faith, hysteria, and the politics of belief in a drought-stricken community.
What is Himala?
This perfectly cone-shaped volcano is one of the most active in the Philippines and is often used as a symbol of natural beauty in textbooks.
What is Mayon Volcano?
This Olympic gymnast from the Philippines is known for excelling in floor exercise and vault events.
What is gymnastics?
Dinakdakan
What is Ilocos?
This Paris landmark, originally built for the 1889 World’s Fair, has become a global symbol of modernity, tourism, and national identity.
What is The Eiffel Tower?
This Sharon Cuneta song-turned-film explores fame, rivalry, and the construction of the “star,” culminating in one of the most quoted lines in Philippine pop culture.
What is Bituing Walang Ningning?
This riverside palace has served as the official residence and workplace of Philippine presidents since the Spanish colonial period.
What is Malacañang Palace?
This Canadian-American educator is credited with inventing basketball in 1891.
Who is James Naismith?
Empanada
What is Ilocos?
This dystopian novel and film series centers on a televised fight to the death used by a powerful government to control its districts.
What is The Hunger Games?
This OPM song by Freddie Aguilar critiques generational conflict, parental authority, and youth rebellion, becoming an international hit in the late 1970s.
What is Anak?
This prehistoric stone monument in England is believed to have served ceremonial or astronomical purposes, though its exact function remains debated.
What is Stonehenge?
This Filipina sprinter earned multiple gold medals in the Asian Games and was dubbed “Asia’s Sprint Queen.
Who is Lydia de Vega?
Balot
What is Pateros?
This musical film set in Austria follows a governess whose love of music transforms a strict household on the eve of World War II.
What is The Sound of Music?
This 1991 action film stars Richard Gomez as a police officer confronting crime syndicates, corruption, and moral dilemmas in urban Philippine society.
What is Tuklaw?
This mountain pass in Ilocos Sur is remembered for a last stand by Filipino forces during the Philippine-American War.
What is Tirad Pass?
This Filipino boxer was known by the ring name “The Bad Boy from Dadiangas” and competed internationally during the 1980s. Dadiangas is now known as General Santos City.
Who is Rolando Navarrete?
Sisig
What is Pampanga?
This 1998 film stars Jim Carrey as a man whose entire life is secretly broadcast as a television program, raising questions about surveillance, consent, and manufactured reality.
What is The Truman Show?
This disco-era OPM hit by VST & Company reflects the rise of dance culture and urban leisure in late-1970s Manila.
What is Awitin Mo, Isasayaw Ko?
This colossal statue was a gift from France and has come to symbolize immigration and democratic ideals in the United States.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
This American athlete holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals won by a single athlete. Total of 28 medals.
Who is Michael Phelps?
Chicken Binakol
What is Aklan?