Plagues and Pandemics
This pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 airborne virus ranks as the fifth-deadliest in history and continues to be a global health threat today.
The regime of this Filipino dictator is recognized as the second-worst kleptocracy in history, with an estimated $10 billion in stolen funds from 1965-1986.
Who is Ferdinand Marcos Sr.?
June 15 is celebrated as a non-working holiday in Pampanga in remembrance of which 1991 natural disaster?
What is the Mt. Pinatubo Eruption?
These lacy, ribboned tops are now seeing a modern resurgence, but traditionally they were meant as supportive undergarments for ladies' gowns.
What are corsets?
This 1990's educational children's TV series explored the lives of Filipino heroes and has aired on ABS-CBN, Knowledge Channel, and the iWant app.
What is Bayani?
This 1300's plague characterized by fever and dark skin discoloration gets its name from the patients' swollen lymph nodes called "buboes".
What is the Bubonic plague?
Popular legend says that this Roman Emperor was born via a C-section and thus gave the obstetric operation its name (though that has now been proven false).
Who is Julius Caesar?
In 1912, the RMS Titanic sunk after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage from England to New York, crossing which body of water?
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
These flare-leg pants were popular in the 1970s as part of hippie and disco culture, although they were originally workmen's pants.
What are bell-bottoms?
Set during the Regency Era, this romantic and whimsical Netflix show follows the marriages of a high society family of the same name.
What is Bridgerton?
Gabriel Garcia Marquez explores human passion against the backdrop of a similarly named epidemic in his book, 'Love in the Time of ____.'
What is cholera?
This former Prime Minister was known for his policies of meritocracy and "benevolent dictatorship", which transformed Singapore into a First-World country.
Who is Lee Kuan Yew?
The November 2013 Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the deadliest tropical cyclones recorded in world history, is known in the Philippines by which woman's name?
Who is Yolanda?
These foam items were often added to blazers, jackets, and coats in the 1980's to achieve a more top-heavy, masculine proportion.
What are shoulder pads?
This actress plays Klay, who gets sent backward in time to the Spanish colonial era in the GMA show 'Maria Clara at Ibarra'.
Who is Barbie Forteza?
During the Tudor era, this country was plagued by a mysterious "sweating sickness" that killed people in as fast as 8-10 hours.
What is England?
Vlad the Impaler was a brutal Romanian ruler whose legacy includes torture and cannibalism—and was rumored to inspire the character of this fictional vampire.
Who is Count Dracula?
In 1986, the worst radioactive disaster in history was caused by an explosion in a nuclear power plant in this Ukrainian city.
What is Chernobyl?
A 1950's men's hairstyle popularized by Elvis Presley and James Dean, characterized by hair swept high above the forehead and slicked back with pomade.
What is a pompadour?
'Jewel in the Palace' is a 2003 historical drama that tells the life story of Sae Jang Geum, who is the first female royal physician of which country?
What is Korea?
The 1918-1920 Spanish Flu began in the United States and quickly spread in Europe because of this global conflict.
What is World War I?
This Philippine wartime president briefly instituted the Dictatorial Government of the Philippines in order to speed up civil and military operations in 1898.
Who is Emilio Aguinaldo?
Legend has it that residents of this Bicol town were buried in lahar after seeking refuge in the church during the the 1814 eruption of the Mayon Volcano.
What is Cagsawa?
This puffy 1990's hiphop jacket, typically made of leather or nylon, gets its name from military pilots who used to wear them on combat flights.
What is a bomber jacket?
Matt Smith, currently known for playing Prince Consort Daemon Targaryen in HBO's House of the Dragon, also plays which Prince Consort character in Netflix's The Crown?
Who is Prince Philip?