Identity & History
How many genders were in pre-colonial Philippines? (2x points if you know the titles of the tribal "leaders")
3
Babaylan & Datu
What is the most popular food chain in the Philippines?
Jollibee
What is the name of the famous Philippine boxer who became a Senator?
Manny Pacquiao
What is Noche Buena? (2x points if you can name 3 foods commonly eaten)
Noche Buena is the night, and the feast, before Christmas Day. More specifically, it is the meal eaten after hearing the midnight mass to welcome Christmas Day.
What two cities in the U.S. has the most Filipinos?
Los Angeles and Daly City
What is linguistic identity?
The way in which an individual's language use and language-related behaviors contribute to their sense of self and their identification with certain cultural, social, or ethnic groups.
What is one filipino superstition that involves food?
Eating noodles on your birthday = long life
Which Miss Philippines won Miss Universe?
Pia Wurtzbach, Catriona Gray, Gloria Diaz, or Margie Morgan?
What Filipino folk dance uses bamboo sticks?
Tinikling
What is the lantern used during Christmas time called?
Parol
Why did Filipinos implement the Latin alphabet?
So Filipinos could achieve higher socioeconomic status and opportunities.
What is the real name of the woman behind Mama Sita's?
Teresita Reyes
Name 3 Filipino-American artists.
Bruno Mars, H.E.R., Vanessa Hudgens, AJ Rafael, Ruby Ibarra, Grent Perez
What is harana?
A traditional form of courtship music in which (traditionally) a man woos a woman by singing underneath her window at night.
What is a jeepney?
A minibus-like public utility vehicles, serving as the most popular means of public transportation in the Philippines.
What is intersectionality?
Intersectionality describes the ways in which systems of inequality based on gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, class and other forms of discrimination “intersect” to create unique dynamics and effects.
What is a boodle fight?
A traditional Filipino method of eating with the bare hands. It is also used to describe the Filipino communal feast where food is served on banana leaves.
What is the Philippine national anthem? (2x points if you get the literal and non-literal anthem)
Lupang Hinirang by Julián Felipe & José Palma
Lemonade by Jeremy Passion
What is mano po?
An endearing Filipino gesture of respect that is given to elders and a way of accepting a blessing from them.
Where is the name of the 5th largest mall in the world?
What is colonial mentality? (100 point bonus if you give an example)
Colonial mentality is defined as the perception of ethnic and cultural inferiority and a form of internalized racial oppression.
Why was street food popularized and became a staple?
When livestock supply was abundant in the 1950s, street food vendors opted to sell more expensive cuts of meats, like pork or chicken barbecue, but when the economic crisis hit the country in the 1970’s, the discarded parts—guts of chicken, pig, and even cows—suddenly became valuable.
Kathniel (Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla)
What are the traditional Filipino clothing called?
Barong and Baro't Saya.
Why are there so many Filipino nurses?
The U.S. implemented American nursing programs in the Philippines. This Americanized nursing curriculum inadvertently prepared them to work in the United States.