Obscure Literature
This Italian poet wrote The Divine Comedy, an allegorical journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, in the early 14th century.
Who is Dante Alighieri?
The first woman governor of an American colony in the Philippines (1907) was this pioneering leader.
Who is Gregoria de Jesús?
This principle in quantum mechanics states that particles cannot have precisely determined position and momentum simultaneously.
What is Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle?
The only country that is completely bisected by the Equator and has both a Pacific and Atlantic coast.
What is Ecuador?
In Philippine folklore, this creature is said to shapeshift into a black dog to haunt travelers at night.
What is Aswang?
The pen name of the English Romantic poet who wrote Lyrical Ballads with Wordsworth.
Who is Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
He was the first Filipino president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines under U.S. rule.
Who is Manuel L. Quezon?
This rare earth element, with symbol Tb, is used in solid-state devices and was first isolated in 1843 in Sweden.
What is Terbium?
This is the only desert in the world that rises above sea level to form mountains with permanent snow
What is the Namib Desert (Namibia)?
In Greek mythology, this winged horse emerged from Medusa's blood after Perseus killed her.
Who is Pegasus?
This French author of In Search of Lost Time explored involuntary memory, especially in the madeleine episode.
Who is Marcel Proust?
In 1897, this Filipino revolutionary leader presided over the Tejeros Convention, leading to political conflict within the Katipunan.
Who is Andres Bonifacio?
Known for his thought experiment involving a cat, this physicist illustrated quantum superposition.
Who is Erwin Schrödinger?
This East African country is home to the Danakil Depression, one of the hottest spots on Earth.
What is Ethiopia?
The Norse world tree, connecting the nine realms, is named this.
What is Yggdrasil?
A 20th-century Filipino writer, he authored Po-on, which explores the Philippine Revolution through multiple generations.
Who is F. Sionil José?
This 17th-century treaty ended the Dutch–Portuguese conflict in the Spice Islands.
What is the Treaty of The Hague (1661)?
The CRISPR-Cas9 system, widely used in gene editing, was derived from the adaptive immunity of these organisms.
What are bacteria?
This city is the highest capital in the world, at roughly 3,650 meters above sea level.
What is La Paz, Bolivia?
In Hindu mythology, this multi-headed serpent guards the treasure of the gods and appears in cosmic ocean myths.
Who is Shesha?
This 19th-century American poet wrote Leaves of Grass, initially self-published and radical for its time.
Who is Walt Whitman?
During WWII, this Philippine guerrilla leader in Northern Mindanao coordinated resistance against Japanese occupation.
Who is Wendell Fertig?
This branch of mathematics studies structures that remain invariant under transformations, including topology and group theory.
What is abstract algebra?
Although it straddles two continents, this country’s largest city is not its capital and is the only city in the world located on two continents.
What is Istanbul, Turkey?
This pre-Hispanic Philippine mythological hero from Panay is said to have fought giants and monsters to protect his people.
Who is Labaw Donggon?