FOOD AND DRINK
This common baking ingredient, known as Saccharomyces cerevisiae, causes bread dough to rise.
Yeast
On April 9, 2025, this Lakers legend played his 1,561st game, passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to move into second place on the NBA's all-time appearances list.
Lebron James
This ancient script, used by early Filipinos, is often mistaken for Alibata.
Baybayin
This singer, known as the "Asia's Queen of Songs," represented the Philippines in the 1969 UNESCO International Music Council in Paris.
Pilita Corrales
This is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
Mercury
This Italian dessert's name literally translates to "pick me up" or "make me happy."
Tiramisu
As of 2025, this American swimmer remains the most decorated Olympian of all time with 23 gold medals.
Michael Phelps
Who was the wife of Andres Bonifacio and was known as the "Lakambini" (Muse) of the Katipunan?
Gregoria De Jesus
This 1982 experimental film, directed by Ishmael Bernal, was the first Filipino film to be part of the Main Competition at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Himala
Calculate the sum of 1/3 and 2/5 expressed as a single fraction.
11/15
What Filipino snack is named after a 1970s video format because its dark, rectangular shape resembles a videotape?
Betamax
This is the only sport ever to be played on the surface of the moon, first performed by Alan Shepard in 1971.
Golf
Which Filipino politician and historian was famously known as the "Great Dissenter" for his opposition to various government policies during the American and Commonwealth eras?
Claro M. Recto
In the movie One More Chance, what is Bea Alonzo's full character name?
Basha Eugenio
In a container of 200 marbles, 30% are red. If you add 50 more marbles that are not red, what is the new percentage of red marbles in the container?
24%
Which country is credited with inventing ice cream, with evidence dating back centuries?
China
Which city is scheduled to host the Summer Olympic Games in 2028?
Los Angeles
While Rizal is the most famous, this man was the primary editor and co-founder of the reformist newspaper La Solidaridad.
Graciano López Jaena
This 2016 film by Jun Robles Lana follows a transgender woman’s deathbed wish and won Best Actor for Paolo Ballesteros at Tokyo.
Die Beautiful
Most of the Earth's atmosphere (about 78%) is composed of this single element.
Nitrogen
This city in Georgia is where pharmacist John S. Pemberton first invented Coca-Cola in 1886.
Atlanta
In baseball, this "sweet" term describes a pitch that is very easy to hit, usually located right in the middle of the strike zone.
Cookie
This 16th-century labor system required male Filipinos to provide 40 days of forced labor per year for public works.
Polo y Servicio
This 1970s film starring Nora Aunor holds the record for the most number of entries in the MMFF for a single lead actress.
Guy and Pip
What do you call a word, phrase, number, or sequence that reads the same backward as forward? For example, 1001, KAYAK, 24542, etc.
Palindrome