Food
Chicken or pork marinated in soy sauce, vinegar, and spices (bay leaf, peppercorn, ginger, garlic, etc.)
a) bistek
b) bola-bola
c) mechado
d) adobo
What is adobo?
The capital city
a) Angeles
b) Cebu City
c) Davao City
d) Manila
What is Manila?
The person who the Philippines was named after
a) Philip II of France
b) Philip I of Castile
c) Philip II of Spain
d) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Who is King Philip II of Spain?
The "King of the Road"
a) Tricycle
b) Jeepney
c) Kalesa
d) Habal-habal
What is a Jeepney?
8-division boxing champ:
a) Flash Elorde
b) Nonito Donaire
c) Manny Pacquiao
d) Paeng Nepomuceno
Who is Manny Pacquiao?
Filipino version of a spring roll usually paired with a sweet and sour sauce
a) lumpia
b) almondigas
c) bibingka
d) lechon kawali
What is lumpia?
The largest island of the Philippines
a) Luzon
b) Mindanao
b) Palawan
c) Visayas
What is Luzon?
The first European to land on the Philippines
a) Christopher Columbus
b) Bartolomeu Dias
c) Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
d) Ferdinand Magellan
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
The bamboo pole dance:
a) Itik-itik
b) Pandanggo sa Ilaw
c) Tinikling
d) Sayaw sa Bangko
What is Tinikling?
Voice of Jasmine & Mulan:
a) Regine Velasquez
b) Lea Salonga
c) Sarah Geronimo
d) Charice Pempengco
Who is Lea Salonga?
Dessert with fruits, sweet beans and multicolored shaved ice topped with evaporated milk and often purple ice cream
a) palitaw
b) champorado
c) taho
d) halo-halo
What is halo-halo?
The highest mountain
a) Mt. Amuyao
b) Mt. Apo
c) Mt. Halcon
d) Mt. Kupapey
What is Mt. Apo?
The year the Philippines was liberated from Japan
a) 1898
b) 1935
c) 1944
d) 1965
What is 1944?
When "Ber" months start:
a) October
b) December
c) September
d) November
What is September?
First Olympic Gold medalist:
a) Hidilyn Diaz
b) Carlos Yulo
c) Nesthy Petecio
d) Onyok Velasco
Who is Hidilyn Diaz?
Fried noodle dish with different variations
a) lugaw
b) sinigang
c) pancit
d) kinilaw
What is pancit?
Known as "The Coconut Capital of the Philippines", this Calabarzon province produces more coconut than any other place in the Philippines
a) Quezon
b) Batangas
c) Albay
d) Surigao del Norte
What is Quezon?
The president who declared martial law in 1972
a) Emilio Aguinaldo
b) Ferdinand Marcos
c) Corazon Aquino
d) Fidel Ramos
Who is Ferdinand Marcos?
Respectful "hand-to-head":
a) Pagmamano
b) Beso-beso
c) Bowing
d) Handshake
What is Beso-beso?
Miss Universe 2018:
a) Pia Wurtzbach
b) Catriona Gray
c) Megan Young
d) Gloria Diaz
Who is Catriona Gray?
Steamed rice cake that is served during the holidays
a) gising-gising
b) puto
c) kare-kare
d) sinangag
What is puto?
The province located near Taiwan and north of the provinces of Ilocos Norte and Cagayan
a) Basilan
b) Tawi-Tawi
c) Batanes
d) Bohol
What is Batanes?
The person who led the longest revolt in the Philippines during the Spanish times
a) Deodato Arellano
b) Andres Bonifacio
c) Emilio Aguinaldo
d) Francisco Dagohoy
Who is Francisco Dagohoy?
What is the term for the tradition of bringing back small gifts or souvenirs for family and friends after returning from a trip or a long time away?
a) Balikbayan
b) Pasalubong
c) Pabaon
d) Libre
b) Pasalubong
In 2021, this Filipino journalist and co-founder of the news site Rappler became the first-ever Filipino to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Who is she?
a) Jessica Soho
b) Loren Legarda
c) Maria Ressa
d) Miriam Defensor Santiago
c) Maria Ressa