GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Which island nation in the Indian Ocean is the smallest country in Africa?
Seychelles
What is the name of the Muslim narrative poem that recounts the adventures of Prince Bantugan, popular in the Maranao tradition?
Darangen
This country is divided completely into two separate pieces by another country (an exclave situation).
Azerbaijan (divided by Armenia)
Who is the Japanese spirit said to kill anyone who answers her incorrectly about her appearance?
Kuchisake-onna
The tallest living tree species on Earth.
Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
Which is the only country in the world whose flag is not rectangular?
Nepal
What novel won the first Palanca Grand Prize for the Novel in 1951, marking a shift in post-war realism?
The Winds of April by N.V.M. Gonzales
This capital city is the world’s highest that is home to over 1 million people
La Paz, Bolivia
What German legend figure is claimed to be the "spirit of the forest," guardian of animals and woods?
Der Waldgeist
What is the world’s largest desert (including polar deserts)?
Antarctica
What is the rarest M&M color.
Brown
Generally considered the first novel published in the Philippines, this 1885 work by Pedro Paterno was about Filipino life and Spanish-Filipino relationships.
Ninay
The only South American country with both a Pacific and Caribbean coastline.
Colombia
What is the world-serpent in Norse mythology that encircles Earth and battles Thor during Ragnarök?
Jörmungandr
The fastest marine animal in the ocean
Sailfish
This country is the only one in the world that has no official capital city, despite having a functioning government and administrative seat.
Nauru
Who authored the epic novel Luha ng Buwaya (Crocodile's Tears) and was recognized as a National Artist for Literature for highlighting rural social injustices?
Amado V. Hernandez
This desert is the driest non-polar desert in the world.
Atacama Desert
Who is this Maori hero who slowed down the sun with ropes?
Māui
The deepest freshwater lake in the world
Lake Baikal
This word refers to a fear of unusually long words, despite being one itself.
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
The poem that won José Garcia Villa first prize in the 1920s, helping establish him as a modernist voice
Footnote to Youth
What are the four countries meet at a single point (a quadrapoint)
Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Which ancient Sumerian goddess is one of the earliest recorded deities in human history and later became known as the “Queen of Heaven”?
Inanna
The largest single-celled organism, visible to the naked eye, is this type of algae.
Caulerpa taxifolia