Algebra
Growing up, you lived in a small barrio in the province. When you left for college, the population was 840. You recently heard that the population has grown by 5%. What is the present population?
The population is now 882.
What is the powerhouse of the cell?
Mitochondria
How were the 3 Martyr Priests (GomBurZa) killed?
By means of Garote or a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
Who is the author of The Inferno?
Dante Alighieri
Complete the sentence.
Music is most commonly notated using the Staff. The staff consists of ___ horizontal lines on which musical notes lie. The lines and the spaces between the lines represent different pitches.
Five
A real estate agent received a 6% commission on the selling price of a house. If his commission was $8,880, what was the selling price of the house in $?
$148,000
What is the longest bone in the body?
Femur
What is Dr. Jose Rizal's full name?
José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda
What is the real name of Francisco Balagtas, widely considered one of the greatest Filipino literary laureates for his impact on Filipino literature?
Francisco Baltazar
In baseball, the diamond is arranged with the batter facing east to avoid the afternoon sun.
A left-handed pitcher facing west would therefore have his pitching arm toward the south of the diamond.
What do you call a left-handed pitcher?
Southpaw
The area of a rectangular field is equal to 300 square meters. Its perimeter is equal to 70 meters. Find the length and width of this rectangle.
l = 20 and w = 15
The transfer of pollen from anther to stigma is called __________ .
Pollination
In 1851, the first commercial bank in the Philippines and the Far East was established. What is the present name of this bank?
Bank of the Philippine Islands
Established on August 1, 1851 under Spanish colonial rule, BPI was originally known as El Banco Español Filipino de Isabel II, named after then Queen of Spain, Isabel II. The bank was the firstto be established in the Philippines, and was responsible for starting the country's banking and finance industry.
Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the life of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
What is the title of the first Harry Potter book?
HP and the Philosopher’s (or Sorcerer's) Stone
What do you call the highness or lowness of tone?
Pitch
The sum of two numbers is 18. Twice the smaller number decreased by 3 equals the larger number. What are the two numbers?
smaller number = 7
larger number = 11
Night blindness is caused by lack of which vitamin?
Vitamin A
Who was the 8th President of the Philippines?
Carlos P. Garcia
Carlos Polestico García (November 4, 1896 – June 14, 1971) was a Filipino teacher, poet, orator, lawyer, public official, political economist, organized guerrilla and Commonwealth military leader.
The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though the principal character is the boy or "man-cub".
What is the little boy's name?
Mowgli
What bacteria live in the human mouth, intestines and on our skin and help protect us from harmful bacteria?
Resident Bacteria
The ratio of boys to girls in your new class is 5 : 2. The sum of the kids in the class is 28. How many boys are in the class?
20 boys
8 girls
What substance are nails made of?
Keratin
The Philippine National Railways (PNR) is a state-owned railway company in the Philippines, operating a single line of track on Luzon. As of 2016, it operates one commuter rail service in Metro Manila and local services between Sipocot, Naga City and Legazpi City in the Bicol Region.
On November 24, 1892, the PNR began operations under what name during the Spanish colonial period?
Ferrocarril de Manila-Dagupan
Florante at Laura, written by Francisco Balagtas, is considered as one of the masterpieces of Philippine literature. Balagtas wrote the epic during his imprisonment. He dedicated it to his sweetheart María Asuncion Rivera, whom he nicknamed "M.A.R."
Where is Florante from?
Florante is a duke of the Kingdom of Albania.
In sports elimination, if a team loses once, it is eliminated and only the winning team will advance to the next game. What kind of sports elimination is being described?
Single elimination