Questionnaire tumbang preso

1. Also known as “knock down the prisoner”.

a. Luksong lubid
b. Tumbang preso
c. Pamato
2. It is a traditional Filipino children’s game.
a. Tumbang Preso
b. ROS
c. MLBB
3. What are the equipment needed to play tumbang preso?
a. Dumbbells and barbells
b. Can and slippers
c. Sticks and stones
4. What kind of shape will you draw at the place of the can when you play tumbang preso?
a. Square
b. Triangle
c. Circle
5. What do you call the material that hitters use to hit the can?
a. Balato
b. Damang
c. Pamato
6. Tumbang preso is usually played in?
a. Highways
b. Sewers
c. Streets/Parks
7. How many player guards the can?
a. 2
b. 1
c. 3
8. Where did tumabng preso originated?
a. Philippines
b. China
c. Saudi
9. Tumbang preso are mostly played by?
a. Chinese children
b. Filipino children
c. Japanese children
10. If a hitter is not able to retrieve his “pamato”, the others can save him by
a. Running
b. Fighting the guard
c. Hitting the can and let it fall
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True or false

1. Tumbang preso originated in the Philippines.

2. Tumbang preso is also known as “knock down the ching chong”.
3. You can play tumbang preso using an empty can and a slipper.
4. Two or more guards are required in tumbang preso.
5. “Pamato” is the one that is used by the guard.
6. Tumbang preso are played on streets or even in an empty lot.
7. Tumbang preso is a traditional game of Filipino children.
8. A hitter can use a stone to hit the can.
9. You can hit the can as many as you want as long as you don’t get tagged.
10. When the can is hit and falls outside the circle but remains standing, the it has the right to tag the
hitter once the hitter leaves the toe-line.
11. You can retrieve your “pamato” when the can falls down.
12. When the hitters runs out of “pamato” the game is paused.
13. The line where the hitters gets ready to hit the can is called the toe-line.
14. Once the hitter is tagged while recovering his/her “pamato”, he/she will automatically become the
It.
15. You can let yourself be tagged by the It while recovering your “pamato” when you’re tired.

Answer key:

1. b

2. a

3. b

4. c

5. c

6. c

7. b

8. a

9. b

10. c
II.

1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. False
6. True
7. True
8. False
9. True
10. True
11. True
12. False
13. True
14. True
15. True