EASY ROUND

PHILIPPINE HISTORY & CULTURE, RIZAL’S LIFE AND WORKS

Multiple Choice

1. According to his birth certificate, what was the registered complete name of Jose Rizal ?

A. Jose Rizal Mercado y Alonzo

B. Jose Mercado Rizal y Alonzo
C. Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo
D. Jose Protacio Rizal Alonzo y Mercado

Answer: C Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo

Identification

2. What is the original title of the composition that was played during the proclamation of Philippine independence at
Kawit Cavite on June 12, 1898?
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Answer: Marcha Filipina Magdalo

Multiple Choice

3. This province is considered as the “cradle of Philippine Revolution” and center of Katipunan.

A. Manila
B. Cavite
C. Laguna
D. Batangas

Answer: B Cavite

Multiple Choice

4. Three historic events took place on June 12, 1898. The first was the Proclamation of Philippine Independence; second
was the hoisting of the Philippine flag. What was the third historic event on that day?

A. The singing of “Ang Bayan Ko”.

B. The playing of the National Anthem
C. Tearing of “cedula”/ Pagpunit ng cedula
D. The proclamation of Emilio Aguinaldo being the First Philippine President

Answer: B The playing of the National Anthem

Identification

5. What particular term is used to describe the picture given? The ancient Filipinos
believed that they are the mediators between the people and the Supreme Being.
They are considered good spirits and protector of the environment.

Answer: Anito

Reference: National Center for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Sagisag Kultura
Multiple Choice

6. Which of the following was not among the first eight (8) provinces that revolted against Spain?

A. Batangas
B. Bulacan
C. Laguna
D. Quezon

Answer: D Quezon

Identification

7. What is the term used to refer to the given picture? They are considered
shamans of the various ethnic groups of the pre-colonial Philippine
islands. These shamans specialized in communicating, appeasing, or
harnessing the spirits of the dead and the spirits of nature.

Answer: Babylan or Katalonan

Reference: National Center for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Sagisag Kultura

Multiple Choice

8. Membership of the Katipunan was divided into three (3) – the Katipon, Kawal and Bayani. Each grade had its
password, which of the following is the password for Kawal?

A. Araw
B. Rizal
C. GOMBURZA
D. Anak ng Bayan

Answer: C GOMBURZA

Multiple Choice

9. Katipunan was a secret society founded by Andres Bonifacio and other patriotic Filipinos in Tondo, Manila, aimed at
attaining Philippine independence through the use of force or revolution. When was the secret society founded or
created?

A. June 7, 1891
B. July 7, 1891
C. June 7, 1892
D. July 7, 1892

Answer: D July 7, 1892

Multiple Choice

Eulogio Despujol Ramon Blanco Camilo de Polavieja Primo de Rivera

10. Who among them was the Spanish Governor General of the Philippines when the Philippine Revolution broke out in
1896?

Answer: Ramon Blanco

Multiple Choice

11. Who was the first person to whom Rizal gave the first copy of his novel Noli Me Tangere?

A. Paciano Rizal
B. Maximo Viola
C. Francisco Mercado
D. Ferdinand Blumentritt

Answer: B Maximo Viola

Multiple Choice

12. The Katipunan was divided into two factions representing two Provincial Councils – the Magdiwang and the Magdalo.
The Magdalo was led by Baldomero Aguinaldo, who led the Magdiwang faction?

A. Daniel Tirona
B. Andres Bonifacio
C. Santiago Alvarez
D. Mariano Alvarez

Answer: D Mariano Alvarez

Identification

13. If Batangas is considered the “diving and shipping capital of the Philippines”; what province is considered the “Silicon
Valley of the country”?

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Answer: Laguna
Identification

14. He was considered the father of 1935 Philippine constitution; he was

also the last Magistrate of the Supreme Court appointed by the US
President. Who was this Filipino Nationalist and writer?

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Answer: Claro M. Recto Jr.

Multiple Choice

15. In the middle of 1893, soon after his second marriage, Bonifacio accepted women as members of the Katipunan. Who
is the first President of the women’s Chapter of the katipunan?

A. Josefa Rizal
B. Marina Dizon
C. Trinidad Tecson
D. Gregoria de Jesus

Answer: A Josefa Rizal

Identification

16. In what town of Pampanga did General Emilio Aguinaldo celebrate the first anniversary of the Philippine Republic
with a field mass and parade?

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Answer: Angeles

Multiple Choice

17. Who was this Filipino native who helped the Americans in the capture of the “Tirad Pass” and ultimately led to the
death of Gregorio del Pilar?

A. Simeon Ola
B. Miguel Vicos
C. Pedro Becbec
D. Januario Galut

Answer: D Januario Galut

Identification

18. What is the term used to refer to those Filipinos who

covered their faces with bamboo baskets except for their
eyes whenever a village or a town was suspected of guerrilla
activity, the Japanese would round up the residents and then
let them point out the suspected guerillas or their
sympathizers?

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Answer: MAKAPILI or Makabayang Katipunan ng Ligang

Pilipino
Identification

19. If Cebu city is the oldest city in the Philippines, what is the oldest province in the country?

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Answer: Aklan

Multiple Choice

20. Who among the people close to Rizal was his last visitor before his execution at Bagumbayan on December 30, 1896?

A. Trinidad Rizal
B. Ferdinand Blumentritt
C. Josephine Bracken
D. Teodora Alonzo

Answer: C Josephine Bracken

AVERAGE ROUND

IDENTIFICATION

1. Who was this Filipino hero who wrote in his last will:

“Should I’d be killed, enshroud me in a Filipino Flag with the same clothes in which I died and bury me
in the ground”

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Answer: Antonio Luna

2. What is the most popular and important periodical during the second phase of the revolution with its primary objective
of awakening Filipino patriotism and love for their country?

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Answer: La Independencia

3. The Act of Declaration of Philippine Independence was prepared by Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista and was read on June
12, 1898 during the proclamation of Philippine Independence in Kawit, Cavite. Who read the said act?

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Answer: Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista

4. This battle marked the beginning of our successful struggle to overthrow Spanish sovereignty and the advent of the first
PhilippineRepublic. It was also in this battle where the Filipino flag was unfurled for the first time. What was this
battle?

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Answer: Battle of Alapan

5. There are prominent and major works published and written by different Filipino writers. Who is the author of Urbana
at Feliza

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Answer: Modesto De Castro

6. This newspaper was the official organ of the revolutionary government of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, its first issue came
out on September 29, 1898. It changed its name three times, from its original name to Indice Oficial then to Graceta de
Filipinas. What was the first original name of this newspaper?

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Answer: El Heraldo dela Revolucion

7. What was the name of the flagship of Admiral Dewey during the battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898?

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Answer: Olympia

8. When Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino returned to the Philippines on August 21, 1983, he decided to use a different name in
his passport for security reason. What was his name on his passport when he returned to the Philippines?

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Answer: Marcial Bonifacio

9. This is the master plan created by Ferdinand E. Marcos, it was a multi-faceted operation for the declaration of Martial
Law. It was declared under Proclamation Decree No. 1081 on Sept. 21, 1872, what was this scheme or mechanism for
the operation of Martial Law?

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Answer: Oplan Sagittarius

10. Emilio Aguinaldo was captured in Palanan, Isabela on March 23, 1901 led by Colonel Frederick Funston. What was
the name of the flagship used by the Americans when they captured Aguinaldo on the said date and place?

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Answer; USS Vicksburg

DIFFICULT ROUND

Multiple Choice

1. There are conflicting claims about the first mass in the Philippines. Which of the following are controversies about the
place where the first mass was held.
I. The little island south of Leyte which in the map is called Limasawa.
II. To the beach at the mouth of the Agusan River in northern Mindanao now the city of Butuan.
III. At the mountain or hill in the island of Samar in which Villalobos was able to land.
IV. Homonhon being the first place where Magellan and his men landed the first mass was immediately
proceeded.

A. I, II B. I, III C. I, II & III D. I, II, III & IV

Answer: A

For questions 2 -4 . Study and analyze the pair of sentences and choose the letter of your choice based on the
following:

A. The first statement is correct while the second statement is wrong

B. The first stamen is wrong and the second statement is correct.

C. The first and second statements are both correct

D. The first and second statements are both incorrect.

2. I. The Cavite Mutiny in January 20, 1872 was merely a protest against Rafael de Isquierdo’s economic policy.

II. The laborers in the Arsenal of San Felipe protested to fight for independence and salary increase.

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Answer: A

3. I. According to historians the naval battle between the American Squadron and the armada of Spanish fleet was a fair
and square matched.
II. The battle of Manila Bay was a clear indication that the Spanish troops will never surrender the Philippines to the
Americans. In that incident the Americans lost in that battle due to poor ammunitions.

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Answer: D

4. I. The battle for the Katipuneros never end even Emilio Aguinaldo was captured in Palanan, Isabela on March 23,
1901.
II. General Miguel Malvar of Batangas and Simeon Ola of Albay continued the fight for the Philippine Independece
until 1903.

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Answer: C

Multiple Choice

5. There are two reasons about the shifting of the opinion about the first mass from Butuan to Limasawa; which of
the following are those reasons or bases of that shifting of opinion?

I. Francisco Albo’s Log Book III. The passage of Rizal

II. Account of Colin and Combes IV. Antonio Pigafettas’ account

A. I and II B. I and IV C. II and III D. II and IV

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Answer: B

Identification

6. The first flag of the Philippines was sewed by Marcela Agoncillo in Hongkong with the help of her daughter Lorenza
and Delfina Herbosa. This flag was unfurled at the window of Gen. Aguinaldo during the celebration of Philippine
Independence on June 12, 1898. How long did it take Marcel Agoncillo to make the Philippine flag?

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Answer: 5 days

Multiple Choice

7. Which of the following are the two significant events that have occurred in 1872?

I. Uprising in Cavite III. Martyrdom of GOMBURZA

II. Execution of Bonifacio brothers IV. Unsuccessful protest of the Filipinos

A. I and II B. I and III C. II and III D. II and IV

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Answer: B

Identification

8. What was the reason behind the uprising of Francisco Dagohoy that lasted for 85 years?

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Answer: Fr. Gaspar Morales refused to give Sagarino Dagohoy a Christian burial and even banned them from the
Church

Identification

9. Who were these close friends of Diego Silang that carried out the assassination of the latter at the Casa Real in Vigan
Ilocos, Norte?

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Answer: Miguel Vicos and Pedro Becbec

Identification

10. What was the name of the submarine that brought Manuel L. Quezon and Douglas MacArthur from Corregidor to
Australia after Corregidor had fallen to Japanese Military High Command?

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Answer: Swordfish