Philippine Facts and Trivia (Plus Bonus Rounds)

The longest religious celebration is the Christmas season in the Philippines.

It starts on September 1st (you can hear Christmas songs, children caroling door-to-door, and see Christmas stars and decors everywhere, etc.).

• TRUE

• FALSE

What province in the Philippines has the most number of cities?

• Negros Occidental

• Negros Oriental

• Cebu

• Laguna

Davao City in Mindanao Island is the biggest city in the country with an area of 2,211 square kilometer.

Metro Manila is about how many times the size of Davao City?

• about 6 times

• about 4 times

• about 2 times

• about 3 times

A Japanese person did not invent the karaoke but a Filipino – Roberto del Rosario.

He first called his invention “Sing-Along-System” but the Japanese popularized it and called the ‘karaoke’ meaning

• to sing without accompaniment

• to sing with lyrics

• to sing with a microphone

Boondocks (noun Informal • North American)

word definition is - a remote, thinly settled rural area.

Boondocks is a word from Tagalog word ‘bundok’ meaning ‘mountain’

• FALSE

• TRUE

How many days until 2021 Christmas day?

• 59

• 58

• 57

• 56

How many days until New year 2021?

• 64

• 65

• 66

• 67

What is your spirit animal?

According to PAGASA’s System for Naming Typhoons in the Philippines, what is the name of 2021 Typhoon starting with letter O?

• Obet

• Onyok

• Odette

• Ofel

3+3+2x5/2 = ?

• 8

• 11

• 4

• 16