Site of the First Mass: Butuan or Limasawa

According to an NFO Trends survey, how many percent of the 1,420 respondents aged 7 to 21 years old, were able to sing the Philippine National Anthem?

• 40%

• 35%

• 37%

• 47%

... and only (a)   percent could recite the old version of ``Panatang Makabayan."

According to the BCHS, how many days did Magellan and his crew stayed and helped in the harvest in Butuan?

• 10 days

• 9 days

• 8 days

• 7 days

Which historian supported the Limasawa claim but, also claimed that the first Christian mass was held in Masao, Butuan?

• Renato Constantino

• Gregorio Zaide

• Ambeth Ocampo

• Teodoro Agoncillo

An evidence supporting the Limasawa claim is when Magellan's crew left Limasawa and headed to Cebu. When did Magellan's crew left for Cebu?

• March 20, 1521

• April 6, 1521

• March 16, 1521

• April 4, 1521

As presided by (a)   , The earliest recorded mass in the Philippine territory was held in the island of Mazaua, known today as Limasawa Island, Leyte in March 31, 1521.

The National Historical of the Philippines (NHCP)- affirms Limasawa Island as a site of the first Catholic mass in the country. Their two primary sources to identify the first mass in the country are Albo's Log and Antonio Pegafetta's account.

• FALSE

• TRUE

He traveled with the Portugese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his new crew on their first voyage around the world.

• Juan Sebastián Elcano

• Antonio Pegafetta

• Francisco Albo

• Enrique of Malacca

The most complete and reliable account of the expedition into Philippine shores in 1521 is that of Antonio Pegafetta which is deemed as the only credible primary source of reports on the celebration of the first Christian mass on Philippine soil.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Limasawa mass marked the birth of (a)   , which remains as the nation's dominant religion in the country up to the present.