Philippines Under Martial Law Period

A week before the actual declaration of Martial Law, this senator exposed the plans of former Pres. Marcos Sr. to take over the government and gain absolute rule completely

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On September 22, 1972, this Defense Secretary was ambushed in Wack-Wack, Greenhills as he was on his way home to Dasmariñas Village in Makati. According to then Pres. Marcos Sr., " this makes the martial law proclamation a necessity."

• Francisco Tatad

• Juan Ponce Enrile

• Fabian Ver

• Fidel Ramos

Answer explanation

Marcos wrote in his diary that the "ambush" was indeed real; however, on Feb. 23, 1986, Enrile claimed in Inquirer that the ambush was fake; however, in 2012 in his book Juan Ponce Enrile: A Memoir, he claimed that the ambush was "real"

Fact of Opinion: When Martial Law was imposed in 1972, both Congress and Senate were closed for the meantime.

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• Opinion

Answer explanation

On Sept. 21, 1972, then Pres. Marcos closed the Congress- Upper and Lower House. In 1973, after creating the new Constitution, the Congress and Senate were abolished

This term was coined in the 1970s to describe Former First Lady Imelda Marcos' practice of using publicly funded construction projects as political and election propaganda

• Oedipus Complex

• Imeldific Complex

• Edifice Complex

• Electra Complex

Which of the following buildings or structures were not built during the Martial Law era?

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Fact or Opinion: Six out of ten families became poor after the end of the Marcos administration in 1986

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• Opinion

In what year did former Pres. Marcos Sr., lift the Martial Law?

• 1981

• 1983

• 1984

• 1986

What TV station was sequestered by then Pres. Marcos Sr. after the declaration of Martial Law in 1972?

• ABS-CBN

• GMA

• IBC

• SMNI

In 1974, then First Lady Imelda Marcos commissioned Filipino architect Leandro Locsin to design this building that will serve as the venue for Miss Universe

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Former First Lady Imelda Marcos is known to have a collection of over a thousand pairs of shoes. But, what is the shoe size of the former first lady?

• 8

• 8.5

• 9

• 9.5