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Who is considered the Mother of the Katipunan

Melchora Aquino/ tandang Sora

Which common kitchen appliance cook via electromagnetic radiation?

Microwave

The Hispanic Period had started in the Philippines in 1500s. Who was the first Governor of the Philippines?

Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

What is the Philippine National Tree

Narra

The First Republic of the Philippines was established during a war. Which one?

Philippine-American War

Angle greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees are called?

Reflex angles

What term refers to one complete cycle of a planet around the sun?

Revolution

Who was credited with naming the Philippines "Felipinas"?

Ruy Lopez de Villalobos (1500-1544) named the archipelago in honor of Prince Philip of Asturias in 1544.

which planet in the solar system has the most number of natural satellite?

Saturn

What is the mathematical name for part of a circle that resembles the shape of a slice of pizza?

Sector

The concept of gravity was discovered by which famous physicist?

Sir Isaac Newton

What connects the muscle to the bones?

Tendons

Smallest bone in the body

stapes

Value of Napier's constant 'e' ?

e ≈ 2.71828

Largest bone in the body

femur

what do you call an animal that only eats fruit

frugivore

the medical term for bad breath?

halitosis

What is the largest INTERNAL organ in the body?

liver

How many bone does a shark have?

0 (they have cartilage)

Value of cos 360°?

1

Any number raised to the zero power is

1 (one)

What is the reciprocal of 0.125

8

What is gravity on earth?

9.8 m/s^2

What is the Philippine National Leaf

Anahaw

Founder of Katipunan

Andres Bonifacio

Who is known as the sublime paralytic of the Katipunan and became Emilio Aguinaldo's chief advisor?

Apolinario Mabini

Who is the Father of Mathematics?

Archimedes

Rizal Park is also called?

Bagumbayan

what is the tallest type of grass?

Bamboo

What is considered as the earliest form of writing in the Philippines?

Baybayin/Alibata

Who was the first woman member of the katipunan and the wife of Andres Bonifacio?

Gregoria de Jesus

Where can we find the world's most active volcano?

Hawaii

where did the Philippine flag made

Hongkong

What is the most abundant mineral in the universe?

Hydrogen

What is the name for the longest side of a right angled triangle?

Hypotenuse

What is the collective name for the intellectual men of which Dr. Jose Rizal was a member who opposed the Spanish government through news publication?

Ilustrado

Who are the 2nd group of people who migrated to the Philippines by sea after the negritos

Indones

Who is considered as the Father of Calculus?

Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz

Where did the first Catholic mass take place?

Limasawa Island

Who won the first Philippine National Presidential Election?

Manuel Luis Quezon

Ama ng Wikang Pambansa

Manuel Quezon

Who sewed the Philippine flag

Marcela Marino Agoncillo, wife of Filipe Agoncillo

What is the quality of an object that allows it to float on water?

buoyancy

What do you call the defensive ability of a living thing that allows it to mimic its surrounding?

camouflage

It gives the plants their natural green color?

chlorophyll

What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

diamond

What is osmosis?

diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane

What is the largest prime number less than 20?

19

What is the largest land animal still in existence?

Elephant

Known as the "Brains of the Katipunan"

Emilio Jacinto

Diabetes results in the malfunction in which specific organ in the body?

Pancreas

How many sides does a decagon have?

10 sides

How many grams are in one kilogram?

1000 grams

What is the size in degrees of an interior angle of a regular pentagon?

108 degrees

How many elements are on the periodic table?

118

How many inches are in one foot?

12 inches

The highest common factor of two numbers is seven. The first number is a two digit square number and the second number is a multiple of five less than 50. What is the difference between these two numbers?

14 Explanation: first number: 49 (a square number of seven) second number: 35 ( a multiple of 5 that is multiplied by 7 and less than 50) 49-35 = 14

How many bones are in the human body?

206

How many dots are there on a dice?

21

What is the only number between 20 and 30 to have an odd number of factors?

25

What is the average of the first 50 natural numbers

25.5

How many seconds are there in four and a half minutes?

270 seconds

The value of Pi?

3.14

How many teeth does a mature human have?

32

For how many years did Spanish rule last in the Philippines?

333 years

What is the rarest blood type?

AB negative

What organ does the ureter connect the kidneys to?

Bladder

what is the largest animal still in existence?

Blue Whale

Red and white blood cells are formed in the?

Bone marrow

What do you call the primer of the Katipunan which consisted 13 teachings that the members follow? Also known as the bible of the Katipunan

Cartilla

From which nation did Emilio Aguinaldo derive his inspiration in conceptualizing the Philippine flag

Cuba

When did Rizal die?

Dec. 30, 1896

What does DNA stand for?

Deoxyribonucleic acid

The famous couple from Ilocos Region who led the revolution against the Spanish authorities in 1762-1763

Diego Silang and Gabriela Silang

first published book in the Philippines

Doctrina Christiana (Philippines, Manila, 1593)

Founder of La Liga Filipina

Dr. Jose Rizal

What part of the body does heterochromia affect?

Eyes

a series of numbers in which each number (Fibonacci number) is the sum of the two preceding numbers.

Fibonacci Sequence

First diplomat of the Philippines

Filipe Agoncillo

Who led the longest revolt in the Philippines during the Spanish times?

Francisco Dagohoy

She is a Filipino heroine. After her husband died, she continued the war against Spain, was caught and hanged.

Gabriela Silang

Under normal conditions, is Krypton (Kr) a solid, liquid, or gas?

Gas

Who were the 3 beheaded priests?

Gomez, Burgos, and Zamora (GomBurZa)

Who discovered the Symbol Infinity "∞"?

John Wallis

What is Dr. Jose Rizal's full name?

José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

When is the Philippines' independence day?

June 12, 1898

The birthdate of Jose Rizal

June 19, 1861

Which of Rizal's novel spark the desire of the Filipino for Philippine Independence?

Noli Me Tangere

What is the hottest planet in the solar system?

Venus

How many years are there in an eon?

billion years

Which is the main gas that makes up the Earth's atmosphere?

nitrogen

what do you call the place where there is water in desert

oasis


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