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around 50,000

About how many scents can a human nose remember?

King Philip II

After which King was the Philippines named?

cytology

Branch of science which deals with the study of cells

Ottawa

Capital city of Canada

Paris

Capital of France

Manila

Capital of the Philippines

George Dewey

Who was the commander of the American forces during the Battle of Manila Bay?

General Douglas MacArthur

Who was the famous American General who, during World War II, famously said that he shall return to the Philippines?

Gemma Cruz

Who was the first Filipina to win the Miss International beauty title in 1964?

Margaret Thatcher

Who was the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom?

George Orwell

Who wrote the famous novel "Animal Farm"?

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Who wrote the famous novel "The Great Gatsby"?

Harper Lee

Who wrote the famous novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

Shakespeare

Who wrote the famous play "Romeo and Juliet"?

Haiku

a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.

Neil Armstrong

first man to walk on the moon

pack

group of wolves

Angel Falls

highest waterfall in the world

skin

largest organ of the body

Nile River

longest river in the world

He

the atomic sign for Helium on the periodic table

Meteorology

the branch of science dealing with the study of the weather

pound sterling

the currency of Scotland

Mahabharata

the longest single poem in the world

Andromeda Galaxy

the most distant object visible with the naked eye

stapes

the smallest bone in the human body

Aphrodite

Goddess of love and beauty

Gregorio del Pilar

Hero of Tirad Pass

35 grams (ppt)

How many grams of salt (sodium chloride) are there in a litre of typical seawater?

3

How many hearts does an octopus have?

5

How many rings appear on the Olympic flag?

13 stripes

How many stripes are there in the USA flag?

Zeus

In Greek mythology, who is the king of all gods?

1521

In what year did the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan arrive on the shores of the Philippines?

1564

In what year was William Shakespeare born?

Agra

In which city is the Taj Mahal situated

India

In which country is the Taj Mahal situated

Arizona

In which state would you find the Grand Canyon, one of the world's most famous natural wonders?

1972

In which year was The Godfather first released?

Sir Tim Berners-Lee

Inventor of the World Wide Web

Thomas Edison

Who invented the gramophone?

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

Who is known as the Iron Lady of Asia?

Joe Biden

Who is the current President of the United States?

Gloria Diaz

Who is the first Filipina beauty queen who won Miss Universe?

Lily Potter

Who is the mother of Harry Potter?

Leonardo da Vinci

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

1918

End of WWI

1945

End of WWII

Peregrine Falcon

Fastest bird in the world

Mark Zuckerberg

Founder of Facebook

Albay

Mayon Volcano is located in which province?

Paciano Rizal

Only brother of Jose Rizal and the second child.

7th

Pang-ilan sa magkakapatid si Dr. Jose Rizal

Andres Bonifacio

Who was one of the founders and the Supremo of the Revolutionary Society, the Katipunan?

1967

The American Basketball Association was founded in which year?

460°C (860°F)

The average temperature on Venus

Jupiter

The biggest planet in the solar system

Pres. Rodrigo Duterte

The first elected president from Mindanao and the oldest person to be elected President of the Philippines

Battle of Leyte Gulf

The largest naval battle fought in the Philippines

Earth

Third planet from the sun

urine

What is something the ancient Romans used as mouthwash?

Lisbon

What is the capital of Portugal?

Washington, D.C.

What is the capital of the United States?

Au

What is the chemical symbol for gold?

red

What is the color of blood when it's inside your body?

yen

What is the currency of Japan?

Russia

What is the largest country in the world by land area?

Luzon

What is the largest island in the Philippines?

DNA

What is the largest molecule that forms part of the human body?

San Juanico Bridge

What is the longest bridge in the Philippines that connects Leyte and Samar?

Sierra Madre

What is the longest mountain range in the Philippines?

National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections

What is the meaning of the acronym NAMFREL?

40 years old

What is the minimum age requirement for the President of the Philippines before or on the day of election?

EDSA (People Power Revolution)

What is the name of the event that restored democracy in the Philippines in 1986?

Cebu

What is the oldest city in the Philippines?

Bagumbayan

What is the original name of Luneta Park?

Plaridel

What is the pen name of Marcelo H. Del Pilar?

Ninoy

What is the popular "N" nickname of former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., whose death by assassination sparked the events that led to the People Power Revolution?

Malacañang Palace

What is the residence of the President of the Philippines popularly called?

K

What is the symbol for potassium?

water

What is the universal solvent?

3.14

What is the value of pi?

Mt. Everest

What is the world's highest mountain?

J

What letter is not present anywhere on the periodic table of elements?

Bataan Death March

What was the name of the event wherein the 80,000 American and Filipino Prisoners of War were forcibly marched and suffered cruelty by the hands of the Japanese Army during World War II?

1912

What year did the Titanic sink in the Atlantic Ocean on 15 April, on its maiden voyage from Southampton?

1942

When did the Bataan Death March begin?

Italy

Where can the Colosseum be found?

Egypt

Where can the Giza Pyramid and the Great Sphinx be found?

Louvre

Where in the world is Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa exhibited?

E.T.

Which 1982 film was greatly accepted by film fans for its portrayal of the love between a young, fatherless suburban boy and a lost, benevolent and homesick visitor from another planet?

Justin Bieber

Which American pop star had back to back 2015 chart success with singles 'Sorry' and 'Love Yourself'?

Manny Pacquiao

Which Filipino boxer is known for his nickname "Pac-Man?"

Liverpool

Which club won the 1986 FA Cup final?

France

Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?

Thailand

Which country is known as the Land of Smiles?

China

Which country is known as the sleeping giant?

Mars

Which planet in our solar system is known as the "Red Planet"?

Michael Jackson

Which singer was known amongst other things as 'The King of Pop' and 'The Gloved One'?

Isaac Newton

Who discovered the laws of gravity?


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