Q 01/05

Andrés Bonifacio is popularly known by what title?

A) Father of the Philippine Revolution

B) The Brains of the Philippine Revolution

C) The Sublime Paralytic

D) The Boy General

Answer · why

A) Father of the Philippine Revolution

Father of the Philippine Revolution is one of several titles he carries: he is also the Great Plebeian, the man of humble Manila origins who launched ...

Q 02/05

In which district of Manila was Bonifacio born in 1863?

A) Sampaloc

B) Tondo

C) Quiapo

D) Binondo

Answer · why

B) Tondo

Tondo is where he was born on the feast day of Saint Andrew, Manila's patron saint, which is why his parents named him Andrés; the family home stood n...

Q 03/05

Which woman fed Bonifacio's Katipuneros from her own rice stores on her farm in the days before the 1896 uprising?

A) Melchora Aquino

B) Marcela Agoncillo

C) Trinidad Tecson

D) Teresa Magbanua

Answer · why

A) Melchora Aquino

Melchora Aquino, known as Tandang Sora, gave the rebels 100 cavans of rice and her livestock; days later the Spanish arrested her and shipped her to G...

Q 04/05

What did Bonifacio make at home with his brothers to sell in Manila's streets and plazas?

A) Woven baskets and sleeping mats

B) Rice cakes and sweets

C) Candles and rosaries

D) Walking canes and paper fans

Answer · why

D) Walking canes and paper fans

Walking canes and paper fans were a family trade, not a sign of destitution: his sister recalled that the business did fairly well, and he also drew a...

Q 05/05

Bonifacio worked as a broker for which British trading firm?

A) Fleming and Company

B) Warner, Barnes & Co.

C) Jardine Matheson

D) Smith, Bell & Co.

Answer · why

A) Fleming and Company

Fleming and Company made him its agent for tar, rattan and other goods; he later left for a German trading house, most likely for better pay.