Q 01/05

Which farm animals are made to kneel before the church at Pulilan's famous May festival?

A) Horses

B) Carabaos

C) Goats

D) Roosters

Answer · why

B) Carabaos

Carabaos, the water buffalo that plow the country's rice fields, are groomed, decorated and paraded through the Bulacan town, then kneel in homage to ...

Q 02/05

On which day is Sinulog held each year?

A) First Sunday of January

B) Fourth Sunday of January

C) Third Sunday of January

D) Last Sunday of February

Answer · why

C) Third Sunday of January

Third Sunday of January is the feast of the Santo Niño on the Philippine church calendar, so a week of processions and street dancing builds to the gr...

Q 03/05

The word Sinulog comes from a Cebuano word for what?

A) Holy child

B) Water current

C) Drumbeat

D) Candle flame

Answer · why

B) Water current

Water current is what sulog means in Cebuano, and the dancers' forward-and-back steps, kept to the beat of drums, are said to mimic the flow of a rive...

Q 04/05

Tacloban's Pintados Festival honors ancient Visayan warriors famous for covering their bodies in what?

A) White clay

B) Gold leaf

C) Tattoos

D) Coconut oil

Answer · why

C) Tattoos

Tattoos earned the Visayans the Spanish name Pintados, 'the painted ones'; a full set was a mark of bravery, and paraders now recall it in colorful bo...

Q 05/05

The Santo Niño de Cebú was a 1521 baptismal gift to Cebu's queen from which explorer?

A) Miguel López de Legazpi

B) Juan Sebastián Elcano

C) Andrés de Urdaneta

D) Ferdinand Magellan

Answer · why

D) Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan gave the image days before he was killed at Mactan; 44 years later a member of another Spanish expedition found it in a wooden box ...