Q 01/05

What is the capital city of the Philippines?

A) Quezon City

B) Davao City

C) Manila

D) Cebu City

Answer · why

C) Manila

Manila is the capital. Founded as the Spanish colonial capital in 1571, it ceded the title to Quezon City from 1948 to 1976 before regaining it.

Q 02/05

The Philippines takes its name from which king of Spain?

A) Charles V

B) Philip II

C) Philip IV

D) Ferdinand VII

Answer · why

B) Philip II

Philip II was still crown prince in 1543 when the explorer Ruy López de Villalobos is credited with naming two islands 'Las Islas Filipinas' in his ho...

Q 03/05

Which Philippine city's underground river was named one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature?

A) Davao City

B) Puerto Princesa

C) General Santos

D) Zamboanga City

Answer · why

B) Puerto Princesa

Puerto Princesa's underground river, an 8.2 km stretch of the Cabayugan River running through a cave, had been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999...

Q 04/05

What animal is widely recognized as the national animal of the Philippines?

A) Philippine eagle

B) Carabao

C) Tamaraw

D) Philippine crocodile

Answer · why

B) Carabao

The carabao, the domesticated water buffalo that ploughs rice fields, is popularly regarded as the national animal, though no law has ever declared on...

Q 05/05

Approximately how many islands make up the Philippine archipelago?

A) 800

B) 2,500

C) 7,600

D) 23,000

Answer · why

C) 7,600

The official count is 7,641 islands, roughly 7,600; for decades the figure taught was 7,107, until the national mapping agency's new surveys in the 20...