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Philippine History
QUIZ BEE
Mechanics
1. The class will be divided into two groups.
2. The quiz bee has three parts: the easy, average, and difficult round.
3. For each round, two (2) students will be picked randomly to represent the
group.
4. For easy round, a correct answer is good for three (3) points; for average
round, a correct answer is good for five (5) points; and for the difficult round,
a correct answer is good for seven (7) points.
5. The total accumulated points of the group’s representatives will be the
points which will be earned by the whole group.
Mechanics
6. For easy round, the representative is only given 15 seconds to answer; for
average round, the representative is given 30 seconds to answer; and for the
difficult round, the representative is given 1 minute only to answer.
7. A member of the opponent group will be picked randomly. He will serve as
a checker for the answer of the other group.
9. Only exact answers will be accepted.
10. Wrong spelling of the answer will not be accepted.
11. This will be recorded as your class performance.
12. The winning group will have 10 points for the quiz and the losing group
will only have 5 points for the quiz.
Reminder: Di katulad ng IBANG pulitiko na MANDARAYA!
EASY round
1. A monument was erected in Balintawak to
commemorate the momentous event (Cry of
Pugadlawin) which transpired therein. When was
the monument erected?
a. September 11, 1911
b. September 11, 1912
c. September 12, 1911
d. September 12, 1912
EASY round

Answer: a
EASY round
2. According to Pio Valenzuela’s account,
when did the “Cry of Pugadlawin occur?
a. August 27, 1896
b. August 25, 1896
c. August 23, 1896
d. August 26, 1896
EASY round

Answer: d
EASY round
3. According to the account of Guillermo
Masangkay on the “Cry of Pugadlawin,” where
was the meeting held?
a. House of Apolonio Samson
b. House of Apolonia Samson
c. House of Apolinario Samson
d. House of Apolinaria Samson
EASY round

Answer: a
EASY round
4. Who acted as Bonifacio’s secretary when
the “Cry of Pugadlawin” occured?

Answer: Emilio Jacinto

AVERAGE round
1. According to Albo’s logbook, where did
Magellan’s men take supplies of water and
wood?

Answer: Gada
AVERAGE round
2. According to Pigafetta’s testimony, the first
setting of foot of the Spaniards in the
Philippines happened in ______________.

Answer: March 17, 1521

AVERAGE round
3. According to Pigafetta’s account, who
helped/accompanied Magellan to reach the
island of Cebu (Zebu)?
a. King of Mazaua
b. King of Homonhon
c. King of Baibai
d. King of Gatighan
AVERAGE round
Answer: a
AVERAGE round
4. The following served as evidence that paved the
way to shift the belief that the first mass did not
happen in Butuan but instead in Limasawa, except:
a. The evidence of Albo’s log book
b. The evidence of Pigafetta
c. Confirmatory evidence from Legazpi expedition
d. The evidence of Fr. Francisco Colin S.J.
AVERAGE round
Answer: d
DIFFICULT round
1. According to the account of Pio Valenzuela,
where was the Cry of Pugadlawin held?

Answer: house and yard of Juan Ramos

DIFFICULT round
2. What was the title of the book written by
Pigafetta which accounted the Spanish
expedition in the Philippines?
a. Labor Evangelista
c. Historia de Mindanao Y Jolo
b. Giro del Mundo
d. Primo Viaggio Intorno al Mondo
DIFFCULT round
Answer: d
DIFFICULT round
3. What was the first written account about
the Magellan’s expedition in the Philippines?

Answer: De Moluccis Insulis

DIFFICULT round
4. According to the account of Guillermo Masangkay
about the “Cry of Balintawak,” aside from the notable
Katipuneros who were present in the meeting, delegates
from other provinces were also present, except:
a. Bulacan
c. Cabanatuan
b. Rizal
d. Batangas
DIFFICULT round
Answer: d
Freethrow round
1. When did the Spaniards discover the
Philippines?

Answer: March 16, 1521

Freethrow round
2. The Butuan claim as to where the first mass
was held stood unanimously and unbroken for
three centuries, from
a. 15th, 16th, and 17th
b. 17th, 18th, and 19th
c. 18th, 19th, and 20th
d. 16th, 17th, and 18th
Freethrow round
Answer: b
Freethrow round
True or False
3. Unlike Andres Bonifacio, other notable
persons of Katipunan like Teodoro Plata,
Briccio Pantas, and Pio Valenzuela were
convinced that the uprisings/revolution
should immediately start.
Answer: False
Freethrow round
4. According to Pigafetta’s account, when did
Magellan’s expedition first land in
Cebu(Zebu)?

Answer: April 07, 1521.