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1. What is the most common nickname of Manila, the capital of the Philippines?
2. Which Filipino boxer was named 'Fighter of the Decade' for the 2000s by the Boxing Writers Association of America?
3. What is the unit of currency in the Philippines?




4. The Philippines has the third largest Catholic population in the world; which two countries are first and second?
5. Name the largest city?
6. Name the first female president, whose often accredited as being the Mother of Asian Democracy?
7. The Philippines was named in honour of the king of which country?
8. The arrival of which explorer in 1521, marked the beginning of Hispanic colonization?
9. The Philippines was a territory of which country from 1898 to 1946?
10. In 1928, Pedro Flores, a Filipino immigrant to the United States, opened a very successful manufacturing company producing which toy?
11. Name the largest and most populous island of the Philippines; it's ranked the fourth most populated island in the world?
12. The National Flag is a horizontal bicolor with equal bands of royal blue and scarlet, with which colour triangle at the hoist?
13. Which popular means of public transportation are referred to as the 'King of the Philippine roads'?
14. Name the most popular team sport in the Philippines?
15. Who famously served as First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986?
16. Which product that is botanically a drupe, but is often loosely defined as a fruit, plays an important part in the Philippine's economy?

Answers:

1. Pearl of the Orient
2. Manny Pacquiao
3. Peso
4. Brazil and Mexico
5. Quezon City
6. Cory Aquino
7. Spain (King Philip II)
8. Ferdinand Magellan
9. U.S.A.
10. The yoyo
11. Luzon
12. White







13. Jeepney
14. Baketball
15. Imelda Marcos
16. Coconut

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