Philippines Quiz Questions and Answers

5. James Monroe

1) What is the approximate number of islands

that comprise the Philippines?

6. John Quincy Adams

b) 7,000
2) When did the Philippines become
independent?
b) 4 July 1946
3) Which country had the Philippines as its
colony from 1898 to 1946, except for some
years during World War II?
b) USA
4) Which country occupied the Philppies
during World War II?

7. Andrew Jackson
8. Martin Van Buren
9. William Henry Harrison
10. John Tyler
11. James K. Polk
12. Zachary Taylor
13. Millard Fillmore
14. Franklin Pierce
15. James Buchanan

d) Japan

16. Abraham Lincoln

5) What is the term of the President of the

Philippines?

17. Andrew Johnson

c) Six years

19. Rutherford B. Hayes

6) Which country had the Philippines as its

colony for more than 300 years?

20. James Garfield

a) Spain
7) Who of the following explorers arrived in
the Philippines in 1521?

18. Ulysses S. Grant

21. Chester A. Arthur

22. Grover Cleveland
23. Benjamin Harrison

b) Ferdinand Magellan

24. Grover Cleveland

8) Which is the predominant religion of the

Philippines?

25. William McKinley

a) Christianity
9) Which of the following languages is
indigenous to the Philippines?
d) Tagalog
10) Which of the following groups has the
Philippines as its member?

26. Theodore Roosevelt

27. William Howard Taft
28. Woodrow Wilson
29. Warren G. Harding
30. Calvin Coolidge
31. Herbert Hoover

b) ASEAN

32. Franklin D. Roosevelt

PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA

33. Harry S. Truman

1. George Washington
2. John Adams
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. James Madison

34. Dwight D. Eisenhower

35. John F. Kennedy
36. Lyndon B. Johnson
37. Richard M. Nixon

38. Gerald R. Ford

39. James Carter
40. Ronald Reagan
41. George H. W. Bush
42. William J. Clinton

Modern bronze statue of Julius Caesar, Rimini,

Italy. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
10) What are vertebrates that live both under
water and on land called?
a) Amphibians

43. George W. Bush

11) Which of the following books is not part of

Pentateuch?

44. Barack Obama

c) Ruth
12) Which of the following countries is
landlocked?

1) Who is the first President of the United

States of America?

c) Bolivia
13) What does Yugoslavia mean?

a) George Washington

c) The land of the Southern Slavs

2) Who was born on August 15, 1769?

14) Which state of USA was once part of

Russia?

c) Napoleon Bonaparte
3) Which city was previously known as
Salisbury?
c) Harare
4) Who is the author of A streetcar named
desire?

a) Alaska
15) What did the Greeks call the present day
Amu River in Iran?
d) Oxus
16) Which of these is not a metal?

b) Tennessee Williams

b) Diamond

5) Which film is in Aramaic and Latin?

17) Which language is written in five scripts?

d) The Passion of the Christ

c) Konkani

6) Who won Wimbledon Mens Singles

Championship in 1977?

18) Which British monarch in 20th century

was not crowned?

d) Bjorn Borg

b) Edward VIII

7) Who won the Olympic Gold Medal for

hockey in 1980 Moscow Olympics?

Australian Golden Wattle Blossums

a) India

Australian Golden Wattle Blossums (Photo

credit: Wikipedia)

8) What name was taken by Cardinal Joseph

Sarto when he became pope?

19) Who was told Beware the Ides of

March.?

d) Pius X

a) Julius Caesar

9) How many metres is one mile?

20) Which countrys postal stamps have the

name Helvetia?

c) 1609.344
English: Modern bronze statue of Julius
Caesar...

c) Switzerland
21) Yen is the currency of which country?
a) Japan

22) Which is the national flower of Australia?

d) Golden Wattle
23) What is the number of squares on a chess
board?
b) 64
24) Which city was the summer capital of
India during British Rule?
c) Simla
25) The name of which city was changed to
Petrograd and Leningrad?
d) St. Petersburg

1) Who won the Football World Cup in 1982?

d) Italy
2) Which country is known as Suomi?
b) Finland
3) Who was the Roman Emperor in 41-54 AD?
c) Claudius
4) Who won Wimbledon Womens Singles
Championship in 1988?
d) Steffi Graf
5) Who is the author of Pride and Prejudice?
a) Jane Austen
6) In the Bible, who is the eldest son of David?
c) Amnon
7) In which film it is said, Some dreams come
true. Some dont. Keep on dreaming.?
b) Pretty Woman
8) Who is considered the father of geometry?
d) Euclid
9) Which country was known as Nyasaland?
b) Malawi
10) Which sea separates Egypt from Saudi
Arabia?
c) Red Sea

Original image from CIA World Fact Book,

2004
Original image from CIA World Fact Book,
2004 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
11) Which country has 11 official languages?
d) South Africa
12) Which pope divided the world between
Portugal and Spain?
c) Alexander VI
13) How many lines are in a limerick?
a) Five
14) The flag of which country has one big star
and four small stars?
b) China
15) Which is the national animal of Argentina?
a) Puma
16) Who won seven gold medals in swimming
in 1972 Munich Olympics?
a) Mark Spitz
17) What is sodium chloride?
c) Salt
18) Who is the patron saint of music?
b) St. Cecilia
19) What is the meaning of Anno Domini?
a) Year of the Lord
20) In the Bible, Joseph was sold by his
brothers for how many silver coins?
c) Twenty
21) How many furlongs is one mile?
b) Eight
22) Who is the founder of Sikhism?
c) Guru Nanak
23) When is the Feast Day of St. Francis
Xavier?
d) December 3
24) Which river joins Ganga at Allahabad?

b) Yamuna
25) Who was the Carthagian general during
Punic War II?

14) What is the type of Government in

Swaziland?
a) Monarchy

a) Hannibal

15) Who killed US President Abraham Lincoln?

1) In the Bible who interpreted the dreams of

Pharaoh?

c) John Wilkes Booth

a) Joseph
2) The flag of which country has the Star of
David?
c) Israel
3) In which year was Magna Carta signed?
d) 1215
4) When was Carthage destroyed?
a) 149 B.C.
5) Which country is ruled by a single dynasty
for more than two thousand years?
c) Japan
6) Who is the author of Ben Hur?
d) Lew Wallace
7) Which game is played with five players on
either side?
a) Basketball
8) Which is the national flower of Ireland?
a) Shamrock
9) Which is the capital of Afghanistan?
c) Kabul
10) What is the baptismal name of Pope John
XXIII?

16) Who won the Hockey World Cup in 1975?

a) India
17) Which TV news channel began telecast in
1980?
b) CNN
18) Which of the following is not a gas?
d) Mercury
19) Which state was known as Mysore?
c) Karnataka
20) Who was the Czar of Russia in 1917?
a) Nicholas II2
21) What is the height of the proposed Burj
Tower in Dubai?
d) 800 metres
22) The islands Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku
and Kyushu are part of which country?
c) Japan
23) Who is the patron saint of Australia?
b) Mary Help of Christians
24) When is the Feast Day of St. John the
Baptist?
b) June 24

b) Angelo Roncalli

25) Which of the following countries is

landlocked?

11) Where is Emperor Akbars tomb?

a) Switzerland

d) Sikandra
12) Who died in the Battle of Trafalgar?
b) Horatio Nelson
13) To which Order did Martin Luther belong?
a) Augustinian

No.

Country

Capital

Afghanistan Kabul

34

Chad NDjamena

Albania

Tirane

35

Chile Santiago

Algeria

Algiers

36

China Beijing

Andorra

Andorra la Vella

37

Colombia

Bogota

Angola

38

Comoros

Moroni

Antigua and Barbuda

39

Congo, Republic of the

Argentina

Buenos Aires

40

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Kinshasa

Armenia

Yerevan

Australia

Canberra

41

Costa Rica

10

Austria

42

Cote dIvoire (Ivory Coast)

Yamoussoukro

11

Azerbaijan

43

Croatia

12

The Bahamas

44

Cuba Havana

13

Bahrain

45

Cyprus

14

Bangladesh Dhaka

46

Czech Republic

15

Barbados

Bridgetown

47

Denmark

Copenhagen

16

Belarus

Minsk

48

Djibouti

Djibouti

17

Belgium

Brussels

49

Dominica

Roseau

18

Belize Belmopan

19

Benin Porto-Novo

50
Dominican Republic
Domingo

20

Bhutan

51

East Timor (Timor-Leste) Dili

52

Ecuador

53

Egypt Cairo

54

El Salvador San Salvador

55

Equatorial Guinea Malabo

56

Eritrea

Asmara

57

Estonia

Tallinn

58

Ethiopia

Addis Ababa

59

Fiji

60

Finland

Helsinki

61

France

Paris

62

GabonLibreville

63

The Gambia Banjul

64

Georgia

Luanda
Saint Johns

Vienna
Baku
Nassau

Manama

Thimphu

21
Bolivia
Sucre (constitutional); La
Paz (administrative)
22

Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo

23

Botswana

24

Brazil Brasilia

25

BruneiBandar Seri Begawan

26

Bulgaria

27

Burkina Faso Ouagadougou

28

Burundi

Bujumbura

29

Cambodia

Phnom Penh

30

Cameroon

Yaounde

31

Canada

Ottawa

32

Cape Verde Praia

33

Central African Republic

Gaborone

Sofia

Bangui

Brazzaville

San Jose

Zagreb

Nicosia
Prague

Santo

Quito

Suva

Tbilisi

65

Germany

66

GhanaAccra

67

Greece

68

Berlin

98

Lesotho

Maseru

99

Liberia

Monrovia

Athens

100

Libya Tripoli

Grenada

Saint Georges

101

Liechtenstein

69

Guatemala

Guatemala City

102

Lithuania

70

Guinea

Conakry

103

Luxembourg Luxembourg

71

Guinea-Bissau

104

Macedonia

72

Guyana

105

Madagascar Antananarivo

73

Haiti Port-au-Prince

106

Malawi

Lilongwe

74

Honduras

Tegucigalpa

107

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur

75

Hungary

Budapest

108

Maldives

Male

76

Iceland

Reykjavik

109

Mali

77

India New Delhi

110

Malta

78

Indonesia

111

Marshall Islands

79

Iran

Tehran

112

Mauritania

Nouakchott

80

Iraq

Baghdad

113

Mauritius

Port Louis

81

Ireland

114

Mexico

82

Israel Jerusalem*

115

Micronesia, Federated States of Palikir

83

Italy

116

Moldova

Chisinau

84

Jamaica

117

Monaco

Monaco

85

Japan Tokyo

118

Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar

86

JordanAmman

119

Montenegro Podgorica

87

Kazakhstan Astana

120

Morocco

88

Kenya Nairobi

121

Mozambique Maputo

89

Kiribati

122

Myanmar (Burma) Naypyidaw

90

Korea, North Pyongyang

123

Namibia

91

Korea, South Seoul

124

Nauru Yaren (de facto)

92

Kosovo

Pristina

125

Nepal Kathmandu

93

Kuwait

Kuwait City

126

Netherlands (Holland)

94

Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek

127

New Zealand

95

Laos Vientiane

128

Nicaragua

96

Latvia Riga

129

Niger Niamey

97

Lebanon

130

Nigeria

Bissau

Georgetown

Jakarta

Dublin

Rome
Kingston

Tarawa Atoll

Beirut

Vaduz

Vilnius

Skopje

Bamako
Valletta
Majuro

Mexico City

Rabat

Windhoek

Wellington

Managua

Abuja

Amsterdam

131

Norway

Oslo

162 South Africa Pretoria (administrative);

Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein
(judiciary)

132

Oman Muscat

133

Pakistan

134

Palau Melekeok

135

Panama

136

Papua New Guinea Port Moresby

165 Sri Lanka

Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte
(administrative); Colombo (trade)

137

Paraguay

166

Sudan Khartoum

138

Peru

167

Suriname

139

Philippines

Manila

140

Poland

Warsaw

141

Portugal

Lisbon

142

Qatar Doha

143

Romania

144

RussiaMoscow

145

Rwanda

146

Saint Kitts and Nevis

147

Saint Lucia

Islamabad

Panama City

Asuncion

Lima

163

South Sudan Juba

164

Spain Madrid

Paramaribo

168 Swaziland
Mbabane(Administrative) /
Lobamba (Royal and Legislative)

Bucharest

Kigali

169

Sweden

Stockholm

170

Switzerland Bern

171

Syria Damascus

172

Taiwan

Taipei

173

Tajikistan

Dushanbe

174 Tanzania
Dar es Salaam

Dodoma (administrative);

Castries

175

Thailand

Bangkok

148

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Kingstown

176

Togo Lome

149

Samoa

177

Tonga Nukualofa

150

San Marino San Marino

178

Trinidad and Tobago

151

Sao Tome and Principe

179

Tunisia

152

Saudi Arabia Riyadh

180

TurkeyAnkara

153

Senegal

181

Turkmenistan

154

SerbiaBelgrade

182

TuvaluFunafuti province

155

Seychelles

183

Uganda

Kampala

156

Sierra Leone Freetown

184

Ukraine

Kyiv

157

Singapore

Singapore

185

United Arab Emirates

158

Slovakia

Bratislava

186

United Kingdom

159

Slovenia

Ljubljana

187
D.C.

United States of America Washington

160

Solomon Islands

188

Uruguay

Montevideo

161

Somalia

189

Uzbekistan

Tashkent

190

Vanuatu

Port-Vila

Basseterre

Apia

Sao Tome

Dakar

Victoria

Honiara

Mogadishu

Port-of-Spain

Tunis

Ashgabat

Abu Dhabi

London

191

Vatican City (Holy See)

192

Venezuela

Caracas

193

Vietnam

Hanoi

194

Yemen

Sanaa

195

Zambia

Lusaka

196

Zimbabwe3 Harare

Vatican City