Statistics for Philippines Country Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Capital city	Manila	99%
Most-spoken language	Filipino (Tagalog)	89%
Countries that occupied the Philippines	Spain	87%
Countries that occupied the Philippines	United States	87%
Countries that occupied the Philippines	Japan	85%
Type of natural disaster that struck in 2013	Typhoon	74%
Largest islands	Luzon	70%
Most populous city (a part of the metro area above)	{Quezon} City	61%
Explorer who died in the Philippines in 1521	Ferdinand Magellan	60%
Boxer who was a world champion in eight divisions	Manny Pacquiao	57%
Largest islands	Mindanao	52%
Controversial former President who served from 2016–2022	Rodrigo Duterte	52%
Former first lady / shoe collector	Imelda Marcos	49%
U.S. general who was also a Field Marshal of the Phillipine army	Douglas MacArthur	48%
Second biggest metro area	Cebu	47%
Slang term for a person from the Philippines (hint: starts with P)	Pinoy	43%
Hills that turn brown in the dry season	{Chocolate} Hills	38%
Volcano that erupted in 1991, the biggest eruption in 108 years	Mount Pinatubo	38%
Largest islands	Negros	28%
Largest islands	Samar	26%