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Question 1

How many islands does the Philippines have?

Answer 1

7,641 islands

Question 2

Total land area of the Philippines

Answer 2

300,000 km²

Question 3

The Philippines is part of which world region?

Answer 3

Southeast Asia, western Pacific Ocean

Question 4

The Philippines lies on which hazardous geologic belt?

Answer 4

Pacific Ring of Fire

Question 5

Approximate number of ACTIVE volcanoes in the Philippines

Answer 5

24

Question 6

Three most famous active volcanoes

Answer 6

Mayon, Taal, Pinatubo

Question 7

1st largest Philippine island & area

Answer 7

Luzon – 42,458 km²

Question 8

2nd largest Philippine island & area

Answer 8

Mindanao – 37,657 km²

Question 9

3rd largest Philippine island & area

Answer 9

Samar – 13,428 km²

Question 10

4th largest Philippine island & area

Answer 10

Negros – 13,310 km²

Question 11

5th largest Philippine island & area

Answer 11

Palawan – 14,650 km²

Question 12

6th largest Philippine island & area

Answer 12

Panay – 12,011 km²

Question 13

7th largest Philippine island & area

Answer 13

Mindoro – 10,572 km²

Question 14

8th largest Philippine island & area

Answer 14

Leyte – 7,368 km²

Question 15

9th largest Philippine island & area

Answer 15

Cebu – 4,468 km²

Question 16

10th largest Philippine island & area

Answer 16

Bohol – 4,117 km²

Question 17

What are the three major island groups of the Philippines?

Answer 17

Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao

Question 18

NCR – spell the acronym & give capital

Answer 18

National Capital Region – Manila

Question 19

Region I (Ilocos Region) – capital

Answer 19

San Fernando, La Union

Question 20

CAR – spell the acronym & give capital

Answer 20

Cordillera Administrative Region – Baguio

Question 21

Region II (Cagayan Valley) – capital

Answer 21

Tuguegarao

Question 22

Region III (Central Luzon) – capital

Answer 22

San Fernando, Pampanga

Question 23

CALABARZON – letters + capital

Answer 23

Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon – Calamba

Question 24

MIMAROPA – letters + capital

Answer 24

Mindoro (Occ./Or.), Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan – Calapan

Question 25

Region V (Bicol Region) – capital

Answer 25

Legazpi

Question 26

Region VI (Western Visayas) – capital

Answer 26

Iloilo City

Question 27

Region VII (Central Visayas) – capital

Answer 27

Cebu City

Question 28

Region VIII (Eastern Visayas) – capital

Answer 28

Tacloban

Question 29

Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula) – capital

Answer 29

Pagadian

Question 30

Region X (Northern Mindanao) – capital

Answer 30

Cagayan de Oro

Question 31

Region XI (Davao Region) – capital

Answer 31

Davao City

Question 32

SOCCSKSARGEN – letters + capital

Answer 32

South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, General Santos – Koronadal

Question 33

Caraga – full name + capital

Answer 33

Caraga Administrative Region – Butuan

Question 34

BARMM – spell acronym & give capital

Answer 34

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao – Cotabato City

Question 35

NIR – spell acronym & give capital

Answer 35

Negros Island Region – Dumaguete (provisional)

Question 36

Tallest mountain in the Philippines & elevation

Answer 36

Mt. Apo – 9,692 ft, Mindanao

Question 37

2nd tallest mountain

Answer 37

Mt. Dulang-Dulang – 9,639 ft, Mindanao

Question 38

3rd tallest mountain

Answer 38

Mt. Pulag – 9,587 ft, Luzon

Question 39

4th tallest mountain

Answer 39

Mt. Kitanglad – 9,511 ft, Mindanao

Question 40

Longest river in the Philippines & island

Answer 40

Rio Grande de Cagayan – Luzon

Question 41

2nd longest river & island

Answer 41

Rio Grande de Mindanao – Mindanao

Question 42

3rd longest river & island

Answer 42

Agusan – Mindanao

Question 43

4th longest river & island

Answer 43

Pulangi – Mindanao

Question 44

5th longest river & island

Answer 44

Pampanga – Luzon

Question 45

Largest lake in the Philippines

Answer 45

Laguna de Bay

Question 46

Longest mountain range in the Philippines

Answer 46

Sierra Madre

Question 47

Volcano famous for “perfect cone” shape

Answer 47

Mayon Volcano

Question 48

Largest pearl ever found in the Philippines

Answer 48

Pearl of Allah

Question 49

Smallest fish in Philippine waters

Answer 49

Dwarf goby (Pandaka pygmaea)

Question 50

Smallest primate & endemic to PH

Answer 50

Philippine tarsier

Question 51

Largest eagle & endemic to PH

Answer 51

Philippine eagle

Question 52

Tallest tree species in the Philippines

Answer 52

Toog tree

Question 53

Largest island province of the Philippines

Answer 53

Palawan

Question 54

Smallest deer in the Philippines

Answer 54

Pilandok (Philippine mouse-deer)

Question 55

Oldest city in the Philippines

Answer 55

Cebu City

Question 56

City with the largest land area in the Philippines

Answer 56

Davao City

Question 57

City with the smallest land area in the Philippines

Answer 57

San Juan City

Question 58

Most populous city in the Philippines

Answer 58

Quezon City

Question 59

Deepest ocean trench on Earth & depth

Answer 59

Mariana Trench – ≈10.98 km

Question 60

2nd deepest trench

Answer 60

Tonga Trench – ≈10.82 km

Question 61

3rd deepest trench

Answer 61

Philippine Trench & Kuril-Kamchatka Trench – ≈10.54 km

Question 62

Who proposed the Continental Drift Theory?

Answer 62

Alfred Wegener

Question 63

Name of the super-continent that once grouped all land

Answer 63

Pangea

Question 64

Name of the single ocean surrounding Pangea

Answer 64

Panthalassa

Question 65

“Lost / 8th continent” mostly submerged in the southwest Pacific

Answer 65

Zealandia

Question 66

“Little islands” – Micronesia meaning

Answer 66

micro = small

Question 67

“Black islands” – Melanesia meaning

Answer 67

melas = black

Question 68

“Many islands” – Polynesia meaning

Answer 68

poly = many