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1. According to the national mapping agency NAMRIA, how many islands officially make up the Philippines?
Correct answer: 7,641
Explanation: NAMRIA raised the official count from the long-cited 7,107 after high-resolution mapping found more than 500 previously uncounted islands. Most of the islands are small and unnamed, and only about 2,000 of them are inhabited.
2. Which is the largest island in the Philippines?
Correct answer: Luzon
Explanation: Luzon is the country's largest and most populous island and is home to Metro Manila, the national capital region. Mindanao in the south is the second-largest, and the archipelago is traditionally divided into three island groups: Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao.
3. The Chocolate Hills, hundreds of cone-shaped limestone mounds that turn brown in the dry season, are on which island?
Correct answer: Bohol
Explanation: By many counts there are about 1,776 of these grass-covered hills, spread across more than 14,000 hectares in the island's central towns of Carmen, Batuan and Sagbayan. In 2023, UNESCO named the island the Philippines' first Global Geopark, with the Chocolate Hills as its signature landmark.
4. The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is on which island?
Correct answer: Palawan
Explanation: The river runs about 8.2 kilometers underground through a limestone cave before flowing directly into the sea, so the tides reach its lower half. Boat tours travel about 4.3 kilometers inside. The park was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1999 and was later named one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.
5. Mount Apo, the highest mountain in the Philippines, is on which island?
Correct answer: Mindanao
Explanation: Mount Apo rises 2,954 meters above sea level. The volcano sits where Davao City, Davao del Sur and Cotabato meet, and the natural park around it shelters more than 800 kinds of vascular plants, many found only on this island.
6. Which resort island did President Rodrigo Duterte close to tourists for six months in 2018 after calling it a cesspool?
Correct answer: Boracay
Explanation: The closure ran from April 26 to October 26, 2018, so the government could stop sewage from draining into the sea and tear down structures that broke shoreline easement rules. Only registered residents and workers could stay on the island while it was rehabilitated.
7. Cloud 9, the reef break that made its island the 'Surfing Capital of the Philippines,' is on which island?
Correct answer: Siargao
Explanation: Cloud 9 is a fast, hollow right-hand reef break in the town of General Luna that has hosted the annual Cloud 9 Surfing Cup. Pacific swells bring the biggest waves from about September to November, and a boardwalk lets spectators watch from above the reef.
8. Ferdinand Magellan was killed in battle in 1521 on which island?
Correct answer: Mactan
Explanation: Warriors led by the chieftain Lapulapu defeated Magellan's force there on April 27, 1521, ending Magellan's own voyage around the world. The island is now home to Lapu-Lapu City, and April 27 has been observed as Lapulapu Day since 2017. Homonhon is where Magellan first landed in the islands.
9. Which island fortress at the mouth of Manila Bay fell to Japan on May 6, 1942, after a long siege?
Correct answer: Corregidor
Explanation: Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright surrendered the island after Japanese troops landed on May 5–6, 1942. It had been the last outpost of organized U.S. and Filipino resistance after Bataan fell on April 9, and U.S. forces retook it in 1945.
10. Ivatan stone houses with thick cogon-grass roofs, built to withstand typhoons, are a hallmark of which northernmost Philippine province?
Correct answer: Batanes
Explanation: The Ivatan build these homes with limestone and coral walls up to about a meter thick, a technique that spread with Spanish-era lime production, and roof them with dense cogon thatch that stands up to strong winds. The province is the country's smallest and northernmost, and its island of Mavulis is the northernmost land in the Philippines.
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Questions updated:
- According to the national mapping agency NAMRIA, how many islands officially make up the Philippines?Clue: The newer figure is more than 500 islands higher than the number many Filipinos memorized in school.
- Which is the largest island in the Philippines?Clue: The national capital, Manila, stands on this island.
- The Chocolate Hills, hundreds of cone-shaped limestone mounds that turn brown in the dry season, are on which island?Clue: The same island is home to tiny, big-eyed tarsiers and sits next to the beach resorts of Panglao.
- The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is on which island?Clue: This long, narrow island stretches southwest toward Borneo, and its province is also famous for El Nido and Coron.
- Mount Apo, the highest mountain in the Philippines, is on which island?Clue: You can see the mountain from Davao City, about 45 kilometers to its northeast.
- Which resort island did President Rodrigo Duterte close to tourists for six months in 2018 after calling it a cesspool?Clue: The island belongs to Aklan province, and travelers reach it by boat from Caticlan.
- Cloud 9, the reef break that made its island the 'Surfing Capital of the Philippines,' is on which island?Clue: This teardrop-shaped island lies off northeastern Mindanao in the province of Surigao del Norte.
- Ferdinand Magellan was killed in battle in 1521 on which island?Clue: It is a small island just off Cebu, and a city on it is named after the chieftain who won the battle.
- Which island fortress at the mouth of Manila Bay fell to Japan on May 6, 1942, after a long siege?Clue: The island sits just south of Bataan, and its defenders nicknamed it 'the Rock.'
- Ivatan stone houses with thick cogon-grass roofs, built to withstand typhoons, are a hallmark of which northernmost Philippine province?Clue: This island province lies in the Luzon Strait, separated from Taiwan by the Bashi Channel.
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