SOCIAL SCIENCE CLUB GAME: HISTORY OR

TSISMIS

MECHANICS OF THE GAME: 

The Player will pick one statement in the box and guess if the statement written in the
paper is Tsismis or History, If the player fails to answer the correct answer he/she
won't be able to proceed to the next set of questions. However, to win the game, the
player must answer five questions correctly. 

STATEMENTS/SITUATIONS:

1. Cavite is the oldest city and the first capital of the Philippines.
Answer: Tsismis (The country’s oldest city is Cebu City. It was the first capital of the
Philippines and is considered the birthplace of Christianity in the far east.)

2. Paciano Rizal is the only brother of Dr. Jose Rizal and the second child of
Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alfonso Realonda.
Answer: History

3. Visayas is known as the “Isla de Pintados” by the Spaniards.

Answer: History

4. The Philippines have a claim over Sabah because Sabah was formerly a part of the
Philippine Archipelago. 
Answer: Tsismis ( The Sultan of Sulu, who receive the territory as a gift, has given
the Philippine Government power to reclaim his territory. )

5. The reason why Dagohoy took rebellion was that the Spanish authorities did not
allow and refused a Christian burial for Dagohoy’s brother’s death.
Answer: History

6. The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law popular as CARL is the lawful basis of
all implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). This
was during the administration of Ferdinand Marcos.
Answer: Tsismis ( The full implementation of CARP was during the administration
of Corazon Aquino). 

7. In Philippine history, Maharlika is the term that refers to the class of Filipinos who
were free and independent.
Answer: Tsismis (Timawa)

8. Villalobos Expedition is the Spanish expedition responsible for naming the

archipelago Filipinas.
Answer: History

9. The Roman Catholic church reacted to Luther’s idea by excommunicating him

Answer: History
10. On February 4, 1899, an American soldier, Private William Grayson, shot a
Filipino soldier at the bridge of San Juan, Manila. This marked the beginning of the
Philippine-American war, which lasted for three years and resulted in the death of
over 4,200 American and over 20,000 Filipino combatants. 
Answer: History

11. “A LA JUVENTUD FILIPINA” is a book written by Rizal in defense of the

alleged laziness of Filipinos.
Answer: Tsismis (LA INDOLENCIA DE LOS FILIPINOS, the A LA JUVENTUD
FILIPINA is his famous poem dedicated to the Filipino youth).

12. Rizal won worth of twenty thousand pesos prize in a lottery

Answer: History

13. 6:30 is the exact time Rizal died when he was shot at Bagumbayan field by a
firing squad. 
Answer: Tsismis (7;03 Am)

14. After the fall of the western half, the eastern half of the Roman Empire become
Byzantine Empire.
Answer: History

15. During the middle ages in Europe, the Catholic faith became the dominant
religion in Europe under the rule of Pope Leo X.
Answer: Tsismis (Charlemagne)

16. The fall of the Roman Empire is the event that best identifies as the beginning of
the so-called Dark Ages in Europe
Answer: History

17. Miguel Lopez de Legaspi discovered the Philipines on March 16, 1521, and
consummated the conquest forty-five years later by Ferdinand Magellan.
Answer: Tsismis ( Ferdinand Magellan discovered the Philippines on March 16,
1521, while Miguel Lopez de Legaspi consummated the conquest forty-five years
later by Miguel Lopez de Legaspi.)

18. The Biak na bato republic declared the separation of the Philippines from Spain. 
Answer: History

19. On October 14, 1943, the so-called Japanese-sponsored Republic of the

Philippines was inaugurated with Manuel Roxas as President.
Answer: Tsismis ( Jose P. Laurel)

20. The main item product during the early Galleon trade was Philippine products.
Answer: Tsismis (Chinese Silk)

21. By the end of the 19th century the most notable landowners in the Philippines
owning up to a total of 172,000 hectares were Spanish Friars.
Answer: History
22. EL AMOR PATRIO is the first essay of Rizal.
Answer: History

23. Pres. Elpidio Quirino is the first president of the Republic of the Philippines when
independence from America was granted on July 4, 1946.
Answer: Tsismis ( Pres. Manuel Roxas)

24. 19 De Junio is the old name of EDSA during World War II.
Answer: History

25. Pres. Ferdinand Marcos promised sweeping economic changes, and he did make
progress in land reform, opening new settlements outside crowded Luzon Island.
Answer: Tsismis (Pres. Ramon Magsaysay)

26. Jose Rizal led the longest revolt in the Philippines during the Spanish times.
Answer: Tsismis. (Fransisco Dagohoy)

27. Graciano Lopez Jaena is the first editor of La Solidaridad.

Answer: History

28. Andres Bonifacio created the designs for the Philippine national flag. 
Answer: Tsismis. (Emilio Aguinaldo)

29. Andres Bonifacio is the first President of the Philippines. 

Answer: Tsismis. (Emilio Aguinaldo)

30. Jose Rizal finished his book Noli Me Tangere in Germany.

Answer: History

31. To hide Jose Rizal's identity, he used the pen names Laong Laan and Dimasalang
in many of his writings.
Answer: History.

32. Maximo Viola is the savior of El Filibusterismo.

Answer: Tsismis. (It's Valentin Ventura)

33. The savior of Noli Me Tangere is Maximo Viola 

Answer: History.

34. The First Philippine Republic came to be called Biak-na-Bato

Answer: Tsismis. (Malolos Republic)

35. Andress Bonifacio is the father of Katipunan

Answer: History

36. The Rizal family had 11 siblings, of whom Rizal was the seventh. 
Answer: History
37. Gregoria de Jesús was the first woman member of the Katipunan (July 1893).
Answer: History

38. Bank of the philippine island is the first commercial bank established in the
Philippines. 
Answer: History

39. Andress Bonifacio founded the la Liga Filipina.

Answer: Tsismis. (Jose Rizal)

40. The reign of greed was the English translation of El Filibusterismo

Answer: History

41. Cuneiform is considered the earliest form of writing in the Philippines. 

Answer: Tsismis. (Baybayin)

42. Philippines was named after King Philip I, the king of Spain.
Answer: Tsismis. (King Philip II)

43. The first philippine flag was sewn in Hongkong

Answer: History

44. Lupang hinirang means "The chosen Island" 

Answer: History

45. Tandang sora is known as the grand woman of the Revolution. 

Answer: History

46. Corazon Aquino was the 10th President of the Philippines.

Answer: Tsismis. (Ferdinand Marcos)

47. Manuel Roxas was the fifth president of the Philippines.

Answer: History

48. Julian Felipe composed the national anthem of the Philippines 

Answer: History

49. Rizal died at the age of 35.

Answer: History

50. During Spanish expeditions in the Philippines, Spaniards implemented Reduccion

plan of Fr. Juan de Plasencia, which required the natives to live in the area near the
church.
Answer: History