GENERAL EDUCATION BLESSINGS

Absolute mean – 14.35 or 14.5

Aquilino Pimentel – Father of Local Government Code
Basal o di konkreto – katalinuhan
Beowulf – first great work of English literature
Blended learning – actual classroom and online instruction
Block steel – 10 x 15 m side
Brundtland Commission – sustainable development
Bukanegan – Ilocano Balagtasan
Bulaklak:napagmasdan (hindi tugma)
Christopher Marlowe – Father of English Tragedy

y
CITY STATES is a single political unit
Computers are used at HOME

no
Corazon Aquino – komisyong pangwika
Deepest Area ever discovered – Marianas Trench
Dekalogo – Bonifacio (10)
Douglas McArthur is the field Marshal of the Philippine Army
Driest place on Earth – McMurdo Dry Valleys
Elizabeth 1 – Virgin Queen
Everything seems to be alright
Pi
Father of Indian Independence – Mahatma Gandhi (Great Soul)
First and longest running comics – Kenkoy
First Filipino Canon Maker – Panday Pira
g
First Filipino Poetess – Leona Florentino
First UP President – Rafael Palma
Folkdance from Mexico except POLKA
on

Founder of Philippine Socialism – Isabelo delos Reyes

Frailocracia – hidden control of friars
Frailocracia - Marcelo H. del Pilar
Francisco Pizarro Gonzalez – conquered the INCA EMPIRE
Gestures culturally defines habits – communicate through gestures differently
ur

Graphics – maps, illustrations, symbols

Greatest legacy of Spain in Philippines –Christianity
GULF is a sea partly enclosed by land
G

Hottest place on Earth – Death Valley on California

IMPROMPTU – paksa ay hindi binigay bago magsimula ang talumpati
Insulin – secreted by the pancreas
Jose Rizal – Martyr of freedom
Kartilya – Jacinto (13)
Kyoto Protocol – sets mandatory limit greenhouse gas emissions
Lowest land point – Dead Sea
Lupang Tinubuan – best story during Japanese occupation
Memoria fotografica / photographic memory – Jose Ma. Panganiban
Mirage – asphalt seal
Monkey and the Turtle – Jose Rizal
Mapagkumbaba: pagong – mapagmataas:matsing
Nakatiwangwang lupa – inaanod -basura
Oldest religion in Asia – Hinduism
Opposites sides are equal – RECTANGLE
Outstanding diplomat of the 1st Philippine Republic – Felipe Agoncillo
Owner of real property need to pay – Real Property Tax
Pagbabagong anyo ng bayan – Reduccion
Pagsulong:pagbagsak
Payak ang kayarian ng salitang gamot
Peacemaker of the Revolution – Pedro Paterno

y
Penicillin discovered by – Alexander Fleming
Permutation of 9P9 – 362 880

no
Philippine National Anthem – Spanish
Pilosopong Tasyo – Paciano Rizal
Powerpoint – clear and organized presentation
Residence certificate – cedula during Spanish occupation
Salubong ang kilay – GALIT
Shape of brick – Rectangle
SKYPE – face to face communication
Spanish: sarswela – American:bodabil
Spreadsheet – perform computation
The Great Plebian – Andres Bonifacio
Pi
g
The Man of Many Talents – Epifanio delos Santos
VETO POWER is the to set aside a certain grant
Washington Irving – Father of American Literature
on

ZONE is the surface between Tropic of Cancer and Arctic Circle

NATIONAL ARTISTS (NCCA)

Literature
ISHMAEL BERNAL (Manila) – the genius of Philippine cinema, Himala, Pahiram ng isang
ur

umaga
AMADO HERNANDEZ (Tondo, Manila) – labor leader (Luha ng Buwaya, Isang Dipang Langit)
CARLOS P. ROMULO (Intramuros) – Pulitzer Award for Journalism (I Walked with Heroes)
G

N.V.M. Gonzales (Mansalay or Mindoro) – Filipino in rural and urban landscapes (The Wind of
April, The Bamboo Dancers)
EDITH TIEMPO (Bayambang) – fusion of style and substance (The Little Marmoset, Bonsai)
ROLANDO TINIO (Tondo) – Teatro Pilipino (Larawan)
Architecture
JUAN NACPIL (Quiapo) – Quiapo church, reconstruction of Rizal house
PABLO ANTONIO (Binondo) – simplicity, no clutter, FEU administration
LEANDRO LOCSIN (Silay) – CCP complex
Visual Arts
FERNANDO AMORSOLO (Paco) – First National Artist 1972, Grand old man of Philippines
Art, backlighting technique, Maiden in a Stream, Dalagang Bukid
NAPOLEON ABUEVA (Tagbilaran) – Father of Modern Sculpture, youngest, The
Transfiguration
GUILLERMO TOLENTINO (Malolos) – UP Oblivion, Bonifacio Monument
Music
LEVI CELERIO (Tondo) – music using leaf, Ang Pasko ay Sumapit, Ikaw, Kahit Konting
Pagtingin, Atin CU Pung Singsing, Itik Itk

Dance
LEONOR OROSA-GOQUINGCO (Jolo) – The Trailblazer, Mother of Philippines Theater
Dance

y
Cinema
CATALINO BROCKA (Pilar) – film director, Tinimbang ka Ngunit Kulang, Maynila sa Kuko ng

no
Agila

GENERAL SCIENCE
Activity of science – INTERPRETATION
Air, water, land – biosphere

Changes in the moon – 8

Pi
Atomic Mass of Francium – 223 Atomic Mass Unit
Atoms of the same element – Isotope

Compounds with same number of atoms – isomer

Crops/foods – agriculture
g
Curium – 247 atomic mass unit
Discovery of radioactivity – Becquerel
Disturbed ecosystem can recover naturally through ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION
on

Does not need a hard shell to protect its egg –frog

Earth’s crust – oxygen
Einsteinium – 252 amu
Electron transport chain occurs in the MITOCHONDRIA
Element with highest electronegativity – fluorine
ur

Energy is absorbed – endothermic

Father of Chemistry - Lavoisier
Father of Genetics – Mendel
G

Father of Modern Science – Galilei

Father of Modern Taxonomy – Linnaeus
First synthetic element – technetium
Fungi that absorb nutrient from dead matter – saprophytes
harvest by fishermen
Hottest gas – acetylene/oxy acetylene
Iron is FERROMAGNETIC
Isomer of glucose – fructose
IVF babies – test tube babies
Light with greatest photon energy – violet
Maltose – 342.3 g/mol
Mineral in blood clotting – calcium
Molar mass of nicotine – 162.23g/mol
most abundant CHON
Most abundant element in atmosphere – nitrogen
Most abundant elements in a living matter – CHNOPS (carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen) 4
Photosynthesis and also occur in BLUE-GREEN ALGAE
Phylogenetics describes the evolutionary sequence of organisms
Possible consequence of eutrophication/hypertrophication – significantly diminished sea
Protest that causes malaria – plasmodium
Released – exothermic

y
Scurvy is deficiency of ASCORBIC ACID
Smallest particle – Atom

no
Solid Liquid Solution – sodium chloride in water
st stage of muscle rigidity – Parkinson’s disease
Time it takes to decay half of the nuclei – half life
True of recessive genes – homozygous genotype
Unicellular organism – bacteria

Pi
Useful function of microorganism - can clean up an oil spill by digesting hydrocarbon
Very hot gas of nuclei and electron – plasma
Vitamin in blood clotting – K

SOCIAL SCIENCE
g
Abu Bakar – Founded Sulu sultanate
A professional teacher should faithfully observe code of ethics
Bubonic plague – black death
on

Chinese – Great Grandfather of Rizal (father side)

Cock fighter – principal form of entertainment (brought by Chinese)
Coron, Palawan – best scuba diving site
Excise tax – tax paid for commodity
Fr. Andres de Urdaneta – discovered Galleon Trade Route
ur

GAD- Gender and Development

Ilustrados – wealthy and educated Filipino
ISIS – Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
G

Kalayaan – newspaper of Katipunan

Kung Fu Tzu (Confucius) – not a religious leader
LASER – Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Lope de Vega – established national theater in Spain
Manila – distinguished and ever loyal city
Mindanao – land of promise
PAR – Philippine Area of Responsibility
Primary objective of Katipunan – Civic, Political and Moral
Rice terraces – man made wonder
SCUBA – Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
Situado – annual subsidy of Mexican government to the Philippines
Spain claimed Philippines by – discovery/conquest
Spanish/Japanese – mother side
Stratification – grouping, layering, stratifying society
Sultanate of SULU – First sultanate
TRAIN – Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion
Tuan Masha’ka / Karim of Makdum – introduced Islam in the Philippines

ENGLISH
Amorcon Amorsepaga – love begets love
Ad nauseam – disgusting

y
Applied – analyze, synthesize and evaluate
Book burning – literary demonstration

no
Kalidasa – great writer on his time
Chauffeur – driver
Comparative and superlative – adjective with inflectional morphemes
Connoisseur - expert in taste
Euripides – greek dramatist/author of Alcestis
Great Sphinx – half lion half human

In loco parentis – in place of a parent

Pi
Gullivers travel – Jonathan Swift satire on human folly and stupidity

Interpretative – relationship of ideas (why, what if and how)

Lingua franca – common language
g
Literal – explicitly states what it means (what, when, who, when, where)
Manila times – oldest existing newspaper
Matsou basho –greatest haiku poet
on

Mesdames – plural of madame

Middle ages – Era of knights and castles in English literature
O captain! My Captain – commemorates the life of Abraham Lincoln
Panchatantra – collection of Indian fables
Quo vadis - where are you going
ur

Renaissance – rebirth in French

Res ipsa loquitur – the thing speaks for itself
Satirika – pang-uuyam sa politika/lipunan
G

Sinequanon – indispensable
Soiree – evening party
Tagore – first Asian writer to receive nobel prize
Uncle Tom’s Cabin – triggered American Civil War
Veni, vedi, bici – I came, I saw, I conquered

MATHEMATICS
110 – quadrilateral (360)
199 – largest prime number less than 200
180 – LCM of 12, 10, 9
45 and 46 – consecutive number with sum of 91
50 and 52 – sum of 102
51 – not a prime number
Nonagon – 27 diagonals

y
no
Pi
g
on
ur
G