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Question 1

“QUEEN PATRONESS OF BICOLANDIA”

Answer 1

OUR LADY OF PEÑAFRANCIA

Question 2

is a month-long celebration happening every month of May in Albay
Province. This festival is meant to honor Mayon Volcano’s beauty, with Magayon
meaning “always beautiful to look at.”

Answer 2

Magayon Festival

Question 3

Bicol is surrounded by __________ and the most famous of them all is the majestic. This
serves as the main landmark of Albay province and considered to be the world’s most
perfectly formed volcano and as such, is protected as a Natural Park

Answer 3

7 mountains

Question 4

Bicol is famous among Filipinos for its ________ food, while among travellers it’s best
known for its active volcanoes and the whale sharks of Donsol.

Answer 4

spicy

Question 5

composer of Sarung Banggi when he was 17 years
old

Answer 5

Potenciano Gregorio Sr.

Question 6

Contemporary writing has just began to burst with creative energy. The writers now
possess the courage to deal with big themes.

Answer 6

Francisco Penones, Jr.

Question 7

poetic drama titled Daragang Magayon (Beautiful Maiden)
overturns the passive maiden in the legend and makes her decisive to do her part in
changing society.

Answer 7

Merlinda Bobis

Question 8

her writings include an English translation of Mariano
Goyena del Prado’s cultural work “Ibalon: Ethnohistory of the Bikol Region” (Ibalon:
Monografia historica de la region bicolana) (1983); “Bikols of the Philippines” (1984);
“Bikol Dramatic Tradition” (1989);

Answer 8

Maria Lilia F. Realubit

Question 9

poet, fictionist, translator, and filmmaker based in Bikol.
His books of poetry in three Philippine languages have won the Madrigal-Gonzales Best
First Book Award, the Philippine National Book Awards, and the Gintong Aklat Awards
(Golden Book Awards). As a translator, he has translated the works of Rainer Maria
Rilke, Jorge Luis Borges, Franz Kafka, and Oscar Wilde into Bikol and Filipino.

Answer 9

Kristian Sendon Cordero

Question 10

oldest province in the country, it was originally known as “Minuro it
Akean.”

Answer 10

Aklan

Question 11

It is
profiled like a seahorse because of its appearance.

Answer 11

Antique

Question 12

located between the islands of Panay and Negros

Answer 12

Guimaras

Question 13

situated in the southeastern part of Panay Island

Answer 13

Iloilo

Question 14

located in the northeastern part of Negros Island.

Answer 14

Negros Occidental

Question 15

the “Heart of the Philippines”

Answer 15

Iloilo

Question 16

“Sugarbowl of the Philippines”

Answer 16

Negros Occidental,

Question 17

ILOILO takes its name from _________, the old name of the city of Iloilo, a tongue of
land that sticks out like a nose on the south of Iloilo River.

Answer 17

Irong-Irong

Question 18

Istoryahan Ta Ka Uli, Kasingkasing Press, 2016, a collection of stories for older children

Answer 18

Alice Tan Gonzales

Question 19

award-winning Filipino poet, fictionist, and author. Writing
in his native Hiligaynon language, he has won such prestigious literary contests

Answer 19

Peter Solis Nery

Question 20

the King of
Hiligaynon Poets during the Golden Age of Hiligaynon Literature.

Answer 20

Augurio M. Abeto

Question 21

was the first fellow for Hiligaynon Poetry of the UP National Writers Workshop.

Answer 21

Alain Russ Dimzon

Question 22

a Filipino playwright
and author. He is famed for his deep involvement in theater and television and in children’s
literature, whether it be on television, in books or on stage.

Answer 22

Rene Villanueva