QUIZ 3: AQUINO

Question 1

Cory Aquino’s full name

Answer 1

Maria Corazon Cojuangco Aquino

Question 2

Cory was the … president and the … woman president.

Answer 2

11th and 1st

Question 3

When and where was Cory born?

Answer 3

January 25, 1933 in Manila

Question 4

Who were Cory’s parents?

Answer 4

Don Jose Cojuangco Sr. (lawyer, Tarlac congressman, sugar magnate, and banker)
Dońa Demetria Sumulong (pharmacist, from a political clan in Rizal)

Question 5

EDSA People Power functioned as the what…?

Answer 5

Symbol of restoration of democracy

Question 6

When did Cory went and spoke in US?

Answer 6

September 18, 1986

Question 7

When did Ninoy die?

Answer 7

August 21, 1983

Question 8

43 days refers to?

Answer 8

The days that the authority would not tell Cory what happened to Ninoy.

Question 9

What was Ninoy put on a trial for?

Answer 9

• Subversion
• Murder
• Host of other crimes

Question 10

Where was Cory when she heard the news of the death of Ninoy?

Answer 10

Boston

Question 11

Democracy’s Most Famous Home

Answer 11

The Congress of the United States

Question 12

He said that “democracy must be defended by arms when it is attacked by arms and by truth when it is attacked by lies.”

Answer 12

Archibald Macleish

Question 13

What year did Cory held out for participating in election voting?

Answer 13

1984

Question 14

Who was the vice-president?

Answer 14

Salvador Laurel

Question 15

Who was the US president at this time?

Answer 15

Ronald Reagan

Question 16

What is the 2 billion out of 4 billion peso all about?

Answer 16

Export earnings that went to pay the interest of debt

Question 17

What was Cory’s claim of how she approach communist insurgency?

Answer 17

Through peace and not the sword of war

Question 18

What does this mean?

“He had willed that the blood drawn with the lash shall not, in my country, be paid by blood drawn by the sword but by the tearful joy of reconciliation.”

Answer 18

This quote means that the speaker’s country should solve past problems by forgiving and making peace instead of seeking revenge, following what they believe God wants. They think that finding happiness in forgiveness is better than continuing a cycle of violence.

Question 19

What was happening to the Filipino people for the past 14 years?

Answer 19

Poverty and massive unemployment

Question 20

How much was our debt?

Answer 20

$26 billion

Question 21

Cory Aquino’s term

Answer 21

February 25, 1986 - June 30, 1992