Surname Rizal

Question 1

What’s the real surname of the Rizal Family?

Answer 1

Mercado which means Market

Question 2

Who’s the Governor General who ordered all native families in the PH to choose new surnames from list of Spanish family names?

Answer 2

Governor General Narciso Claveria

Question 3

Why did the Gov-Gen ordered all native families to choose Spanish Surnames?

Answer 3

Easier Taxation

Question 4

Whole name of Jose Rizal

Answer 4

Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda

JPRM y AR

Question 5

Who gave the Surname Rizal?

Answer 5

Spanish alcade mayor(province governor) of Laguna to Don Francisco

Question 6

What does Rizal means?

Answer 6

Ricial
“Field where wheat are cut while still green and sprout again.”
Because they were farmers

Question 7

Why does Jose Rizal went for Rizal instead of Mercado like most of his siblings?

Answer 7

Included in the letter of Rizal to his friend Ferdinand Bluementritt

“Seems like I am an illegitimate son…”
Because he chose to go by Rizal since there were other Mercado that wasn’t really related to them

He wanna be unique

Question 8

Where does Rizal lived?

Answer 8

Calamba, Laguna

Question 9

Where does the Mercado Family belong?

Answer 9

Principalia (influential, distinguished)

Question 10

Traits of the Mercado Family

Answer 10

1. Wealthy
2. Well educated
3. Participated prominently in social and religious affairs
4. Welcoming to guests of all color, social position, rank and economic status

Question 11

Why are the Rizals considered to be Hardworkers?

Answer 11

1. Don Francisco & Dona Teodora rented a land from Dominican Order
   (harvest rice, corn, sugarcane, raised pigs, chickens, and turkeys)
2. Dona Teodora managed a general goods store and operated a small flour mill and a home made ham press

Question 12

Don Francisco and Dona Teodora believed in a maxim?

Answer 12

Spare the rod and spoil the child

Question 13

Meaning of Ilustrados

Answer 13

Spanish for “erudite”, “learned” or “enlightened ones”
Exposed to Spanish liberal and European nationalist ideals

Question 13

Home life of Rizals

Answer 13

• strict, trained to love God, respect
• sound spanking
• ample time to play
• Sundays and Holidays mass
• Angelus and Rosary

Question 14

Evidence of the Mercado’s affluence

Answer 14

• Large stone house near town church
• Owned a carriage
• Owned private library (larges in Calamba)
• All children went to college except Concha

Question 15

Birthdate of Jose Rizal

Answer 15

June 19, 1861