The Historical Controversy on where the 1521 Easter Sunday Mass was held has been affecting generations of Filipinos

Question 1

The island municipality of the Province of Southern Leyte, as the site of the event (First Mass), based on the stand of the Committee for the IV Centenary of the Discovery of the Philippines created by the US Government of the Philippine Islands.

Answer 1

Limasawa

Question 2

The Christian mass celebrated on March 31, 1521 in the highly contentious place.

Answer 2

Easter Sunday Mass

Question 3

The highly contentious place where the First Mass, assumingly, took place.

Answer 3

Mazaua

Question 4

Filipino linguist and philologist that have the opportunity to verify that indeed there was no mention of Butuan in Pigafetta’s chronicle and since then began recognizing Limasawa as the logical Mazaua.

Answer 4

Trinidad H. Pardo de Tavera

Question 5

Rizal’s AdMU professor that corrected his predecessor Jesuit historians and chroniclers.

Answer 5

Fr. Pablo Pastellas, SJ.

Question 6

Jesuit historian that traced the earliest known source of attributing Butuan as the site of the 1521 Easter Sunday to the summarized version of Pigafetta’s chronicle.

Answer 6

Fr. Miguel Bernard, SJ.

Question 7

Philippine historian who supported Fr. Bernard’s criticism to Butuan.

Answer 7

William Henry Scott

Question 8

An interdisciplinary study of the origin of place names using linguistics, history, archaeology, anthropology, geology, and geography, among other.s

Answer 8

Toponomy

Question 9

The head of the Spanish expedition to the western islands requested the people of Cabalian.

Answer 9

Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

Question 10

It was described as a manuscript that was workmanlike rather than elegant.

Answer 10

Ambrosian Codex

Question 11

Wrote the account of the expedition led by Ferdinand Magellan in a bizarre Italo-Venetian language with Spanish words mixed in.

Answer 11

Antonio Pigafetta

Question 12

The instrument invented by John Harrison to measure longitude accurately in 1760s.

Answer 12

Chronometer

Question 13

A German mathematician of Nuremberg to use lunar-distance method in determining navigational measurements using an instrument known as cross-staff.

Answer 13

Johann Werner

Question 14

A naval historian that retraced the Magellan route in a two-month journey under sail and in the air.

Answer 14

Samuel Eliot Morison

Question 15

A Colombian historian with much experience in similar ventures that was Morison’s partner.

Answer 15

Mauricio Obregon

Question 16

Constructor of the replica of Magellan’s voyage Victoria.

Answer 16

Fundacion Nao Victoria

Question 17

The naval engineer that was the leading Spanish expert in reconstructing working replicas of historic ships.

Answer 17

Ignacio Fernandez Victoria

Question 18

A merchant marine captain that was in charge of navigation.

Answer 18

Jose Luis Ugarte