The Life of Rizal

Question 1

Rizal’s birthday and birthplace

Answer 1

June 19, 1861 / Calamba, Laguna

Question 2

Mother

Answer 2

Teodora Alonzo Rizal

Question 3

Father

Answer 3

Francisco Mercado

Question 4

Rizal’s full name

Answer 4

José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda

Question 5

Eldest

Answer 5

Saturnina

Question 6

Saturnina’s nickname

Answer 6

Neneng

Question 7

63

Answer 7

Saturnina passed away at this age

Question 8

She published the Tagalog translation of Noli Me Tangere

Answer 8

Saturnina

Question 9

2nd child

Answer 9

Paciano

Question 10

Paciano’s nickname

Answer 10

Ciano

Question 11

Jose referred to him as?

Answer 11

Uto

Question 12

3rd child

Answer 12

Narcisa

Question 13

Narcisa’s nickname

Answer 13

Sisa

Question 14

• The only one who can narrate the poem of Rizal
• One of the family members who visited Rizal on the day of his execution
• Located the body of Rizal when it was buried in an unmarked grave

Answer 14

Narcisa

Question 15

4th child

Answer 15

Olympia

Question 16

Olympia’s nickname

Answer 16

Ypia

Question 17

A friend of Jose’s teenage love, Segunda Katigbak from La Concordia College in Manila

Answer 17

Olympia

Question 18

5th child

Answer 18

Lucia

Question 19

Her husband Mariano Herbosa died due to an epidemic and he was denied of a Christian burial because he is Jose’s brother-in-law

Answer 19

Lucia

Question 20

6th child

Answer 20

Maria

Question 21

She was known to be Jose’s recipient of his letters

Answer 21

Maria

Question 22

Her son, Mauricio Cruz became Jose’s student in Dapitan, and he was known to be his
favorite

Answer 22

Maria

Question 23

8th child

Answer 23

Concepcion

Question 24

Concepcion’s nickname

Answer 24

Concha

Question 25

Died at the age of 3

Answer 25

Concepcion

Question 26

She was the unmarried sister of Rizal

Answer 26

Josefa

Question 27

Also, an unmarried sister of Rizal and shared a home with Josefa

Answer 27

Trinidad

Question 28

9th child

Answer 28

Josefa

Question 29

10th child

Answer 29

Trinidad

Question 30

She was the recipient of the alcohol lamp that Jose sent and secretly hid the “Mi Ulltimo
Adios” (Last Farewell) a poem he wrote on the eve of his death in 1896

Answer 30

Trinidad

Question 31

She outlived all of her siblings

Answer 31

Trinidad

Question 32

Youngest

Answer 32

Soledad

Question 33

Accompanied Rizal on his first day of school in Biñan and sent Rizal
allowance while studying abroad

Answer 33

Paciano

Question 34

The first teachers hired by his father

Answer 34

o Lucas Padua
o Leon Monroy

Question 35

Prominent lesson learned as a young boy was from

Answer 35

“The story of the moth”

Question 36

Taught him the value of hard work, to think for himself, and to observe
his surroundings keenly

Answer 36

Uncle Gregorio

Question 37

Encouraged him to sketch, paint, and make sculptures

Answer 37

Uncle Jose

Question 38

Encouraged him to pursue his physical development

Answer 38

Uncle Manuel

Question 39

The school Jose attended when he was 11 years old

Answer 39

Ateneo Municipal

Question 40

Inspired the young Jose

Answer 40

Fr. Francisco de Paula Sanchez

Question 41

Activities in Ateneo

Answer 41

o Painting
o Sculpture
o Carved the image of the blessed Virgin Mary and the Sacred Heart

Question 42

1877 to 1878

Answer 42

o He was both a student in Ateneo and UST
o He studied land surveying
o He was issued the certificate at the age of 20

Question 43

UST

Answer 43

Philosophy and Letters and majored in Philosophy