Topic #4: Rizal's Trial and Death

Question 1

Who were the two families that Rizal visited in Dumaguete on his way back to Manila?

Answer 1

Periquet and Rufina Families

Question 2

Why was Rizal not able to catch the Mail Ship Isla de Luzon when he arrived in Manila?

Answer 2

the Ship had already departed for Spain the previous day

Question 3

When did the Spanish discover the plot pf the Katipunan to overthrow the Government?

Answer 3

Evening of August 19, 1896

Question 4

Who was the Augustinian cura of Tondo that discovered the plot?

Answer 4

Fray Mariano Gil

Question 5

Where and when did the revolutionists strike first?

Answer 5

August 30, 1896, San Juan

Question 6

After the Battle of San Juan, Governor General Ramon Blanco declared a state of war to eight provinces for raising in arms against the Spaniards? Where were these provinces?

Answer 6

Manila
Bulacan
Cavite
Batangas
Laguna
Pampanga
Nueva Ecija
Tarlac

Question 7

When Rizal learned about the Outbreak of the Revolution he was worried for two reasons? What were they?

Answer 7

• the revolution was premature
• it would arouse Spanish vengeance

Question 8

Who was the rich Manila Creole industrialist friend of Rizal who advised Rizal to stay in Singapore and be protected under British Law

Answer 8

Don Pedro Roxas

Question 9

Who was the Captain that officially notified him that he should stay in his cabin until further orders from Manila

Answer 9

Captain Alemany

Question 9

Who was his jailor when he was kept on heavy guard in the ship, who happened to be the same person who order for his banishment to Dapitan in 1892?

Answer 9

Governor General Eulogio Despujol

Question 9

Where was Rizal to be imprisoned while they were still abroad?

Answer 9

Monjuich

Question 10

Which of Rizal’s friends sent frantic telegrams to an English lawyer in Singapore in the hopes of rescuing him from the Spaniards?

Answer 10

Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor
Sixto Lopez

Question 11

What was the name of the English Lawyer that Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor and Sixto Lopez contacted to in Singapore?

Answer 11

Hugh Fort

Question 12

By what means did the English lawyer plans to rescue Jose Rizal from the Spanish ?

Answer 12

means of a writ of habeas corpus

Question 13

Who was the Chief Justice that denied the writ as the ship was a warship of foreign power which was beyond jurisdiction from Singaporean authorities?

Answer 13

Chief Justice Loinel Cox

Question 14

When did Rizal’s preliminary investigation began?

Answer 14

November 20, 1896

Question 15

Who did Governor General Ramon Blanco appoint as special Judge Advocate to institute the corresponding action against Rizal?

Answer 15

Captain Rafael Dominguez

Question 16

After the results of the Preliminary Investigation was done what were the recommendations to Governor-General Ramon Blanco on what to do afterward with Rizal?

Answer 16

• the accused be immediately brought to trial
• the accused be brought to prison
• an indemnity of one million pesos
• the accused be defended by an army officer

Question 17

Who did Rizal pick as his defense counsel for his trial, who happened to be Rizal’s bodyguard when he was in Calamba iin 1887?

Answer 17

Don Luis Taviel de Andrade

Question 18

Who was the Governor General that succeeded Governor General Ramon Blanco who eventually sealed Rizal’s fate as he was less humane?

Answer 18

Governor General Camilo G. de Polavieja

Question 19

Who was the Judge Advocate for Rizal’s trial?

Answer 19

Captain Rafael Dominguez

Question 20

Who was the Prosecuting Attorney for Rizal’s trial?

Answer 20

Lt. Entrique de Alcocer

Question 21

When was the approved time of Rizal’s prosecution?

Answer 21

7:00AM of December 30, 1896 at Bagumbayan Field

Question 22

Who was the Spanish Journalist that visited Rizal on the night preceding his execution

Answer 22

Santiago Mantaix

Question 23

From what Newspaper did Santiago Mantaix worked for

Answer 23

El Heraldo de Madrid

Question 24

Where did Rizal said to have hid his last poem “Mi Ultimo Adios” in?

Answer 24

An Alcohol Cooking stove

Question 25

Who did Rizal gave the alcohol cooking stove to which also said to have hid his last poem “Mi Ultimo Adios”

Answer 25

Trinidad

Question 26

What did Rizal give as a gift to Josephine Bracken as her last gift to her on the day of his execution?

Answer 26

Imitation of Christ by Father Thomas a Kempis

Question 27

Who was the Spanish Military physician that checked Rizal’s pulse and found that it was normal?

Answer 27

Dr. Felipe Ruiz Castillo

Question 28

How old was Rizal when he died in Bagumbayan?

Answer 28

35 Years, five months, 11 days