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1 Together with the rest of the ________, Manila lies entirely within the tropics.

2 Which of the following is east of Manila?

3 What role did Loris Francesco Corvino play in the movie Manila?

4 What does the following picture show?  Smog engulfing the city of Manila.   The National Library of the Philippines   The Supreme Court building   The legislative districts of Manila.

5 The boulevard is part of the Radial Road 1 that leads south to the province of ________.

6 North Harbor and South Harbor experience busy periods during long holidays such as Holy Week, ________ and the Christmas holidays.

7 What is the total area of Manila in square km?

8 What role did Baron Geisler play in the movie Manila?

9 What is Manila's nickname?

10 Who played Sara the movie Manila?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • civilians took refuge in St. La Salle Hall in Manila during World War II, believing that its walls would protect them from anything but a direct hit?
  • after the Mendiola massacre on January 22, 1987, the Filipino Government banned all public demonstrations on Mendiola Street in Manila?
  • despite being running mates in Manila's upcoming local elections, Alfredo Lim and Isko Moreno support different candidates in the presidential election?
  • the Arch of the Centuries of the University of Santo Tomas at Manila was disassembled from the University's original campus at Intramuros, carried piece-by-piece, and was re-erected at the current campus at Sampaloc?
  • while Isko Moreno was running for vice mayor in Manila in 2007, posters were distributed of him wearing only swimming briefs?
  • Typhoon Patsy (1970) was the deadliest tropical cyclone to strike Manila since the establishment of the Philippine Weather Bureau in 1865?
  • Jeronima de la Asuncion (pictured) was the foundress of the first Catholic monastery in Manila and the Far East?
  • Nick Joaquin's play, A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, was described in The New York Times as an "engaging, well plotted metaphor for the passing of Old Manila"?
  • Ancient Tondo became so prosperous that the Kingdom of Brunei had to attack it and set up a rival settlement to keep it in check?
  • Arsenio Lacson was the first person to be elected to three terms as mayor of Manila?
  • España Boulevard, the main street of Sampaloc, Manila, is notorious for its waist-deep floods during the Philippine typhoon season?
  • Filipino indie rock band Taken by Cars had two singles that reached the top of Manila's local radio charts before getting signed in a major record label?
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