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WAR of WITS
EASY

1. (E-10s) What land mammal holds the record for the greatest age?

Answer: Man

2. (E-10s) Who was credited with naming the Philippines Felipinas?

a) Alvaro de Saavedra
b) Garcia Jofre de Loasa
c) Ruy Lopez de Villalobos
d) Sebastian Cabot

Answer: C - Ruy Lopez de Villalobos (1500-1544) named the archipelago in honor fo Prince Philip
of Asturias in 1544.

3. (E-10s) When did Dr. Jose Rizal die?

a) January 20, 1897
b) May 25, 1900
c) June 4, 1894
d) December 30, 1896

Answer: D He was executed in Bagumbayan, now known as Rizal Park, by Spaniards for
his alleged part in the Philippine Revolution of 1896

4. (E-20s) One way plane fare from Davao to Manila is P5,200. How many round trip tickets can be
purchased with the amount of P104,000.00?

Answer: 10

Solution: P5,200 x 2 = P10,400 round trip

P 104, 000/P10,400 = 10 round trip tickets

5. (E-10s) Jean Piaget is remembered for his work in which scientific field?

a) Astronomy
b) Climate Change
 c) Geology
d) Psychology

Answer: D

6. (E-10s) Yeast, used in making bread is a:

a) Plant
b) Fungus
c) Bacteria
d) Seed

Answer: Fungus

7. (E-20s) Write 3.4% as a fraction.

Answer: 17/500

8. (E-10s) The executive power shall be vested upon______.

a) The Congress
b) The President
c) The Senate President
d) The Chief Justice

Answer: B

9. (E-10s) Who is responsible for determining the existence of probable cause for the issuance of a
warrant of arrest or search of warrant?

a) Lawyer
b) Judge
c) Fiscal
d) Prosecutor

Answer: B

10. (E-10s) Public officials and employees shall accomplish and submit declarations under oath, their
assets, liabilities, net worth, financial and business interests.

a) Acceptance and Solicitation

b) Financial and Material Interests
c) Statements and Disclosures
d) Outside Employment
 Answer: C

AVERAGE

1. (A-10s) Court that shall have jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases involving graft and
corruption and such others offences committed by the public officials and employees.

a) Office of the Special Prosecutor

b) SANDIGANBAYAN
c) Department of Justice
d) Regional Trial Court

Answer: B

2. (A-10s) The word atom is from a Greek word meaning:

a) Small
b) Indivisible
c) Unseen
d) visible

Answer: Indivisible

3. (A-10s) Which documents indicate the returned items and deducted payment by a customer to
your company?
a) Circular
b) Purchase invoice
c) Letter of credit
d) Credit document

Answer: D

4. (A-45s) Suppose that the time now is 10.30am. What will be the time 16 hours from now?

Answer: 2:30am

Solution: 10:30am + 12 hrs = 10:30pm + 4hrs = 2:30am

5. (A-10s) It is an oceanographic phenomenon associated with extreme variable climate. It brings

destructive rains and droughts that result in economic disaster.

a) Global warming
b) El Nino/La Nina
c) Tsunamis
d) Typhoons
 Answer: B

6. (A-10s) Public officials and employees shall always uphold the public interest over and above
personal interest and avoid wastage of public funds and revenues.

a) Accountability
b) Commitment to Public Service
c) Professionalism
d) Justness and Sincerity

Answer: B

7. (A-10s) Who was the third and last military governor of the Philippines?

a) General Elwell Otis

b) General Douglas McArthur
c) General Wesley Merrit
d) General Arthur McArthur

Answer: D General Arthur Mc Arthur was the father of General Douglas McArthur.

8. (A-10s) The most abundant organic molecule on the surface of the Earth is:
a) Cellulose
b) Chitin
c) DNA
d) hemoglobin

Answer: Cellulose

9. (A-10s) The power of the State to take or expropriate private property for public use upon
paying the owner a just compensation to be ascertained according to law.

a) Police Power
b) Power of Eminent Domain
c) Power of Taxation
d) Emergency Powers

Answer: B

10. (A-10s) The science of weights and measures is called:

a) Metrology
b) Meteorology
 c) Mineralogy
d) Morphology

Answer: Metrology

DIFFICULT

1. (D-10s) The estrogen and androgen hormones which regulate sexual development and function
are structurally related to:
a) beta carotene
b) ethanol
c) adrenaline
d) cholesterol

Answer: Cholesterol

2. (D-10s) What month is showing on the calendar when the Earth is nearest the
Sun?

Answer: January

3. (D-10s) This is an act establishing a code of conduct and ethical standards for public officials and
employees. Upholding the time-honoured principle of public office being a public trust.

a) R.A. #6713
b) R.A. #6731
c) R.A. #6371
d) R.A.#6317

Answer: A

4. (D-10s) The 1987 Philippine Constitution contains at least 3 sets of provisions. Which one of the
following provisions is not included?
a) Constitution of Universality
b) Constitution of Liberty
c) Constitution of governments
d) Constitution of Sovereignty

Answer: A

5. (D-60s) How many numbers between 200 and 400 begin or end with 3?

Answer: 110
 Solution: All numbers from 300 to 399 begin with 3. There are 100. There are 10 numbers which
end in 3 from 200 to 299.
100 + 10 = 110

6. (D-10s) Environmental law providing for an ecological solid waste management program
creating necessary mechanism incentives, prohibitions and penalties.

a) Rep. Act # 8749 or the Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999.

b) Ecological Solid Waste Management Act 0f 2000.
c) Anti-Pollution Reduction Act
d) Waste Recycling and Disposal Act

Answer: B

7. (D-10s) No quiz on shades of grey would be complete without mention of the publishing
sensation of 2011, Fifty Shades of Grey, who wrote it?

a. C. L. R. James
b. E. L. James
c. P. D. James
d. M. R. James

Answer: B

8. (D-10s) Plants get their nitrogen from:

a) Rain
b) the soil
c) the air
d) the bedrock

Answer: The Soil

9. (D-10s) All heads and other responsible officers of offices and agencies of government and
GOCCs, shall within_______days from the end of the year, shall render a performance report of
the agency or office or the corporation concerned.
a) 45 days
b) 45 working days
c) 30 working days
d) 30 days

Answer: B
 10. (D-10s) What nocturnal animal group makes up one-fourth of all mammals species?

Answer: Bats or Chiroptera

CLINCHER

1. (C-10s) In 1796, Edward Jenner carried out his first experiment which led to a vaccine against
which deadly disease?

a) Smallpox
b) Malaria
c) Polio
d) Tuberculosis

Answer: A

2. (C-10s) Which of these isnt a shade of grey?

a. Byzantium
b. Paynes Grey
c. Davys Grey
d. Taupe

Answer: A - Byzantium is a dark purple. Davys and Paynes Grey are both shades supposedly
named after the prominent artist who used them while taupe comes from the latin name foa a
mole, talpa.

3. (C-10s) Unlike rodents, the rabbit has how many incisor teeth?

Answer: 4

4. (C-45s)3 is 6% of a certain number. What is the number?

Answer: 50

Solution:

6% X = 3; .06X = 3 = X = 50
.06 .06

5. (C-10s) Which of the following forms is not the concern of a clerk in a business establishment?
a) Stock room requisition
b) Voucher for requisition
c) DECS Form 137
d) Purchase order
 Answer: C

6. (C-10s) What poisonous alkaloid is extracted from tobacco leaves and widely
used as an insecticide?
Answer: Nicotine

7. (C-10s) Evaporation from water surfaces exposed to air is not dependent of the:
a) velocity of the wind
b) humidity
c) Temperature
d) depth of the water

Answer: Depth of the water

8. (C-10s) The Law which mandates use of Filipino in government office correspondence?
a) R.A 336
b) Executive Order 336
c) Executive Order 335
d) Adm. Order 338

Answer: C

9. (C-45s)A tenants get 4 sacks of palay for every 7 sacks harvested. If the farmland produced 560
sacks of palay, how many sacks would the tenant get?

Answer: 320 sacks

Solution: 4/7 x 560 = 4x 560

7
= 2240 / 7 = 320

10. (C-10s) It embodies the national policy on information technology development and serves as a
guide to all agencies in the effective utilization of information technology resources.

a) Information Technology Development Plan

b) National Information Technology Plan (NITP)
c) Technology Enhancement Program
d) Philippine Technology Highway Program

Answer: B
11. (C-10s) In 1762-1763 the most popular revolt took place in Ilocos. Diego and Gabriela Silang had
defended Ilocos from the Sapinsh authorities. Identify the relationship of the Silangs.

a) Brother and sister

b) Husband and wife
c) Parent and child
d) They were not related

Answer: B

12. (C-10s) Dr. Jose P. Rizal is the Philippines national hero because of his large contribution to
independence during the 19th century. What was his main weapon against the Spaniards?

Answer: Pen

13. (C-10s) Jose P. Rizal and other Illustrados (Spanish from Filipino intellectuals) had established
this group of propaganda writers. The name of this progressive society newspaper against Spain
was?

Answer: La Solidaridad

14. (C-10s) The fastest-running terrestrial animal is?

a) Lion
b) Cheetah
c) Man
d) Jaguar

Answer: B

15. (C-10s) Which sea is the saltiest natural lake and also at the lowest elevation on the face of the
earth?

Answer: The Dead Sea

16. (C-10s) How many time zones are there on Earth?

Answer: Twenty four

17. (C-10s) What element, whose symbol derived from the Latin for "liquid

silver", has been found in Egyptian tombs from 1500 B.C.?

Answer: Mercury
18. (C-10s) At room temperature, most elements are in which phase of matter?
a) solid
b) liquid
c) gas
d) plasma
Answer: Solid

19. (C-10s) The first animal launched into orbit was a:

a) mouse
b) monkey
c) chimpanzee
d) dog

Answer: Dog

20. (C-10s) What common flavoring comes from the long slender fruit of a climbing orchid?

Answer: Vanilla

21. (C-10s) In daylight the human eye is most sensitive to which color?
a) Green
b) Red
c) Blue
d) Orange

Answer: Green

22. (C-10s) To whom will the duty of ordering needed goods fall?
a) Accounting clerk
b) Purchasing Clerk
c) Manager
d) Sales man

Answer: B

23. (C-10s) Which department in an office takes care of preparing the customers accounts to the
company?
a) Indexing Section
b) Ordering Section
c) Billing Section
d) Purchasing Section

Answer: C
24. (C-45s) If 2 apples cost P25.00 how many apples can be purchased for P100.00?

Answer: 8

Solution:
P25.00/2 = P12.50 @; P100.00/P12.50 = 8

25. (C-45s) What number is 35 more than 70?

Answer: 105

Solution: Let X = the number; 70+35 = 105

26. (C-45s) What number is 15 less 7; when added to ten, what will the number be?

Answer: 18

Solution: Let X = the number; X = (15-7) + 10 = 18

27. (C-45s) If two halves of 2 are added to 2 , the results is?

Answer: 5

Solution: two halves of 2 ; 2 + 2 = 5

28. (C-10s) This constitutional principle is meant that no man in the country, not even the
government, is above or beyond the law.

a) Rule of Majority
b) Rule of Law
c) Bill of Rights
d) Republican Law

Answer: B

29. (C-10s) Term of office for the Senate members under the 1987 Constitution shall be_________.

a) Three (3) years

b) Four (4) years
c) Six (6) years
d) Nine (9) years
 Answer: C

30. (C-10s) Which of the following sectors is NOT represented in the party-list system in the House
of Representatives?

a) Youth
b) Labor
c) Women
d) Religious

Answer: D