Chapter 1

Question 1

Full Name of Rizal

Answer 1

Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

Question 2

Birthday of Rizal

Answer 2

June 19, 1861

Question 3

God father of Rizal

Answer 3

Fr. Pedro Casanas

Question 4

Who baptized Rizal

Answer 4

Fr. Rufino Collantes

Question 5

Rizal’s paternal ancestor, a
native of the Chinchew district in China.

Answer 5

Domingo Lam-Co

Question 6

Domingo Lam-co was baptized in what church and when

Answer 6

Parian Church of San Gabriel
on a Sunday in June 1697

Question 7

Parents of Domingo Lam-co

Answer 7

Siang-co and Zun-nio

Question 8

Domingo Lam-co was married to who?

Answer 8

Ines dela Rosa

Question 9

Parents of Ines dela Rosa

Answer 9

Agustin Chinco and Jacinta Rafaela

Question 10

Rizal’s great-great-grandfather, a
Chinese immigrant from Chiangchow who
arrived in Manila in about 1690

Answer 10

Domingo Lam-Co

Question 11

They took the surname
“Mercado” in what year?

Answer 11

1731

Question 12

Last king of Tondo

Answer 12

Lakandula

Question 13

Birthday of Francisco Mercado Rizal

Answer 13

May 11, 1818

Question 14

Francisco Mercado Rizal died on?

Answer 14

January 5,
1898

Question 15

Birthday of Teodora Alonzo
Realonda

Answer 15

November 8, 1826

Question 16

Teodora Alonzo
Realonda died on?

Answer 16

August 16, 1911

Question 17

She published Pascual
H. Poblete’s
translation of the Noli
Me Tangere

Answer 17

Saturnina

Question 18

He joined the
revolutionary army
and rose to the rank of
Major General.

Answer 18

Paciano

Question 19

It is said that she
could recite from
memory all the
poems of Rizal.

Answer 19

Narcisa

Question 20

Died in 1887 from
childbirth

Answer 20

Olympia

Question 21

She died at the age of 3

Answer 21

Concepcion

Question 22

Died a spinster

Answer 22

Josefa

Question 23

She did not marry and last of the family

Answer 23

Trinidad

Question 24

In 1849, he ordered all Filipinos to adopt
Spanish surnames.

Answer 24

Gov. Gen. Claveria

Question 25

The list of produced and approved family names can be referred from the?

Answer 25

“Catalogo Alfabetico de Apellidos”

Question 26

Rizal surname is originally?

Answer 26

Ricial

Question 27

In spanish, Rizal means what?

Answer 27

Green fields

Question 28

Rizal surname is prophetic according to whom?

Answer 28

Leon Ma. Guerrero

Question 29

Rizal’s first teacher

Answer 29

His mother

Question 30

Jose learned the alphabet and prayers at what age?

Answer 30

3

Question 31

Rizal's uncle who was a lover of books. He instilled into the mind of his nephew a great love for books. He taught him to work hard, to think for himself, and to observe life keenly.

Answer 31

Uncle Gregorio

Question 32

Rizal's uncle who had been educated at Calcutta, India, was the youngest brother of Dona Teodora. He encouraged his nephew to paint, sketch, and sculpture.

Answer 32

Uncle Jose

Question 33

Rizal's uncle who was a big, strong, and husky man. He looked after the physical training of Rizal.

Answer 33

Uncle Manuel

Question 34

Rizal's big black dog

Answer 34

Usman

Question 35

In 1868, he wrote a Tagalog drama before what age?

Answer 35

8

Question 36

The first known poem that he wrote was a Tagalog poem entitled?

Answer 36

Sa Aking Mga Kababata (To My Fellow Children)

Question 37

Youngest son of Juan Mercado and Cirila Alejandro

Answer 37

Francisco Mercado Rizal