09 February, 2010

Does It Matter... A Monday Mayhem

Welcome to Monday Mayhem.

Today's Meme is a reflection of our participants. It is called the Philippines and the Americans. Let's test our knowledge of our country and others.





Answer these questions as best as you know how. You may learn something new....


What is the 'official name' of each country?

United States of America (USA) and the Republic of the Philippines (RP)

Which country has more people living in it?

it's definitely the US...
almost everyone seems to have moved there or is planning to do so



Name a famous Spanish explorer who had a great impact on each country.



Ferdinand Magellan (for RP) and Christopher Columbus (for USA)...
see, i got straight A's in Social Studies and History
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Who has the better shoe collection?
  1. Imelda R. Marcos
  2. Carrie Bradshaw
  3. Harriet
none of the above, says the Sheep... hehe

peace, Harriet mltan100.blogspot.com


What is the shape of a football?
  1. Oval
  2. Round
  3. Don't want to stir up controversy.

don't want to stir up controversy but it was definitely not round


What's the difference between a hurricane and a typhoon?
  1. Same damn thing stupid
  2. Where they occur according to the dateline
  3. One is intended to wipe out Florida the other is intended to keep relatives from moving in.
  4. 1 and 2

"Aside from the name, not much. Both are severe tropical systems that have wind speeds greater than 74 mph.

They are called "hurricanes" in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean. But once your go west across the International Dateline and into the western Pacific Ocean, they're called typhoons. And of course, the Australians, who have colorful names for just about everything, have their own term for hurricanes: "willy-willys."

Typhoons generally tend to be stronger than hurricanes, but only because there's warmer water in the western Pacific and are better conditions for storm development."


so there you go... it's no. 4 although i'm sure that many of you wish it's no. 3 as well


What is the proper spelling of the word ' color '?
  1. Colour
  2. Color
  3. Don't want to stir up controversy.
don't want to stir up controversy... does it even matter how color is spelled???




Who makes the best Pizza?

  1. Domino's
  2. Pizza Hut
  3. Lou Malnati's
  4. Some dude in NYC

none of the above...
it's Shakey's
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Which country does Thom live closer to?



  1. US
  2. Philippines
  3. Who cares?
  4. Who the heck is Thom?
does it matter? mltan100.blogspot.com hi Thom... where do you live again?


Finally, tell us something great about your country.










Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao is the first boxer in history to win seven world titles in seven different weight divisions.



Arnel Pineda, lead vocalist of rock band Journey



apl.de.ap of Black Eyed Peas



Lea Salonga-Chien is a Filipina singer and actress best known for her musical role in Miss Saigon, for which she won the Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, and Theatre World Awards, the first to win various international awards for a single role. She was the first Asian to play Eponine in the musical Les Misérables on Broadway and was the singing voice of Princess Jasmine from Aladdin in 1992 and Mulan for Mulan and Mulan II in 1998 and in 2004, respectively.



Nicole Scherzinger, lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, is of Filipino-Russian-Hawaiian descent.



The mom of Vanessa Hudgens, lead actress in Walt Disney's High School Musical series, is a Filipina.



Did you know that Rob Schneider's maternal grandmother was a Filipina?



Charice Pempengco was dubbed as "The Most Talented Girl in the World" by Oprah Winfrey.


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3 comments:

Sandee said...

That was fun Bing. It really was. You did a great job too.

Have a terrific day. :)

Anonymous said...

Excellent my friend. Where am I? LOL It is amazing to me how we forget stars and other favorites that come from other countries. The Philippines has plenty and I really like them all :) Love the sheeps shoes LOL Peace to Harriet is right LOL. Love the colour test...ingenious. :) Have a great week ahead :)

Mike Golch said...

That was a lot of fun! Thank you for it.I hope that you are having a GREAT DAY!