- 1. What is the total length of the Mindanao Railway Phase 1?
A) 110 kilometers
B) 130 kilometers
C) 100 kilometers
D) 80 kilometers
- 2. How many stations are planned for the Mindanao Railway Phase 1?
A) 12
B) 10
C) 6
D) 8
- 3. What was the Mindanao Railway Phase 1 project's expected daily ridership?
A) 130,000
B) 80,000
C) 100,000
D) 150,000
- 4. In what year was the Chinese funding for the Mindanao Railway withdrawn?
A) 2022
B) 2020
C) 2023
D) 2021
- 5. What was the former name of the Davao Public Transport Modernization Project?
A) Mindanao Transport Initiative
B) Metro Davao Bus Line
C) High Priority Bus System
D) Davao City Transit Network
- 6. How many kilometers long is the core network for the bus system's traffic management improvements?
A) 110 kilometers
B) 1,000 kilometers
C) 100 kilometers
D) 80 kilometers
- 7. What is the total number of buses planned for the Davao Public Transport Modernization Project?
A) 1,200
B) 1,000
C) 800
D) 500
- 8. How many electric articulated buses are included in the 1,000 bus total?
A) 300
B) 100
C) 200
D) 500
- 9. What is the budget allocated for the Davao Public Transport Modernization Project?
A) ₱130 billion
B) ₱80 billion
C) ₱50 billion
D) ₱100 billion
- 10. Which port is considered the busiest in Mindanao?
A) Santa Ana Wharf
B) Sasa International Seaport
C) General Santos Port
D) Port of Davao
- 11. Where is the Port of Davao located?
A) Davao Gulf
B) Samal Island
C) Bitung Harbor
D) Pakiputan Strait
- 12. Which shipping firm operates the Ro-Ro service to Indonesia?
A) Davao Ferries Inc.
B) Mindanao Shipping Lines
C) Asian Marine Transport
D) Super Sea Logistics
- 13. How many 12-meter regular buses will be included in the modernization project?
A) 200
B) 500
C) 300
D) 1,000
- 14. How many nine-meter buses are planned for the project?
A) 200
B) 500
C) 300
D) 100
- 15. Which strait serves as an approach to the Port of Davao?
A) Pakiputan Strait
B) Davao Channel
C) Mindanao Passage
D) Samal Strait
- 16. How many barangays does Davao City have?
A) 3
B) 28
C) 11
D) 182
- 17. How many legislative districts does Davao City currently have?
A) 3
B) 1
C) 182
D) 11
- 18. Who is the Mayor of Davao City as of June 30, 2026?
A) Rodrigo "Rigo" Sangkola Duterte II
B) Paolo Z. Duterte
C) Isidro T. Ungab
D) Sebastian "Baste" Zimmerman Duterte
- 19. Who is the Vice Mayor of Davao City as of June 30, 2026?
A) Rodrigo "Rigo" Sangkola Duterte II
B) Sebastian "Baste" Zimmerman Duterte
C) Paolo Z. Duterte
D) Isidro T. Ungab
- 20. How many administrative districts does Davao City have?
A) 3
B) 182
C) 11
D) 28
- 21. Who serves as the Representative for the 3rd District?
A) Omar Vincent S. Duterte
B) Paolo Z. Duterte
C) Isidro T. Ungab
D) Sebastian Duterte
- 22. What is the primary mode of transportation in the mountainous areas of Davao City?
A) Monorail
B) Taxi
C) Habal-habal
D) Bus
- 23. What is the intended completion year for the Davao City Bypass?
A) 2022
B) 2003
C) 2030
D) 2028
- 24. Which payment systems do Davao City taxis accept?
A) Cryptocurrency
B) GCash and PayMaya
C) BancNet and MegaLink
D) Visa and Mastercard
- 25. What is the function of the Davao City Coastal Road besides serving as an alternative route?
A) An airport runway extension
B) A dedicated monorail path
C) Coastal shore protection and breakwater
D) A cargo shipping terminal
- 26. How many designated passenger-vehicle routes do multicabs and jeepneys ply?
A) 182
B) 11
C) 28
D) 82
- 27. Who is the Representative of the 1st District?
A) Omar Vincent S. Duterte
B) Isidro T. Ungab
C) Paolo Z. Duterte
D) Sebastian Duterte
- 28. Which city in Luzon is reachable by bus from Davao City?
A) Manila
B) Quezon City
C) Pasay
D) Makati
- 29. What percentage of the population in Davao City is Roman Catholic?
A) 78%
B) 18%
C) 50%
D) 4%
- 30. Which religious group accounts for 4% of the population in Davao City?
A) Buddhism
B) Roman Catholic
C) Islam
D) Sikhism
- 31. Who is the leader of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ movement?
A) Romulo Valles
B) Saint Peter
C) Apollo Quiboloy
D) Pope Benedict XVI
- 32. Who is the patron saint of Davao City?
A) Saint Anthony
B) Saint Jude
C) Saint Peter
D) Saint Paul
- 33. What is the largest economic sector in Davao City?
A) Manufacturing
B) Technology
C) Agriculture
D) Finance
- 34. Which fruit is the largest fruit export of Davao City?
A) Durian
B) Pineapple
C) Banana
D) Mango
- 35. What is the newest industrial development in Davao City mentioned in the text?
A) Petroleum refining
B) Chocolate industry
C) Steel production
D) Textile manufacturing
- 36. Which company is the country's biggest exporter of cacao to Barry Callebaut?
A) Dole
B) Malagos Agriventures Corp.
C) Seed Core Enterprises
D) Lorenzo Group
- 37. Where are most fish catches from the Davao Gulf discharged?
A) Talaingod
B) Barangay Toril
C) San Pedro
D) Mati
- 38. Which multinational oil company is based in Davao City?
A) Phoenix Petroleum
B) Shell
C) Chevron
D) Petron
- 39. Which facility is the largest and most modern steel rolling mill in the Philippines?
A) SteelAsia
B) Holcim Philippines
C) Union Galvasteel Corporation
D) RC Cola Phil.
- 40. When did Archbishop Romulo Valles take office at San Pedro Cathedral?
A) May 22, 2012
B) February 11, 2012
C) December 31, 2012
D) January 1, 2012
- 41. Which of the following is a religious faith found in Davao City besides Christianity and Islam?
A) Sikhism
B) Shintoism
C) Jainism
D) Mormonism
- 42. Which municipality is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Davao?
A) Tagum
B) Digos
C) Talaingod
D) Mati
- 43. What is the collective term for residents of Davao City?
A) Davaos
B) Davaoeños
C) Davaonians
D) Davaosians
- 44. What is the overwhelming majority ethnic group in Davao City?
A) Cebuanos
B) Ilonggos
C) Tagalogs
D) Ilocanos
- 45. What are the indigenous people of Davao collectively called?
A) Visayans
B) Moro
C) Lumads
D) Mestizos
- 46. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a Moro ethnic group in Davao?
A) Maguindanaon
B) Maranao
C) Tausug
D) Ilocano
- 47. Which language is the most widely spoken in Davao City?
A) Cebuano
B) Hiligaynon
C) Chavacano
D) Tagalog
- 48. What is the formal medium of instruction in Davao City schools?
A) Mandarin
B) English
C) Cebuano
D) Filipino (Tagalog)
- 49. Which of these is an indigenous language of Davao City?
A) Hiligaynon
B) Ilocano
C) Kapampangan
D) Giangan
- 50. What languages are spoken privately by Chinese Filipinos in Davao?
A) Taiwanese
B) Philippine Hokkien
C) Cantonese
D) Shanghainese
- 51. Which mountain is the highest peak in the Philippines and located in Davao City?
A) Mount Apo
B) Mount Talomo
C) Mount Mayon
D) Mount Pinatubo
- 52. Who inaugurated the Mount Apo National Park in 1936?
A) Ferdinand Marcos
B) Corazon Aquino
C) Manuel L. Quezon
D) Rodrigo Duterte
- 53. In which town does the Davao River begin?
A) Samal Island
B) San Fernando, Bukidnon
C) Manila
D) Davao City
- 54. What is the Köppen climate classification of Davao City?
A) Am
B) As
C) Aw
D) Af
- 55. What is the 'Queen of Philippine Flowers' endemic to the Davao area?
A) Sampaguita
B) Waling-waling
C) Hibiscus
D) Orchid Lily
- 56. What fruit is known as the 'queen of fruits' in Davao?
A) Pineapple
B) Mango
C) Mangosteen
D) Durian
- 57. What fruit is known as the 'king of fruits' in Davao?
A) Jackfruit
B) Durian
C) Banana
D) Mangosteen
- 58. What is the status of Mount Apo in terms of volcanic activity?
A) Extinct
B) Dormant
C) Erupting
D) Active
- 59. What is the total land area of Davao City in square kilometers?
A) 2,443.61
B) 1,700
C) 946
D) 2,000
- 60. In what year did Davao City's population first exceed one million?
A) 1995
B) 2015
C) 2001
D) 1988
- 61. What is the average monthly temperature in Davao City?
A) Below 20 °C
B) Above 26 °C
C) Between 15-20 °C
D) Exactly 30 °C
- 62. In what year was the Port of Davao established?
A) 1900
B) 1926
C) 1903
D) 1936
- 63. Davao was incorporated as part of which province from 1903 to 1914?
A) Zamboanga Province
B) Moro Province
C) Davao Province
D) Mindanao Province
- 64. What building served as the provincial capitol after the establishment of Davao Province in 1914?
A) Port Authority Building
B) City Hall
C) Legislative Council Building
D) Davao Municipal Hall
- 65. Who filed Bill 609 to create the City of Davao?
A) Manuel L. Quezon
B) Romualdo Quimpo
C) Elias Lopez
D) Douglas MacArthur
- 66. When was Davao inaugurated as a charter city?
A) October 16, 1936
B) December 8, 1941
C) March 1, 1937
D) March 16, 1936
- 67. Besides Davao, what was the other town in Mindanao to be converted into a city at the same time?
A) Cotabato
B) Cagayan de Oro
C) Zamboanga
D) General Santos
- 68. When did Japanese forces land in Davao during World War II?
A) 1945
B) October 1944
C) December 20, 1941
D) December 8, 1941
- 69. What was the local nickname given to the Barangay Agdao during the period of urban insurrectionism?
A) The Laboratory
B) Murder Capital
C) Nicaragdao
D) Killing Fields
- 70. Who was the first indigenous person elected as Mayor of Davao City?
A) Franco Calida
B) Rodolfo Biazon
C) Alex Orcullo
D) Elias Lopez
- 71. What event ignited furor in the Moro community in the late 1960s?
A) Declaration of Martial Law
B) Alsa Masa formation
C) Jabidah massacre
D) Assassination of Ninoy Aquino
- 72. Who was the prominent party thinker killed in a raid in Skyline Subdivision in 1982?
A) Edgar Jopson
B) Fernando Esperon
C) Laurente Ilagan
D) Alex Orcullo
- 73. What was the name of the anti-communist vigilante group formed in 1984?
A) Free Legal Assistance Group
B) Alsa Masa
C) New People's Army
D) Yellow Friday Movement
- 74. Which Marine commander was noted for a sophisticated approach to addressing insurgency through community engagement?
A) Rodolfo Biazon
B) Romualdo Quimpo
C) Manuel L. Quezon
D) Franco Calida
- 75. Did the Spanish authorities in Davao take part in the Philippine Revolution?
A) Yes, briefly
B) No
C) Yes, actively
D) Yes, defensively
- 76. Where was the negligible pro-Filipino separatist rebel movement located?
A) Manila
B) Santa Cruz
C) Davao City proper
D) Malolos
- 77. Who arrived in Davao later in 1898 after the Spanish left?
A) The Dutch
B) The Americans
C) The Japanese
D) The British
- 78. Which indigenous group's origins are responsible for the name 'Davao'?
A) Matigsalug
B) Tausug
C) Maguindanaon
D) Bagobo
- 79. Where was Datu Bago's fortress of Pinagurasan located?
A) Davao Gulf coast
B) Bangkerohan Public Market
C) Bolton Riverside
D) Quezon Boulevard
- 80. In what year was the town of Nueva Vergara founded?
A) 1848
B) 1830
C) 1867
D) 1843
- 81. What was the name of the province established in 1850 with the town as its capital?
A) Vergara Province
B) Mindanao Province
C) Nueva Guipúzcoa
D) Davao Province
- 82. In what year was the name Nueva Vergara officially changed to Davao?
A) 1867
B) 1860
C) 1848
D) 1850
- 83. Which Spanish official ordered the colonization of the Davao Gulf region in 1842?
A) Sultan Iskandar Qudaratullah
B) Narciso Clavería
C) José Cruz de Oyanguren
D) Datu Bago
- 84. Who was the Mandaya chieftain that allied with the Spanish against Datu Bago?
A) Datu Clatta
B) Datu Bago
C) Datu Obo
D) Datu Daupan
- 85. Where did Datu Bago die after fleeing the Spanish conquest?
A) Hijo
B) Pinagurasan
C) Bolton Riverside
D) Samal Island
- 86. What happened to the province of Nueva Guipúzcoa on July 30, 1860?
A) It was dissolved
B) It was expanded
C) It was conquered by Datu Bago
D) It was renamed Davao
- 87. What is the largest rural bank in the Philippines in terms of assets based in Davao City?
A) BDO Network Bank
B) Davao Rural Bank
C) Landbank
D) Metrobank
- 88. In what year did Gaisano Mall of Davao open?
A) 1993
B) 2011
C) 2023
D) 1997
- 89. What is the first and largest Ayala Mall in Mindanao?
A) Abreeza
B) NCCC Mall
C) SM Lanang Premier
D) SM City Ecoland
- 90. Which mall was the oldest shopping mall in Davao City?
A) SM City Ecoland
B) Gaisano Mall of Davao
C) NCCC Mall VP
D) Abreeza
- 91. Where is the first Vista Mall in Davao City located?
A) Mintal
B) Lanang
C) Agdao
D) Ecoland
- 92. Which company is developing the Davao Global Township?
A) Ayala Land
B) Cebu Landmasters, Inc.
C) SM Prime Holdings
D) Gaisano Grand Group
- 93. In which district is Gaisano Grand Citygate Mall located?
A) Mintal
B) Calinan
C) Buhangin
D) Toril
- 94. Where is the Sta. Lucia Mall Davao being constructed?
A) Brgy. Matina
B) Brgy. Tibungco
C) Brgy. Cabantian
D) Brgy. Communal
- 95. Which district is known as Davao Chinatown?
A) Uyanguren
B) Ecoland
C) Bajada
D) Lanang
- 96. What is the primary function of NCCC Mall Maa after reconstruction?
A) Hospital
B) Shopping mall
C) Hotel
D) Government office
- 97. What is the name of the residential estate where CityMall Northtown Davao is located?
A) Camella Cerritos
B) Northtown
C) Ponte Verde
D) Davao Global Township
- 98. What is the most widespread religion in Davao City due to Spanish colonialism?
A) Hinduism
B) Taoism
C) Buddhism
D) Christianity
- 99. What do the barrio fiesta celebrations commemorate?
A) Founding day
B) The city mayor
C) Harvest season
D) Patron saints
- 100. When is the Kadayawan Festival typically held?
A) Early January
B) Late May
C) Early to mid August
D) Late December
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