Trivia and Entertainment Puzzle

Prime Weekly Edition Vol. 3 No. 5, February 4, 1988

On the cover: 17-year-old Nanette Medved

One of my early trivia columns, It’s A Fact.

TV Star Guide Vol. 4 No. 38, February 2003

On the cover: UFC welterweight contenders Shoney Carter and Matt Serra

Entertainment Puzzle for the movie buffs.

“Where there is knowledge, the rooms are furnished with valuable, beautiful things.” – Proverbs 24:4, The Good News Bible in Today’s English Version.

Diamond

Prime Weekly Editions Vol. 3 No. 2, January 14-21, 1988

On the cover: Rizza Errea

 

An assigned article simply titled “Diamond.” I have already written an earlier article, “Hard FactsAbout Diamond” for Chinatown East (September 8, 1982).

 

“Riches and honor are with me; yes, durable riches and righteousness.” – The Book of Proverbs 8:18, Holy Bible, King James Version.

Quizzes for Trivia Enthusiasts

Prime Weekly Edition Vol. 3 No. 1, January 7-14, 1988

Two quizzes for the trivia enthusiasts.

“Listen carefully to what wise people say...... so that you are ready to repeat them..... so that you can give true and reliable answers to anyone who asks.” – Proverbs 22:17, 18 and 21, The Everyday Bible, New Century Version.

Quiz for the Whiz: You Better Be Good in Math

Prime Weekly Edition Vol. 2 No. 46, December 31, 1987
On the cover: Janice “Cookie” Velus Gonzalez

In the objective of propagating enthusiasm on the subject of Mathematics, I once in a while make quizzes about the subject, though this maybe the only Quiz for the Wiz published in Prime Weekly Edition with Mathematics as the theme. The answers are given but the solutions are left for the enthusiasts to discover.

“An honest answer is as pleasing as a kiss on the lips.” – Proverbs 24:26, The Everyday Bible, New Century Version.

Is It Possible to Communicate with the Dead?

Prime Weekly Edition Vol. 3 No. 45, November 18, 1988
On the cover: Maria Hyacinth Barbara “Cindy” V. Lotuaco

The first article I’ve written regarding spiritism.

“And He (GOD) will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.” – A Revelation to John 21:4, New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures.

The Untold Story of Isaac Newton

Prime Weekly Edition, Vol. 3 No. 41, October 13, 1988

On the cover: Jennifer “Jenny” C. Francisco

All about my favorite mathematician, Sir Isaac Newton.

“Lead me in the path of Your commands, because that makes me happy..... Teach me wisdom and knowledge because I trust Your commands.” – Psalms 119:35 & 66, The Everyday Bible, New Century Version.

Superfacts About Superman

Prime Weekly Edition Vol. 2 No. 27, August 20, 1987

On the cover: Maria Theresa Chamorro Marin

This article, “Superfacts About Superman” is quite old, 30 years to be exact. I was a fan of Superman then and now.

“The way of the LORD is strength for the upright, but destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.” – The Book of Proverbs 10:29, Holy Bible, New King James Version.

Animals Know Math, Too!

Prime Weekly Edition Vol. 3 No. 27, July 7, 1988
On the cover: Vic Vargas’ daughter Mary Jane Asuncion

The compilation of information “Animals Know Math, Too!” (p. 7) has been written several times, but this is probably the earliest version.

Another compilation, “July Celebrities” (pp. 14-15), is also in this Prime Weekly Edition July 7, 1988 issue. Imagine compiling more than 100 celebrities born in the month of July in 1988 when Internet access is not yet available. It’s a tedious task, but for someone who loves to collect and archive information and trivia, it’s fun.

 

 

 

“So from the earth he formed all the wild animals and all the birds of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; whatever the man called each living creature, that would be its name.” – Genesis 2:19, The Revised English Bible.

 

The Rainbow and the Colorful Facts



Prime Weekly Edition Vol. 4 No. 25, June 22, 1989

On the front cover: Gem Padilla and Lemuel Titus Manalo

On the back cover: Eddie Gutierrez and his twin sons Richard and Raymond

for the Nestle Twin Milk and Soya Drink print ad.

A compilation of information about the rainbow and the symbolisms that each of its color represents.

“I am putting my bow in the clouds. It will be the sign of my covenant with the world. Whenever I cover the sky with clouds and the rainbow appears, I will remember my promise to you and to all the animals that a flood will never again destroy all living beings.” – Genesis 9:13-15, The Good News Bible in Today’s English Version.

The Untold Story of Karl Marx

Prime Weekly Edition Vol. 5 No. 25, June 21, 1990

On the cover: Marian Espiritu and Paul de Jesus

“The Untold Story of Karl Marx” (pp. 34 & 37) is a research-intensive article about his life, struggle and philosophy. I also brought up the issue that Marx espoused Christian virtues, contrary to what the Catholic Church is branding him, an anti-Christ. That his philosophy attacks not Christianity but the ineptness, inequality, injustice, subjugation, and double standard of morality within the church and the religion of the Aristocrats.

“For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her (Babylon’s) fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury.... Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues, For her sins have reached to heaven, and GOD has remembered her iniquities.” – The Revelation 18:3-5, Holy Bible, The New King James Version.

Straight from the Bible

Prime Weekly Edition Vol. 3 No. 13, March 31, 1988
On the cover: Melanie Trinidad

The article “Straight from the Bible” (pp. 8-9) is a collection of information about the Holy Scriptures. This was re-written with a title “Facts from the Bible” and published in Celebrity World April 17, 1995 issue. You can also read a much-improved write-up in my “In the Bible” blog.

“GOD said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.....” – Genesis 1:3, The Revised English Bible.

It's a Fact (Magazine Column)



Prime Weekly Edition Vol. 3 No. 10, March 10, 1988

On the front cover: Lalaine Robles

On the back cover: Gymnast Bea Lucero for the Milo print ads

          One of the magazine columns that I pioneered is “It’s a Fact.” It first appeared on Prime Weekly Edition magazine. The column featured interesting bits of information that I’ve collected from various sources since I was in high school. Later, as an alternate to another column that I started, “For the Record,” it was featured inside the pages of MOD magazine.

 

 

 

 

MOD Filipina Vol. 21 No. 914, March 10, 1989
On the Cover: Reyna Arroyo

 

This poem I wrote just after the onslaught of Typhoon Unsing. I was with the cause-oriented group, Lupang Ugnayan, during the time. I witnessed the devastation the typhoon made in Metro Manila. Many large houses in flush subdivisions were damaged, some beyond repair, but to my amazement, the shanties of indigent people near the seashore of Manila Bay, in the Port Area, remained intact and standing. So, I wrote a poem to dedicate that instance in time when Heaven showed mercy on the indigents. It was featured in the "Reflections" section of MOD Filipina March 10, 1989 issue.

SHANTIES IN THE EYES OF GOD 

(A message from Typhoon Unsing, January, 1989)
 
Destructive winds
          rage unchallenged.
All the powerfuls are cowardly hiding
          under their mattressed beds.
Not even the towering edifices,
          built from the sweat of others,
          can stand undamaged.
The oligarch’s mansion,
          built of expensive bricks,
          crumbles against nature’s might.
The blossoming garden of sunflowers
          withers in just a flash!
The fiefs of the corrupt
          are ruined beyond consolation;
          even ants care not
          for the rotten sugar stalks!
But lo! Look in the seashores;
          look in the slums,
          though flooded,
          the poor shanties stand.
Pieces of plastics, cardboards
          and used timber cleats
          – against a howling storm?
Yes, my friend:
          This time the weak are blessed.
For in the eyes of the Almighty,
          they are made of unbreakable bond!


 “Listen, my dear brothers! GOD chose the poor people of this world to be rich in faith and to possess the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him.” – The Letter from James 2:5, The Good News Bible in Today English Version.

December 31



DECEMBER 31

Prime Weekly Editions Vol. 2 No. 46, December 31, 1987

On the Cover: Janice Veluz Gonzalez

 

Disyembre 31 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Disyembre 31, 1844, ang sistema ng kalendaryo sa Pilipinas ay isinaayos at iniayon sa pandaigdigang umiiral na kalendaryo. Sa pamamagitan ng proklamasyon ni Spanish Governor-General Narciso Claveria, ang Disyembre 31, 1844, Martes, ay ginawang Enero 1, 1845, Miyerkules.

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SULYAP SA NAKARAAN


Tampok sa ikaapat na labas ng Pantastik Komiks (Disyembre 31, 1950)
ang ilustrasyon ni Alfredo Alcala.

Personalities and celebrities born on December 31:

1880 – Hermenegildo Cruz, labor leader, writer and government official – in Binondo, Manila (d. March 21, 1943).

1943 – Leovigildo Briones Banaag, lawyer and congressman – in Butuan City (d. January 6, 2011).

1945 – Liwayway Vinzons-Chato, politician – in Camarines Norte.

1952 – Benjamin Mendoza Bitanga, businessman-entrepreneur and investment banker – in Manila.

1959 – Alfie Anido (full name Alfonso Serrano Anido), actor and commercial model (d. December 30, 1981).

Alfie Anido
on the cover of TV Times (April 19-25, 1981)



 

1971 – Marcus Antonius Corpuz Adoro, composer, musician and guitarist.

1986 – Mike Tan (full name Jan Michael Silverio Tan), actor, dancer and model – in Angono, Rizal.

THE YEAR OF THE YUPPIE

Illustration by Garretson “Garry” Beekman Trudeau
of the concept of “young urban professional”
popularly coined the “Yuppie,”
on the cover of Newsweek (December 31, 1984).

          During the 1980s and 1990s, a new word, “Yuppie,” became popular, which is the shortened form to mean a “young urban professional.” Joseph Epstein is said to have coined the term in 1982, although the word “yuppie” itself was already published in the magazine Chicago as early as May 1980 through an article written by Dan Rottenberg. The year 1984 was declared by Newsweek as “The Year of the Yuppie” (SEE attached cover page).











 

Picture Trivia

Marilyn Chambers on the covers of
Genesis (December 1977 and December 1979)

          One of the most popular porn stars of the 1970s is Marilyn Chambers (real name Marilyn Ann Briggs). Do you know that Chambers also appeared in legitimate mainstream films? Among them, The Owl and the Pussycat (1970, where she used the screen name Evelyn Long), Together (1971, where she starred using her real name), and sa Rabid (1977, as Marilyn Chambers under the direction of David Cronenberg). Chambers also sang and recorded a disco single, Benihana (1976), the original copies of which are now considered collector’s items.

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WIKApedia

          Alam niyo ba kung ano ang ibig sabihin ng “Manigo” sa pagbating “Manigong Bagong Taon?” Ayon sa Bagong Diksiyunaryong Pilipino-Pilipino ni Julio F. Silverio, ang “manigo” ay isang pang-uri na may katumbas na kahulugang “maunlad,” “mapalad,” “paborable,” at “buwena-mano.” Kung hihimayin, ang “ma” ay isang unlaping nagbabadya ng katangian sa salitang-ugat na “nigo,” na ang katumbas na kahulugan ay “mabuting kapalaran.”

          Kaya ang pagbating “MANIGONG BAGONG TAON!” ay pagsasaad na “nawa’y tamuhin ng binabati ang isang “mabuting kapalaran sa bagong taon.”

December 17



DECEMBER 17

Prime Weekly Edition Vol. 2 No.44, December 17, 1987

On the Covers: Aurora Reyes Sta. Ana

 

Disyembre 17 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Disyembre 17, 1976, Ang National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) ay itinatag sa pamamagitan ng Presidential Decree Nos. 1003 at 1003-A upang mabigyang pagkilala ang mga mahalaga at katangi-tanging gawa at tagumpay sa larangan ng agham at teknolohiya. Ang NAST ay inaatasang magbigay ng pinakamataas na gawad-parangal bilang “National Scientist” sa mga karapat-dapat na Filipinong siyentista.

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SULYAP SA NAKARAAN

Isang ilustrasyon ni Danny Tolentino na “May Diwa ang Pag-ibig sa Likod ng Pasko”

para sa Rex Komiks (Disyembre 17, 1979).

 

Personalities and celebrities born on December 17:

1856 – Graciano Lopez Jaena, propagandist, orator and first editor of La Solidaridad – in Jaro, Iloilo (d. January 20, 1896).

1954 – Toto Mayo (full name Manolito Tolentino Mayo), cubism artist and sculptor – in in Lipa City, Batangas (d. May 4, 1983).

1969 – Michael V. (real name Beethoven del Valle Bunagan), actor-comedian, singer, composer, director and parodist – in Lamboon, Irosin, Sorsogon. 


1976 – Ethel Booba (real name Ethel Gabison), actress-Comedienne and singer – in General Santos City.





Ethel Booba (together with Paolo Bediones)
on the cover of Mr. & Ms. (December 28, 2004).



1978 – Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (full name Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao), eight-division world boxing champion and Sarangani congressman, in Kibawe, Bukidnon.

Manny Pacquiao
on the covers of Time Asia Edition (November 14, 2009) and Newsweek (November 7, 2011)

 

1987 – Sassa Jimenez, fashion designer – in Manila.

MANNY “PACMAN” PACQUIAO:

Mga Kaalaman Tungkol sa Pambansang Kamao

          Nagtapos si Pacquiao ng Elemetarya sa Saavedra Saway Elementary School sa General Santos City, pero huminto siya sa pag-aaral ng high school dahil sa lubhang kahirapan. Noong 2007, pinagkalooban siya ng high school diploma ng Department of Education matapos niyang ipinasa ang High School Equivalency Exam.

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          Sa edad na 14 anyos, si Pacquiao ay lumuwas ng Maynila at nagsimulang mag-boxing sa amateur. Nagsimula naman ang professional career niya sa edad na 16 anyos. Siya ay tumitimbang lamang noon ng 104-106 pounds.

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          Alam niyo ba kung sa anong weight division nagsimula ang professional career ni Manny Pacquiao? Ito ay sa Light Flyweight Division noong mid-1990s, sa timbang na 106 pounds. Mula sa timbang na Light Flyweight umakyat na ng mahigit 40 pounds ang timbang ni Pacquiao na huling napagwagian ang titulo sa Super Welterweight (o Light Middleweight) Division sa catch weight na 150 pounds noong Nobyembre 13, 2010.

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          Ang una niyang nakalaban bilang isang professional boxer (January 22, 1995) ay si Edmund “Enting” Ignacio, na kaniyang tinalo sa pamamagitan ng unanimous decision.

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          Ang unang pagkatalo ay tinamo naman ni Pacquiao sa isang kapuwa Filipino – si Rustico Torrecampo – nang siya ay mapatumba nito sa ikatlong round noong Pebrero 9, 1996. Si Torrecampo rin ang masasabing tanging boksingero, maliban kay Juan Manuel Marquez, na naka-knockout kay Pacquiao.

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          Sa Flyweight Division ng WBC nakuha ni Pacquiao ang kaniyang unang world boxing title, nang pabagsakin niya si Chatchai Sasakul sa ikawalong round noong Disyembre 4, 1998. Buhat noon, napagwagian na niya ang titulo sa walong weight division, isang kaganapang hindi na marahil mabubura sa kasaysayan ng boxing. Si Bob Arum ay nagwika na si Pacquiao ay “the greatest boxer that ever lived.”

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          Binansagan siyang “Pacman” dahil sa isa-isa niyang tinatatalo at “inuubos” (katulad ng video game na Pacman) ang mga pinakamagagaling na boksingero ng kaniyang henerasyon kabilang sina Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Hector Velasquez, Juan Manuel Marquez, David Diaz, Oscar de la Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto, Joshua Clottey, Antonio Margarito at Suga Shane Mosley.

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          Ang boong pangalan ng kaniyang asawang si Jinkee ay Maria Geraldine Jamora Pacquiao. Naka-tattoo sa pagitan ng kaliwang balikat at siko ni Manny Pacquiao ang pangalan ni Jinkee at ng apat na anak nila: Jimuel, Michael, Princess at Queenie. Sa kaliwang braso naman niya, kung saan nanggagaling ang pang-knoutout niyang left hook, ay naka-tattoo ang isang bumubulusok na bulalakaw.

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          Si Pacquiao ang kauna-unahang Filipino athlete na itinampok sa postage stamp ng Pilipinas

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          Unang lumabas si Pacquiao sa pelikulang Di Ko kayang Tanggapin Dong (2000). Nagbida siya sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon sa pelikulang Lisensyadong Kamao noong December 2005.

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Paris Hilton, Jinkee & Manny Pacquiao
(Clippings taken from Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 18, 2011)

          Noong Mayo 13, 2010, si Pacquiao ay pormal na naitalaga bilang Congressman ng distrito ng Sarangani, at noon namang Mayo 19, 2017, siya ay naihalal bilang isang Senador. Pumang-pito siya sa dami ng nakuhang boto.

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Lindsay Lohan on the cover of
Entertainment Weekly (December 17, 2004).

Picture Trivia

          The debut music album of Lindsay Lohan titled Speak, released in 2004, was a certified platinum. It was also in 2004 when she starred in two films: As Elizabeth Cep (a.k.a. Lola) in the Disney teen musical Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, and as Cady Heron in the teen comedy Mean Girls, the first film she did outside of Disney.

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