1. What do the letters T.O.D.A.S. stand for?
No one got the exact wording right: Television's Outrageously Delightful All-Star Show. Their skits were uneven, and not as cerebral as "Champoy," but so what? Remember the pie fights they had at the end of every show? Plus, "T.O.D.A.S." also introduced Richie Da Horsie to a stunned nation.
2. The Philippines has stood in for Vietnam in films like Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July and Apocalypse Now. In which film did the Philippines stand in for Indonesia?
My very good friend Romeo Quintana got this one. Peter Weir's 1982 film, The Year of Living Dangerously, with Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver, was filmed in the Philippines. Watch for the scene when an old Muslim woman drops to her knees in terror, praying to Allah, with the words, "Ama namin, sumasalangit..."
3. What was the name of the building, or building complex, that Imelda Marcos demanded be completed by October 1, 1975?
No one got this one. Ali Mall -- the date's the crucial clue in the question -- had to be finished in time for the "Thrilla in Manila" between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. (The second most popular answer, the Manila Film Center, was built in the '80s; the Philippine International Convention Center was built in 1976; both the Folk Arts Theater and the Cultural Center of the Philippines were constructed by 1974.)
4. "Minikaniko ni Monico..." -- what's the rest of this tongue twister straight from the Seventies?
"...ang makina ng Minica ni Monica." My brother Happy got this one first. Not "ang kiki ni Kikay," as Romeo answered. Ulol!
5. What were the words, heard by witnesses, that were allegedly shouted just before Ninoy Aquino was shot?
My old college classmate Maila Alberto (now Maila Eslabon) almost got this one. The words were "Heto na, pusila, pusila" ("Here he is, shoot, shoot") -- allegedly said by one of the AVSECOM guards. The Apo Hiking Society would later call their concert series "etonAPOsila" -- supposedly a sly reference to the assassination, as the band became more and more vocal against the Marcos regime.
Posted by the wily filipino at August 27, 2003 06:52 AMhoy sunny, i got todas right!!! check mo sa coments nung dati...
Posted by: dyno on August 27, 2003 03:27 PMSori tsong -- it's "outrageously," not "outrageous."
Kinukups lang kita,
Sunny
whatever... parang may premyo naman yung 5 questions mo. hehehe. keep 'em coming!!!
Posted by: dyno on August 27, 2003 09:48 PMOn a separate note: have you ever heard Steve Martin's spiel "In Search of the Wily Filipino"?
Posted by: casualsavant on August 28, 2003 05:15 AMOf course -- Steve Martin swiped it from Marlon Brando, and I swiped it from Steve...
Posted by: the wily filipino on August 28, 2003 07:15 AMLugi ako. Alam ko yung TODAS e. Nga pala, 10 years nang patay si Rene Requiestas.
Napanood ko na yung Battle Royale. Di ko masyadong nagustuhan. Wala namang aral na napulot. On second thought, so what?!?!? Sarap nang patayan. Although, I was rooting for that psycho b*tch with the scythe to win it all.
Posted by: Happy on August 29, 2003 02:05 AM