Special Sub-Topic: Dr. Jose Rizal Click Here To Play: Dr. Jose Rizal

What is the complete legal name of Dr. Jose Rizal?

José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda. Jose and Protacio are his baptismal names, Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda is his family's quadruple surname.

What was the date of birth of Dr. Jose Rizal?

June 19, 1861. It was on a moonlit night, between eleven and twelve, that Rizal was born.

What is the Spanish name for a Filipino native, which the Filipinos resented?

Indio. Spanish mestizos hatefully call Filipinos 'Indios Chonggo!'

Name Rizal's host at Wilhelmsfeld.

Karl Ulmer. Karl Ulmer helped Dr. Rizal brush up his German language upon knowing that Rizal was having difficulty communicating himself.

At 16, Rizal experienced his first romance. He fell in love with which girl?

Segunda Katigbak. It was on a Sunday when Rizal, together with his friend Mariano Katigbak visited his maternal grandmother in Trozo, Manila that he came upon the most attractive girl---Segunda Katigbak. Segunda was the sister of his friend, Mariano.

Who is the older brother of Dr. Jose Rizal?

Paciano Mercado. Not only was Paciano an older brother of Jose Rizal but he was also more like a father of Rizal.

"Noli me tangere" is a Latin phrase which Rizal used as the title of one of his two novels. What does it mean?

Touch me not. "Noli mi tangere" was first published in Germany in 1887.

He was an Austrian and he became the best friend of Dr. Jose Rizal. Who was he?

Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt.

Governor General Terrero assigned a bodyguard to Rizal. And between them, a wonderful friendship blossomed. Who was this bodyguard?

Lt. Jose Taviel de Andrade.

What is the real name of O-Sei-San?

Seiko Usui. Seiko Usui is a Japanese girl whom Rizal fell in love with. Jose Rizal affectionately call her O-Sei-San.