 Ang karunuhan ay kapangyarihan. Now, let's put that power to the test. It's time for... K-Check! M. O. J. Sarkinia. At ako po, Sikayan Arseo. And this is K-Check, the newest and smartest game show on Philippine television. We searched all over the country for people na hindi nagsasawang dagdagan ang kanilang kaalaman. Titignan natin kung gaano katindi ang brain power nila. And in the final week of competition, malalaman natin kung sino ang kauna-una ang tatanghaling K-Check champion. Apat na contestants. Ang dadaan sa ating karunuhan check sa araw na ito. Our first contestant is Mack Ghostman. Mack Ghostman is a short filmmaker, theater actor, personality development mentor, and talent manager. Ang ikalawang contestant is Aldrich Enriquez. He is a former volleyball player who works as a character actor on TV and now plays basketball. The third contestant is Gina. She is a former vice president of an insurance company and now a proud mother and housewife. And finally, Marie Ramirez. She is herself a full-time mom to her five kids and is an online seller. These four will be competing under the watchful eyes of today's K-Check panel of experts. Mga batikang guru mula sa Universidad ng Pilipinas, Professor Anriel Tiatco, Chairperson of the Department of Speech Communication and Theater Arts, Professor Marion Roque of the Institute of Mathematics, and Professor Neil Santillian, Chairperson of the Department of History. Sabi nga nila, wag na tayong magpaligoy-ligoy pa. Contestants, papasok na tayo sa K-Check para mihan where each correct answer is worth 10 points. This is your chance to bank as many points as you can and take the all-important early lead. Let's begin. Math, in a rainbow, what color is between red and yellow? Violet. Malik. Orange. Aldrich, what does the Japanese word sayonara mean in English? Goodbye. K-Check. Gina. Kalambalaguna is the birthplace of which great doctor, patriot, and writer. K-Check. Marie, you can get green paint if you combine blue and what color? Yellow. Mac, what time is seven hours after 11 am? 6 pm. K-Check. Aldrich, if you combine red and blue paint, what secondary color will you get? Yellow. Malik. Violet. Gina, how many inches are there in two feet? 24. K-Check. Marie, what day is three days before Tuesday? Saturday. Saturday. Mac, what is the Tagalog term for star apple? K-Check. K-Check. Aldrich, what unit of distance is equal to 1,000 meters? 1 kilometer. K-Check. Gina, in a color wheel, what color is opposite red? Blue. Malik. Green. Green. Marie, kilometers per hour is a unit of what? And that's it for our first round, the K-Check Paramihan round. Ayan, what do you think of that round? Man tingin ko, kailangan pa ng kontin energy from our contestants. At siguro, pwede natin hinga ng kontin pang energize si Prof. Marian. Well, for me it was an extraordinary round. We have an interesting set of contestants at mukhang cutthroat to sa tatlo, di ba? Parang asarap pakinggan nilang sumagot. Pero si Marie parang kinakabahan. You need to relax. Kinakabahan ka ba? Medyo po. Bakit ka naman kinakabahan? Ayan sa para sa 5 anak ko po. Hindi may time ka pa mag-join ng contest, di ba? Nag-online selling ka pa. Para sa kanila pa rin po. Nakomis Marie, relax lang. I'm sure nanunood sila at masayang masaya na nakikita ka dyan ngayon. At sana ganahan ka dahil dyan na magkarunan ng score. Right now Marie is still scoreless, but our three contestants have 20 points each. Mac, Aldrich, and Gina. Nakasagot sila ng tigga dalawang tanong. Ikaw OJ, ilan ang nasagot mo kaya? Kaya, nakasagot ako na mga 9. Kanina. Bonga, kayo, ilang tanong ang nasagot ninyo. At ready na ba kayo para dito sa susunod na round na tinawag na pabilisan round? Next, here on... K-check. Tuloy pa rin ang ating karunungan check. Let's revisit the scores. Mac has a total of 20 points. Aldrich has 20 points. Gina has 20 points. And Marie, habul ka pa. Mac, I heard you are a personality development mentor. What does this mean? Yes, nagtuturo ako ng personality development. It's a behavior. It's ang mga batang, aspiring model or talent na gusto nga mag-artista. Right, that is very interesting. Did you know that Aldrich here is an aspiring actor? Aldrich, what kind of help might you need from Mac at this point? Ongay, kasi walang projects nyo. Bakit naman, sir, Mac? Matumal eh. Matumal, Aldrich. Tama-tama, ngayon nagkarong ka na exposure dito sa K-check ngayon. Tanungin natin ang dagdag na advice. Prof. Neal, kung paano nila mapag-bubuti pa ang kanilang performance dito sa susunod na part ng competition? Well, basically, dalawa. Yung una, kailangan makinit ng mabuti sa tanong. Pangalawa, kailangan mag-strategize kasi kumbali yung sagot nyo mababawasan yung puntos nyo. Okay, tandaan yung mabuti ang contestants lalo na sa pagpapatuloy ng competition kasi ngayon na sa K-check pabilisan round na tayo. Where you have to buzz in first to earn the right to answer the question. Correct answers are given 20 points. Pero kung mali ang sagot, magkakarong kayo ng negative 10 points. So mag-strategize let's begin. Let's begin. Contestants, this is question number one. What is the largest and heaviest internal organ in the human body? Aldrich? Malit? Malit? Regina? Malit? Large intestine. Large intestine? Liver. Question number two. After Chinese and English, which language in India is the third most spoken tongue in the world? Aldrich? Arabic? Malit? Gina? Hindi? Hindi. Question number three. What number is the name of the character played by Millie Bobby Brown in Stranger Things? Aldrich? Number one. Malit? Gina? 11. 11. Keiche? Question four. What puzzle's name means single number in Japanese? Question five. In two blockbuster movies in 2017, Gal Gadot played what super Mac? Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman. Keiche? Question six. What is the name of the controversial speaker of the United States House of Representatives who visited Taiwan last August two. Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Question eight. Question eight na. Question eight. Andar patasin natin ang scores. Which great ape that can be found in the two large islands of Indonesia belong to a subfamily orangutan. Kaya pa, kaya pa. Tresy word. Habul-habul. Question nine. In what sport was the French open won 14 times by Raphael Nadal? Gina. Tennis. Keiche? Question ten. Which 2021 Taylor Swift single dislodged American Pie as the longest number one song at ten and a half minutes? Siguro kina kanta nyo rin ito. Kaya yung anak ni Mommy Maria. All too well. Two more questions. Let's go. Two more questions. Question 11. In baseball, which player position usually is on the mound? Gina. Pitcher. K-check. Question 12. By what name is the Philippine water buffalo known in our country? Gina. Carabao. K-check. And that ends the K-check pabilisan round. So anong masasabi mo O.J. Well, it was an interesting round kasi may mga lumitao ang katalinuhan at meron ding mga kailangan pang humabol. Let us look at the scores right now. Mac has 30 points. Aldrich has 10 points. Gina has 50 points. And Marie, habul ka pa because you have negative 10 points. I'm interested in Gina who's leading this round. Gina, how are you feeling right now? Nervous. I can't remember much after my stroke. Right. Well, if I were you, I'd also feel so nervous to be placed under extreme pressure. With our UP professors. Yes. Yes, with our UP professors, but I'm interested in what professor Andrew has to say about your answer. Nervous daw? Hindi ako na niniwala. Nervous at grace under pressure si Mami Gina. Ganda-ganda ni Mami o. Right. Well, it's really a nerve-wracking experience to be part of K-Check. But I think magandang sinabi mo, Prof. Andrew, about maintaining grace under pressure. Yup. So that all of our contestants would still find the energy to catch up, make more points in the next round. Kaya, hindi talaga natin malalaman kung paano matatapos ang labanang ito until we get to our ultimate pagalingan round. And that's up next here on K-Check. K-Check. Bago tayo magpatuloy, tignan natin ang rankings ulit. In the lead, we have Gina with 50 points. Sumusunod si Mack with 30 points. Aldrich has 10 points and let's see kung sa pangatlong round na ito, Marie come from behind. Well, malalaman natin sa ating susunod na round kaya, kung sino ang lilitaw at sino ang mapapako sa kanilang mga puesto. This round is called the K-Check Ultimate Pagalingan where correct answers are worth 30 points and wrong answers get a 15-point deduction. At para, lalong mapresure ang ating mga contestants or para lalong ganahan na magtaas pa ng kanilang mga pagmumulan ng tanong surround na ito ay ang ating panel of experts. At the end of this round, malalaman natin kung sino ang tatang haling K-Check Daily Winner. So contestants, let's begin. Professor Anriel, may we have your question please. Okay, yes. Category Music. In 1978, Freddie Aguilar composed a song that eventually generated several cover versions and was released in 56 countries. Gina, anap. It was released in 56 countries and in 27 different foreign languages. Ito ay naging pelikula at ginamit din sa pelikulang ito na pinagbidahan ni Vilma Santos, Claudine Barreto, Baron Geisler at ito nga ang awiting anak. K-Check. Thank you, Professor Anriel. Prof. Marian, it's your turn now. Dahil ako'y may puso. Ito ang tanong ko. How many chambers does a mammalian heart have? Two. Mali. Okay, we have two types. The upper chamber and the lower chamber. Pero tigda dalawa. So total is four. Thank you, Professor Marian. Let's go to Professor Aniel. Your question please. What is the name of the last Indianized kingdom in Indonesia? Umusbong ang imperiyong ito sa isla ng Java mula 1293 hanggang 1527. So ito yung pinakahuleng Hindu Buddhist Empire bago lumagana pang Islam sa Indonesia. Ang tamang sagot ay Majapahit. Thank you, Professor Aniel. Let's go to Professor Aniel. Okay, so here's the question. In 1991 a Korean woman came out publicly to tell her story as a sex slave during World War II. Who was the first Filipino woman to publicly come out as a comfort woman? Kamakailan ay naging dulapa ang buhay niya? Nastream ito sa online siya si Maria Luna Henson o Nana Rosa o Lola Rosa. Thank you, Professor Aniel. Professor Maria, may we have your question please. Please do not hate me. What is the equation of the line that bisects the second and fourth quadrants of the Cartesian plane? I repeat, what is the equation of the line that bisects the second and the fourth quadrants of the Cartesian plane? This is just a straight line falling line from the left to the right. Slope is negative one. It's y equals negative x. Professor Aniel, it's your turn now. Okay, no bleeding experience ang tanong. Kahit sa judge. Next question, who was the Philippine president in the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s? Hinarap ng pangulong ito ang crisis financial at binigan niya ito ng tugon ng 1998. Pumanaw ang presidenting ito sa taong ito ang tamang sagot ay Fidel Valdes Ramos. Professor Aniel, mukha naman kayong Lakot Cherot. Lakot Chera, siguro masasagot niyo ito. In Curihidor Island we can find the tunnel that served first as a bump proof storage then as personal quarters and finally as a makeshift hospital for injured troops during World War II. What is this tunnel? Kung kayo ay nakabisik na na sa Curihidor Island ito ngayon ay merong site and sound show. Non-national artist ang nag-direct at gumawal, Lamberto Avelliana ito ang tinatawag natin malinta Professor Marian, may we have your science related question this time. Okay, sa loob ng tunnel may mga fung jay. Okay, but this is my question from biology. Fung jay and animals are both heterotrophic meaning they do not produce their own food. But differ on how they acquire their food. We eat, people eat, animals eat. How do fung jay acquire their food? So, fung jay grow through or within their food source and it's through absorption. From science to social science, Professor Neal may we have your question please. So, aside from Sambuanga City the local language Chavacano is mostly spoken in what province in Luzon? Zambales. Malik. Matatagpuan ang province ito sa riyon ng Calabarzon. Dito ginanap ang pagdeklaran ang kalayaan ng Pilipinas. Sinasalitarin ang linguaing ito sa province ng Basilan. Ang tamang sagot ay Cavite. Professor Anrel, for your arts and humanities related question please. Yes, so ito ay sa pang lakwacha ulit at kultura. This group of people is one of the oldest ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines. Members of this indigenous community are mainly found in the central and northern Palawan. What is the name of this indigenous group? Maddow. Malik. Marino. Sabi ng mga expert ang nagmula sila sa mga sila ang mga tagbanwa. Professor Marian, your final question please. Serious na ito, okay. What do you call a species in an ecological community that plays an important role in that community? That once it is removed pag tinanggal to, the whole community structure will collapse. That is, the number of species decreases significantly. So what do you call this species? The correct answer is Keystone species. Professor Neal, may we have your question that will conclude this round? Okay, last question for this round. What was the most advanced form of political system in the Philippines before the advent of Spanish colonization? Maibati pang uri ng system ang politikan. Nanjanyong datoships, nanjanyong mga originates pero ang pinakadvance ay ang sagot na sultanato. Ito ang tamang sagot. Thank you to our panel of experts. And that is it for the K-check Ultimate Pagalingan. Congratulations to Gina, our K-check daily winner with a final score of 50 points. We'll see Gina again on Friday when she competes with our daily winners for a spot in our semifinals. Thanks also to Mack, Aldrich, and Marie. And again, big, big thanks to the members of our K-check panel of experts. Professor Anril, Professor Marian, and Professor Neal. Muli, ako si Kayan Arceo. And I am OJ Sirkina. Join us again tomorrow for another K-check.