 Ang karunungan ay kapangyarihan. It's time once again to put that power to the test here on... K. Chek! Ang gabit-anception, the attorney, not the artist. That's right, ako naman po si Jules Guyang and this is K. Chek. Muli namin kayong inibitahan for another season of teaching and learning. Patuloy pa rin ang paghanap natin ang mga gustong sanayin at palawakin ang brain power through competition. Alamin natin kung kaya nila ang brain workout na inihanda natin for them this season. Kaya naman, samahan nyo po kami until the final week of competition dahil may mga tatanghalin na naman tayong panibagong K. Chek champion. Apat na contestants ang dadaan sa ating karunungan chek sa aro na to. Ian is a budding film and theater scriptwriter and a freshman student from UP Dileman. He's a fan of the anime One Piece and K-pop groups. Taga PUP naman si Jerome, a multi-talented individual with a passion for dance kaya marami na siyang sinalihang dance competitions. Nick, on the other hand, is a student of the National University in Fairview studying Bachelor of Arts in Communication. K-drama funding siya and she also paints and listens to music. Last but not least, Rain is a financial management student of the National University in Manila. Her hobbies are watching anime, cooking, and biking. Of course, these four will be competing under the watchful eyes of today's K-Track panel of experts. Professor Glesy Atienza of the College of Arts and Letters, UP Dileman. Professor Neil Santillian, former chairperson of the UP Dileman Department of History. And Assistant Professor Marla Indriga from the Department of Biology of UP Manila. At ngayon, contestants, good luck as we go into our first round. Get ready to buzz in, hopefully with correct answers, which are worth ten points each. Let's begin. Welcome to round number one. Question number one. In what country can you find the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park? Japan is correct. K-check. Question number two. By what acronym is pagkakaisa ng mga samahan ng super at operator nationwide better known as? Yin. Pistol. Pistol with L is malik. Anyone would like to steal? The correct answer is Pistol with an L. Daninoy Aquino International Airport is located in Pasae in what other city? Paranyake is correct. K-check. Question number four. When talking of time zones, what does the G in GMT mean? Okay, no one got the correct answer. The answer is Greenwich. Number five. In mathematics, what is the length of the side of a square whose area is 900 square meters? No one got the correct answer. The answer is 30 meters. Question number six. Which rich and populous district in South Korea has a name which means south of the river? Seoul is... Gangnam is correct. K-check. Number seven. Which 1976 dance tune is abas only number one song in the Billboard chart? No one got the correct answer. The answer is Dancing Queen. Masayon ang makasahangan natin dito. Dancing Queen. Narin din ko naman yan. Okay, alright. Question number eight. What is the name of the character played by Halle Bailey? Play in the 2023 musical fantasy film The Little Mermaid. Green. Ariel. Ariel is correct. P-check. Question number nine. Nipon is the native name of which Asian country? No one got the correct answer. The answer is Japan. What is the name of the belt-shaped region of the sky along the ecliptic divided into 12 signs or constellations? No one got the correct answer. The answer is Zodiac. Which literary term for a main character who has some faults in the title of a 2022 Taylor Swift hit song? Walang swifty sa inyo. Okay. The answer is antihero. So nobody got the correct answer. Last question for this round. Number 12. In what province can you find the active volcanoes Iriga and Isarong? Rain. Bicolpo. What's wrong? Degaspis. Nobody got the correct answer. The answer is Tamarinis. Okay. So that ends our first round. Maraming-maraming salamat, Jules. After that round, we have Nick in the lead with 20 points followed by Jerome and Rain with 10 points each and last but not least, Yin. So para makahingahingang muna tayo, yung mga contestant sa ating ko usapin muna natin sila. Kaya unahin natin si Nick, para yung K-drama fans ni Yin nakikinigarin ba sa K-pop like him? Siy no ba yung mga bias niyo dito? For me, sa 17 with his team, bias ko is sa 1, yung isa siya sa mga members. Ako po is, Jenny po from Dakti. Jenny from Dakti. Sa yung recentin na sa backing hampana. Updated. Well, naramdaman natin yung kiligat. Join nila kapag K-pop and K-drama ang pinag-uusapan. Pero kailangan pa rin natin balita ng ating competition at ang round two susunod dito sa K-check. Tuloy pa rin ang ating karunungan check. Recap mo na tayo ng points at our knee. So nangumuna pa rin si Nick with 20 points, tayo naman si Jerome and Rain with 10 points at panghuli naman si Yen. Well nga yung naman, may itatanong si Prof. Glesy kai Jerome. Ano ang pag-ibig para sa iyo? Para sa akin ang pag-ibig is ito po yung dapat consistent ako sa sunrelation at dapat alam ako yung limits pag ito yung salab ito is kailangan yung po yung kailangan yung po yung kaya lang di po yung magsasama sa sila sila ko yung. Parang may yung good si Jerome. Nag-ulatang yung letatan. Parabing salamat Jerome. So now it's time for round two. Contestants get ready to buzz in but make sure you strategize. Correct answers are worth 20 points each but you lose 10 points if you answer incorrectly. Let's begin. What country won the 2023 basketball world cup after defeating Serbia in the finals? Rain. Philippines. Malit. Nick. China. Malit. Jerome. Vietnam. Malit. Correct answer is Germany. Question number two. What standard unit of electric charge is named after a French physicist? The correct answer is Cologne. Question number three. Who wrote the novel? The Kill a Mockingbird. The correct answer is Harper Lee. Question number four. Twiddle D and Twiddle Dom appeared in what 1951 Disney animated movie? Sabi nila. 1951 di pa kami pinapanganak na. The correct answer is Alice in Wonderland. Question number five. Which predominantly Roman Catholic country is one of the smallest nations in Southeast Asia? The correct answer is East Timor. Question number six. Which term taken from a word meaning a very large amount of destruction refers to the genocide of Jews in Europe during World War II? The correct answer is the Holocaust. Question number seven. Muharam is the first month of what calendar? Malit. Muharam is the first month of the Islamic or Muslim calendar. Question number eight. In what country were more than 2,000 rockets fired over 20 communities on October 7, 2023? Rain. Palestine. Malit. The correct answer is Israel. Number nine. In mental math, what is the value of X if 3X minus 2 is equal to 13? The correct answer is five. Question number ten. Pedro Sanchez was appointed to a third term as Prime Minister last November in which European country? England. Wrong. Answer is Spain. Which Filipino poet who became a national artist of the Philippines in 1973 had the nickname the Veg Leon and became famous for the emperor's new sonnet? The correct answer is Jose Garcia Villas. Question number 12. 1976, Ronald Wayne, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded a company that released one of the first home computers. What is the name of this company? Yin. Apple. The answer is K-check. And that's it for our second round. Good job, contestant. Sili pingan natin. Pay at ten points. Si Yin at si Nick. And pay naman sa negative ten, si Jerome at Rayne. Medyo biten at puro ten ang labanan pero hindi paputapos ang laban. Ultimate pagalingan na sa pagbabalik ng K-check. Welcome back to K-check, Professor Neal. I understand you have a question for Rayne. Yang tanong ko, mahilig siya sa pagluluto para sayo anong tina ka-iconic na pagkainpinoy at bakit? Para po sa kayong pinaka-iconic na putangin ng mga Pilipino po is adobo. Sinti lang po siya pero pag sinasabi natin yung word natin na Pilipino po agad bakalala natin sa ating po talaga siya nang galing. Para pang Miss Universe ang sinayon? Ya pero ayong kay Doreen Verlande isang culinary historian pag meron ng soy sauce mas Chinese tradition siya. So, kadalasan daw sinasabi na sinigang pero hindi ko kini-question yung sagot mo. Additionality bit of information. Siya maraming iba't ibang versions ng adobo sa mong Pilipino. Kaya sinigang, basta kung meron ng koyo pumapasok na yung influential chino yun sa ating culinary tradition. Kaya turnin ang gusto nila. Dry or yung masabaw? Mamantika pa. Mamantika pa lang. Masabaw. Para ibang pagay. Okay. Ito naman, kung maril na naman, tayo naman po yung magtanong ngadal. Parang ako tayong newbies dito sa K-check. Kamusta po ang K-check experience so far? So far, nag-enjoy ako at marami akong natututunan. Ako rin po, bilang newbie, very fun itong experience na ito na andami natin mga tidbits of information na natututunan. Ati ba ang friendi na mga taon? So, thank you, everyone. Again, a points recap. We have Nick and Ian tied at 10 points each. Jerome and Rain at negative 10. Pero meron pa tayong paparating na ultimate pagalingan round. Sebro dito, correct answers are worth 30 points each at my 15-point deduction for wrong answers. And to shake things up a bit, sa ating panel of experts mga gagaling ang mga katanungan. So this is it, guys. Good luck. Let's begin. Okay, first question from Prof Blessie. Wil mo na, relax lang. Okay, usapang Jesus Christo ito. This traditional play is commonly performed during length. It portrays the life and passion of Jesus Christ and is based on the popular text of the passion. What is the name of this traditional play? A. Ah, senakulo. A. Senakulo, or passion play. B. Ora de peligro. C. Pagpapako. D. Bernardo Carbio. And E. Panunuluya. The correct answer is A. Senakulo. Next question from Prof Neal. According to the 2020 census of population and housing conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority, which of the following is the top European ethnicity in the country? A. Brutish. B. German. C. Spanish. B. Swiss. E. Swedish. C. Spanish. The answer is wrong. Rain. German. The answer is wrong. According to the 2020 census, the Philippines has a population of 108 million. 230,917 have foreign ethnicity. 6.0 have ethnicity of the country that comes from the famous European companies such as Nestle. The correct answer is D. Swiss. Thank you, Prof Neal. Next, Prof Marla. Which planet is known as the red planet? A. Venus. B. Jupiter. C. Mars. D. Saturn. E. Neptune. C. Prof Mars. The surface of this planet has an orange reddish color because its soil has iron oxide. Or rust. Particles in it. The correct answer is C. Mars. Check. Next question comes from Prof. Let's see. A music naman. His famous composition sa Ugoi Nangduyan has been a favorite lalabay across generations. He hails from Angonorizal and was honored as a national artist for music. Who is this famous musician-composer? A. Benhamin Santos. B. Lucio San Pedro. C. Ryan Kayabyab. D. Nicanor Abelardo. And E. Bonifacio Abdo. The answer is wrong. The answer is wrong. Letter B. Lucio San Pedro. The answer is Lucio San Pedro. Check. Next question Prof. Which of the following is the region in the Philippines that has the lowest incidence of poverty in 2022? A. Calabaruzon. B. Central Luzon. C. Central Visayas. B. National Capital Region. I. Mimaropa. Bagamat ang mukha ng kairapan ay madalas na pinapakita sa kalunsuran. Makikita sa riyong ito ang may pinakamababang incidence of poverty. Ang tamang sagot ay letter D. National Capital Region. Next question from Prof. Marla. What is the chemical symbol for gold? A. A-U. B. A-G. C. P-T. D. Gold was known as highly valued in prehistoric times. From the Latin aurum for aurora, the goddess of dawn, the correct answer is A. A-U. K-check. Next question from Prof. Blessing. Okay. Ayon. What is the common name of the fern stenochlena palustris? Letter A. Nimosa pudika. Letter B. Pambu. Letter C. Diliman. Letter D. Nilad. And letter E. Banana. Nalalagyan ang sagot ay letter C. Diliman. Thank you. Next question from Prof. Nilad. According to the 2020 census of population and housing conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority, which of the following is the most populous indigenous people group in the country? A. Ibanag. B. Mandaya. C. Manobog. D. Sobanen. I. Talaande. Sa kabuang bilang ng 9.84 million bahagi ng IP sa bansa, 750,499 ang populasyon ang pinakamalaking IP group na matatagpuan sa Samuanga Peninsula. Ang tamang sagot ay letter D. Sobanen. Thanks, Prof. Nil. Next, Miss Marla. What is the term for the process of shedding an exoskeleton in arthropods to accommodate growth? A. Metamorphosis. B. Moulting. C. Shedding. E. Exoskeletonism. E. Transformation. Examples of this process include the shedding of old feathers by birds and the shedding of skin by the snake. The correct answer is B. Moulting. Next, Prof. Desi. Okay. Ano ang tawag sa valley fault matagos mula sa dinggalan? Hanggang sa mga sudad ng Kesson City, Pasig City, Makati City, Paranyake City, Tagig City, Hanggang sa Laguna at Cavite. Letter A. West Valley Fault. Letter B. West Valley Sin. Letter C. Intensity. Letter D. Valley High. Letter E. Philippine Trench. Letter A. West Valley Fault. The answer is the West Valley Fault. K. Check. Sinong kinikila lang the grand old man of Philippine politics? A. José W. Diocno. Claro M. Recto. C. Lorenzo M. Tanyada. D. Arturo M. Tolentino. E. José Solueta. Matagal siyang nanongkulan bilang senador ng Pilipinas at tumayo bilang isa sa mga haligi ng Kilosan Laban sa Dictaturang Marcos. Ang tamang sagot ay Letter C. Lorenzo M. Tanyada. What is the pH value of a neutral substance? A. Zero. B. Seven. C. Fourteen. D. Ten. E. Eight point five. pH scale is used to specify the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution. The range goes from zero to fourteen with seven being neutral. Choice B. All right. So that's it for K. Check Ultimate Pagalingan. Congratulations to Nick. Nick, congratulations. Our K. Check daily winner with a final score of 100 points. We'll see you again on Friday as they compete with our other daily winners. Maraming salamat din kayin, Jerome and Reign for joining and to the members of our panel of experts Professor Glessy, Professor Neal, and Professor Marla. This is Attorney Gaby Konsepsiott. And I am Jules Guiang. Join us again tomorrow for another K. Check.