 Ang karunungan ay kapangyarihan. Now, let's put that power to the test. It's time for... K-check! Hello everyone, I'm Gabby Concepcion, the attorney, not the artista. Ako po si Janella Bore and this is K-check! The smartest game show on television is now on its home stretch. Welcome everyone to day three of the K-check semi-final round. Our weekly winners are back para sumagot ng mga tanong na magdadala sa kanila sa ating grand finals at the end of this week at sa araw na yon isa lang ang tatanghaling K-check champion. That's right, pero hindi lang ang ating mga weekly winners ang sasabak sa araw na ito. Joining them will be our wild cards na pinilimula sa mga runners-up ang bawat weekly competition. And of course, kasama din namin kayong lahat na invitado ang makisagot sa mga tanong na harapi ng ating mga contestants. Kilalani na natin ang apat na contestants na dadaan sa ating karunungan check sa araw na ito. Unang-una ang aking katukayo, Gabby, who is a second-year BS geology student here at UP Deliman. He spent, listen to this, 4,000 hours playing Dota 2 and about 1,008 hours calling himself a K-check semi-finalist. Si Hanna naman ang ating BS chemistry major ay nakuhapang maging weekly winner kahit na ang kanyang minor ay gala at mga orgs. Mga pasawa'y talaga at mga contestant natin. Gio, on the other hand, is a BS nursing graduate who seems to have overcome his calignophobia enough to earn him a spot in our semis. At alam na natin na nag-google na mga tao ngayon para malaman kung ano yon. And last but not least, we have Shane, who is a UP Deliman BS physics freshman and a part-time math tutor who earned his spot in the semis in week 7 of K-check. These four will be competing under the watchful eyes of our K-check panel of experts. First is Professor Glesy Atienza of the College of Arts and Letters, UP Deliman. Professor Neil Santillian, Chairperson of the UP Deliman Department of History and Professor Marion Roque, Professor of Mathematics at the UP Deliman. And now, 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. Gabby, in Local Energy Matters, what does the B in BNPP stand for? Bataan. K-check. Hannah, who wrote the books, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings? J.R.R. Tolkien. K-check. Lois Lane is the love interest of which DC character? I don't know. Ah! The correct answer is Superman. Shane, Tripoli is the capital and largest city of which country? The correct answer is Libya. Gabby, what is Harper Lee's most famous novel? The correct answer is To Kill a Mockingbird. Hannah, in 1928, the animated short film Steamboat Willie featured which famous cartoon character? Mickey Mouse. K-check. G.O. What is the Philippine name of the tropical storm Nalgi which hit Luzon late October? Paeng. You did not make it within the time limit, but paeng is the correct answer. Shane, which 1986 novel by Winston Groom was made into a 1994 comedy drama film starring Tom Hanks? K-check. Back to Gabby. What 2000 superhero film features mutants such as Wolverine facing off with Magneto? X-Men. K-check. Hannah, which actor starred as movie villains in title roles in The Scorpion King and Black Adam? No idea. The correct answer is Dwayne Johnson, also known as Dara. G.O. What is the title of the 2013 novel by Kevin Kwan which was made into a 2018 movie starring Constance Wu and Henry Golding? Umagagalit si Chris Aquino sayo. The answer is Crazy Rich Asians in which Chris Aquino had a cameo role in. Shane, what famous bell is located in the great clock of the Elizabeth Tower? Big Ben. K-check. Big Ben is the correct answer. And that's it for our first round. The K-check para mihan round. Standings nila as of now. Gabby, Hannah and Shane each have 20 points each. G.O. would have been in the same standing if he had been able to answer on time. Tamasana yung sagut niya. Kaya lang hindi pumasok sa time limit. May next time ba? May next time, di ba? Dito nga eh. Sabi nga Dway, you can never can tell. Kasi yung marami pang panahon para makakatch. May opportunity lagi. Speaking of opportunity, Shane, may opportunity lagi mag volunteer as a math tutor. Anong pag-eramdam ng isang math tutor? Anong age ang chino tutor ma pala? Na sa range ng mga 12 years old or 14 years old. Anong pag-eramdam na nakakapag-impart ka ng knowledge mo? Ang fulfilling kasi na may nano. May nano ka. May nano ka na affectong mga bata the point na tututo sila. And parang, ah man, you're leaving a mark in this world. Leaving a mark in this world. Parang dapat natin siya isama sa the search for the next UP president. Pwede na. Pwede. Pwede na. Pwede na. Pwede na. Pwede na. Pwede na. Pwede na. Prof Neil, agregaba na pwede siya maging UP president? Well, a decade or two from now. Bata pa. May questions ka sa mga contestant? Ya, para sa nagisang babay. Sa panay. Ay Hanna. Si Hanna ay mahilig gumala. Pwede. Pwede. Pwede. Parang tanong para saayong anong ideal nagala? Aha. For me po, ang pinaka ideal nagala ay kasama ang aking mga friends or ang aking family at very chill lang po ako. Gusto ko lang pabungwibisita lang nagmumol, nagbuboling and on. Or, nagsiscape. Pwede. Pwede ngayon. The ancient sports na bowling at skates. Skating. Siya na lang ang kilala ko na nagbuboling. May renewed interest. Actually, yung mga kabata lang yung sa ganyan. So, pwede. We really should encourage the children to go back to sports. Yes. Yes. Most definitely. So ngayon, ready na baka yung lahat for our Pabilites Around? Next, here on K-check. Tuloy pa rin ang ating karunungan check. And at this point, ang ating mga standing ng ating mga contestant, Gabby, Hannah, and Shane, each have 20 points each. Si Gio pwede pang humabol. And of course, ang ating mga viewers na google nyo na ba? ako anong ibig sabihin ng kaliganofobia. Ako nag-google ko na. Nag-google mo na. Anong nga ba? Mamaya, iag-google natin ko ng ibig sabihin nyan. We're now going into K-check pabilisan. Buzz in first for the right to answer the questions. Correct answers are worth 20 points pero sa round na ito, minus 10 points ang maling sagot. Kaya contestant, pag-isikpan muna bago i-press ang buzzer na yan. Let's begin. Question number one. What is the name of the tree that produces the seeds from where chocolate is processed? Hannah. Kakao. K-check. Question number two. What country do the famous Polgar sisters of chess come from? Shane. Russia. Malik. Correct answer is Hungary. Question number three. Serbia and Croatia were part of what country from the end of World War II until the 1990s. Ang tamasagot ay Yugoslavia. Sakyong kapos na. Question number four. According to Barry Manilow, it is the hottest spot north of Havana. This is also the name of the famous beach in Brazil. What is the common name of these two famous places? Gio. Copacobana. Copacobana is K-check. Q5. Coming from the Arabic word for weather, what is the name of the seasonal prevailing wind in south and southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September, or from the northeast between October and April. Gabi. Monsoon. Monsoon is K-check. Question number six. Since 2019, Tam Bergeron has hosted which TV show that pair of celebrities with professional dancers, Hana. Dancing with the Stars. K-check. Next question. What is the name of the 20-foot salt while your crocodile caught in Agusan and confirmed? Lolo. And confirmed by the National Geographic as the world's largest crocodile ever caught? Shane. Lolo. K-check. Next question. In 1949, when Mao Zedong proclaimed the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek and his forces fled to what island to regroup and plan for their efforts to retake the mainland? Jiyo. Taiwan. K-check. Question number nine. Named after a female arms tycoon, what was the nickname of the largest Ho-witzers used by Germany in World War I? The correct answer is Big Bertha. Question number ten. Which slow-moving tree-dwelling mammal can be two-toed or three-toed just like sin in the Ice Age movies? Hanna. Sla. K-check. Q-11. In 1927, who flew the plane spirit of St. Louis in the first nonstop solo trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris? Correct answer is Charles Lindsberg. Last question. Question number 12. What is the name of the younger sister of Detective Sherlock Holmes played by Billy Bobby Brown in a 2020 film? Hanna. Enola. K-check, Hanna. Enola Ho. And that's it for our K-check Pabilisan Round. And that's the end of our K-check Pabilisan Round. Nako, at the end of the Pabilisan Round, hindi ka tulad nung pagatapos ng paramihin round na halos pantay. Ang scores ng ating mga contestants mayro ng umarangkada at bumalusok. At yan ay si Hanna with 100 points followed by Gaby and Gio with 40 points each and Shane with 30 points. Correct. So, pwede talagang humabol kasi tinaw mo si Gio from nothing to 40. Oh. Pero nga, si Shane ngayon ay nasa 30. Yes. What a Shane. Mayhabul mo talaga yan. Mayhabul lang. Correct. May mga katalungan ng ating mga panel of experts talagang pinagandaan itong araw na ito, no? Prof. Marian sa ganda ng mga aksesuris mo, anong katanungan mo ngayon? Gusto kung malaman san ba, pwede yung maghukain ng ganyto doon sa ating geology student. Nakapangalan ni attorney Gaby, si Gaby, BS geology ka. Talagang yun ang gusto mong gawin sa buhay mo. Apo. Bakit? Napasinate po ako sa Earth Science tapos, na-inspire po talaga ako sa kanya nung sumabog yung taal ng 2020 kasi nasa close proximity po kami ng volcano. And I want to do something about it. Oh, hindi ko yung ispat na kaya kayaak pala yung mga ganun sa go. Okay, maganda. Kasi we need more scientists na geologists like you. So good luck at good luck sa K-check na ito. Thank you. Thank you, Gaby. Thank you, Prof. Marian. Prof. Glessy, any questions? Apo, tanung ko para kay Gio. Gio, hello. Napansin ko kanina meron kang dalang guitara, nagig guitara ka bago ka pumasok dito. Ano ba yung mga favorite songs na tinutugtug mo sa guitara? Ah, mostly. Old songs. Old bands like Queen, The Beatles. So as of the moment I'm currently listening to K-pop. May bala ka bang magpersonang isang career sa pagbabanda? Apo. Sana. Give it a chance. Good luck. Sige. Thank you, Prof. Glessy. Napakad-diverse na ating mga background ng mga contestants natin. This time, our contestants will face their toughest challenge yet tayo lang ating ultimate pagalingan round susunod na. Here on K-check. Welcome back. Points recap mo na tayo. Na una si Hanna with 100 points. Kasunod si na Gio and Gaby na parayong may 40 points Talaga nakikita natin kung sino naglilid pero bago tayo po muntas sa ating last round kailangan natin mo laman kung ano ba ang ibig sabihin ng phobia ng ating contestat na si Gio? Gio nangayin phobia mo at saka ano ba yun? It's embarrassing. It's called Kaliginophobia. Kaliginophobia. It's fear of beautiful women. So when I see someone or I think it's pretty I tend to get palpitations. My face turns red. Kaya pa lang ay parang when I talk to her. Lig lang lumalabas Marianne Rocker left the room. Ngayon since alam na natin ang sekreto ng Gio puwede na tayong punta sa ating K-check ultimate pagalingan round where correct answers are worth 30 points wrong answers get a 50 point deduction. At para mas malagdagan ang kaalaman ng ating contestants at viewers sa round na ito sa mga professors na ating mga panel of experts mang gagaling ang ating mga tanong. At the end of this round malalaman na natin kung sino ang papasok sa K-check grand finals. Contestants let's begin. And we begin our K-check pagalingan round with a question from Professor Blesi of our panel of experts. Thank you. Ito ang Philippine Literature. What is the title of this essay written by Jose Rizal which defended the working style of the locals in the context of the geographical and socio-political conditions? Hannah? The Endolence of the Filipino People. The answer is K-check. Next, we call on Professor Neal from our panel of experts. Ano ang tawag sa official napag-visita na mga politikong Pilipino sa Kongreso ng Amerika upang hilingin sa mga kolonisador ang ating kasarindan. Nag-anap ang mga pag-visita mula 1919 hanggang 1934. Shane, maling sagot? Nabanggit ko na kanina nagsimulato ng taong 1919. Sa taong 1934 nakuha na ng Pilipinas ang Tidings Magdafilo. Ito yung naging batayan na batas para sa pagtatatag ng Commonwealth Government. Ang tamang sagot ay Independence Mission. Thank you, Prof Neal. We now go to Prof Marion. Okay. Number problem. Number talaga. One million is one followed by six zeros. One billion is one followed by nine zeros. Trillion is one followed by twelve zeros. How do you call the number one followed by fifteen zeros? Hanim. What million? K-check. So we go back and ask Prof Glassi for the next question. Okay. Piliko lang Pilipino. Ilino Broca's film Maynila sa Kukon ng Liwanag. Julio Madiaga went to the big city in search of the love of his life. What is the name of Julio's love interest? Shane, Liwanag. Liwanag. The correct answer is Ligaya Paraiso. Si Hilda Coronel ang artista dito. Siguro magkakwalify ang movie na yan bilang isang Luma Pelicula. Hindi ba? Prof Neal. Luma Pelicula. Luma Pelicula. Okay. Relative yung ang Luma depende sa idad ng tao. So ito yung susunodgong tanong magbigay ng isa sa mga provision ng Bollen Serano Agreement sa usapin ng mga base militari ng mga Amerkano sa Bansa. Nagganap ang kasunduang ito nung Panahon ng Pangulong Carlos P. Garcia. Yung original ng military basis agreement nalagdaan yung ng taong 1946. Datin 99 years ang lease ng mga Amerkano sa lupa ng lupa ng mga Pilipino. Sa Panahon ng Garcia at ang tamang sagot ay binaba ang haba ng paggamit ng mga lupa para sa mga base militari mula 25 mula 99-25 years. Ang hirap ng mga tanong ni Prof Neal. Numbar problem nalang gulit Prof Maria. Alam ko, alam mo yun. Of course. Pero ito naman ay war. The word jiffy not the peanut butter is an informal term for any un-specified short period like I'll be back in a jiffy but it is also used as a unit of measurement. In which field or discipline was this unit of measurement first used technically. Jiffy is used to express a measure very brief duration of time. It's used in electronics, computing especially but the first time it was used was proposed by Gilbert Newton Lewis and defined it as a unit of time it takes light to travel one centimeter in a vacuum. So it was first used in physics. We knew that all along. We'll be back in a jiffy Prof Glesy. Yes. Ito na. Ito naman, location. Where can you find the pantabangan dam? Ang sagot ay Nueva Ecija. Now we know. Now we know. Prof Neal. Mula Nueva Ecija pupunta tayo sa pinakamalaking isa sa pinakamalaking bansa sa mundo sa China. So yung tanong ay sa anong denastia ng China unang lumawak ang kalakalan sa paggita ng mga chino at ng ilang isla sa Pilipinas tulad ng mai. Bagamat meron ng mga nakatala na meron na tayong kontak sa China ng panahon ng denasty ang tang lumawak ang kalakalan ang tamang sagot sa panahon ng denasty ang sum. Alam nilo eh. Ito mula Nueva Ecija China. Ngayong kalawakan. What was the name of the first man-made satellite launched? Gabby. Sputnik. Launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, correct? Answer is Sputnik 1 but I will take Sputnik. I'll accept that. So, K-check. Prof Glassi? Yes. Okay. Regional Literature. Okay. He was called the father of modern Sebuano fiction and wrote about social themes. Among his most popular stories include Ugyanod ako and I was carried away and Apasumpay post script. What is the name of this famous Sebuano writer? Ang sagot ay si Marcel Navara. Now we know. Prof Neil. Huling tanong mula sa akin ano ang naging landmark decision ng U.S. Supreme Court sa Kasong Brown versus Board of Education of Topica ng 1954. Ang tamang sagot ay ipinagbawal ng racial segregation sa public schools. Okay. And our last question for this round from Professor Marion. Kailangan pan yung mag-aral ng mga history. Kasi science parang caring-caring nyo, nakakakatu-over-three na sila sa aking mga tanong. Ito, last question. Unahan na ito. Badali lang. How do you call a group of dolphins? Om, cute, cute nang dolphins. Hindi nyo alam kung group na sila ng dolphins. Oy, alam ni attorney Gabby. The correct answer is? A pod. Okay, check. Cod of dolphins. Winner ka na. Winner ako. At tayo, winner nako. That's it for our K-check Ultimate Pagalingan round. That's it for our K-check Ultimate Pagalingan. Congratulations to Hannah, our third contestant, to get a spot in our Grand Finals with 160 points. She will receive power banks from TVUP and we will see Hannah again on Friday for the K-check Grand Finals. Thanks to Gabby, Gio and Shane for joining and to the members of our panel of experts, Professor Glesy, Professor Neil and Professor Marion. This is Jonella Boer. And this is Gabby Concept Shine. Join us again tomorrow for another K-check.