 Ang karunungan ay kapangyarihan. Now, let's put that power to the test. It's time for... K-Check! Hello everyone, I am O.J. Sarkinia. At ako naman, Sikayan Arceo. 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. For nine straight weeks, titingan natin kung gaano katindi ang brainpower 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 karunungan check sa araw na ito. Ang una natin contestant ay si Asher Ayeras. He is a first-year college student na mahilig sa Korean dramas and movies. He also enjoys searching for random and obscure but fun facts. Ang ikalawa natin contestant ay si Ryan James Santos. He is a college freshman taking BS Electronics Engineering at Polytechnic University of the Philippines. He likes to spend time viewing old photographs, reading history books and watching Korean variety shows. Ang susurod natin contestant ay si Luis Daniel Enriquez. He is a graduate of the STEM strand of Malabon National High School. He likes to play cognitive and strategic games like chess and osu. He dislikes being pressured but he is used to it. And finally, Vince Palanta. He is a former high school basketball player who was too short to go pro so now he's trying out modeling. Our four contestants will be competing under the watchful eyes of today's K-Check panel of experts. Our first expert is Professor Anriel Teatko, the chairperson of the Department of Speech Communication and Theater Arts, UP Diliman. Then Marianne Roque, a professor at the Institute of Mathematics, UP Diliman and Professor Neil Santillian, the chairperson of the Department of History of UP Diliman. And now, contestants, papasok na tayo sa K-Check Paramihan 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. Asher, what team did Michael Jordan lead to six NBA titles? Oh, uh, Los Angeles Lakers? Malik. Tago po. Ryan, which female singer recorded the 2022 number one hit, Break My Soul? Mariah Carey. Malik. Beyoncé. Louise, Saba is a state of what Southeast Asian country? Malaysia. K-Check. Vince, which 37-year-old NBA player has won NBA titles with Cleveland, Miami, and the L.A. Lakers? Lebron. Lebron Jeans. K-Check. Okay. Asher, how is the Southeast Asian country borman known today? Amyanmar. K-Check. Ryan, what neighbor of the Philippines is the world's largest archipelago? Indonesia. K-Check. Louise. Kobe Bryant won five NBA titles with what team? Los Angeles Lakers. K-Check. Vince. Osaka is the largest city outside the capital region of what country? Japan. K-Check. Asher, which female singer recorded the 2022 number one hit, About Damn Time? Uh... Wait. Lizo. Ryan. Stephen Curry won the NBA championship four times with what team? Golden State Warriors. K-Check. Louise. Which male singer recorded the 2022 number one hit as it was? Haristiles. K-Check. Vince. Which female singer recorded the 2021 number one hit easy on me? Ariana Grande. Malik. Adele. And that's it for our first round. The K-Check Paramiyan round. That was a fun round, OJ. Let's see, how did they do? Well, that was absolutely fun, but I think I'm interested to know what our panel of experts think of their performances so far. Oh, yeah. I think I'd like to start with Professor Neil, our history professor, because as I heard from you earlier, Asher and Ryan are fond of history and fun facts. Okay. So, ramdam ko yung intensity ng apat na contestance. In fact, ito na yung one of the best preliminary rounds na sa K-Check. So, galing. Kailangan yung masustain yung momentum hanggang sa paggalingan round. Then dun naman kay Asher na mahilig sa fan facts at kay Ryan na mahilig sa old photos. Makailangan mag-level up na mga tanong natin sa pag-aaral at pagbabasa ay kumbakit at hindi lang simple, kailan, saan, o kaya sino. So, tulad ko history buff, trivia master at mag-simula tayo sa mga ganitong quiz show. So, keep up the good work. On, narinig nyo yun ang napakahalagang payo ni Professor Neil. Yes, po. And actually po, I agree nga rin po sa sinabi po ni Professor, since bilang isang kabataan po, I think malakarin po yung napat yung papel na ginagampanan namin para mapigilan po yung patuloy napag-alis ng say-say o pagmamaliit sa say-say na say-sayyan. So, I think po as a youth, I will also use my influence or my clout para mas mapalawak pa po yung discurso natin sa say-sayyan. No, dag-dag ko lang sa sinabi niya. Bila ang pag-asa ng bayan tayo mga kabataan, dapat mas palalimim pa natin yung kaalaman natin sa say-sayyan dahil sabi nga kung hindi mo kilala yung mahal mo, paano mo mamahaling siyang tunay. Dito naman yung bayan. Kung hindi mo mahal o hindi mo kilala ang bayan, hindi mo mahal yan na tunay. Yung po. Wow, gali naman ang ating set of contestants for this round. Nakakatawa at mukhang malalevel up lalo ang competition. Sa ngayon, nan dito ang kanilang scores. We have Asher with 10 points, Ryan with 20 points, Louise with 30 points, and Vince with 20 points. Kayo, ilan tanong anasagot nyo? At ready na ba kayong lahat para sa ating pabilisan round? Next here on... Kcheck, ating karunungan check. Sa kasalukuyan, ito ang ating scores. Asher has 10 points, Ryan has 20 points, Louise has 30 points, and Vince has 20 points. Ano kaya sa tingin is Sir Unreal ang nangyari ngayon sa ating competition? O.J., sa tingin ko, mga contestants natin ngayon ay fantabolos sila. Ang amazing ng kanilang pagsagot. I think it's still anybody's game. May tanong lang ako kay Vince, kasi narinit ko kanina na ikaw ay dating varsity player. O.J. Ano sa tingin mo ang pagahandang ginagawa mo nung sa varsity na magagamit mo ngayon dito bilang isang contestant ng Kcheck? O.J. Well, magagamit ko po yung discipline na na kuwako all these years sa paglalaro at saka sa pag-training. Tapos, kasi may ADHD po ako, so na jumalikot po ako talaga naturally. So yunagawa ko yung pag-control, pag-discipline sa sarili ko para hindi magwala ngayon. Thank you, Vince. Naku-isangayan sa kakailanganin mong strategy dito sa susunod na round. Kasi ito ang pabilisan round, so importante ang control sa pag-strategize. Buzz in first for the right to answer the question. Correct answers are worth 20 points. Pero para sa round na ito may minus 10 points ang maling sagot. So contestants, kailangan yung mag-strategize. Let's begin. Contestants, question number one. With its governing body having 209 member countries, what is the most popular sport? Asher? Basketball. Malin. Ryan? Sucker. Sucker? Is correct. Question number two. Because its thick atmosphere is full of carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas. Vince? Southern. I will read the question again. Because its thick atmosphere is full of carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas. What is the hottest planet? Ryan? Venus. Venus? K-check. Question three. What form of energy is released when atomic nuclei are Asher? Nuclear energy. Nuclear energy. K-check. Question four. What do you call the Australian mammal that has a head of a duck and lays it? Asher? Platypus. Platypus. K-check. Question five. Which 2010 Disney film is based on the Grim Brothers version of Rapunzel? Asher? Tangled. Tangled? K-check. Question six. Which Filipina won the gold medal at 1982? Ryan. Idealing Diaz. I will repeat the question. Which Filipina won the gold medal at 1982 and 1986 Asian Games to be dubbed as Asia's fastest? Luis. Lydia de Vega. Lydia de Vega. K-check. Question seven. What Asian language has the greatest number of native speakers? Ryan. Mandarin. What Asian language has the greatest number of native speakers in the world? Chinese, Mandarin, K-check. We just passed the halfway mark at question seven. Question eight. Which famous trumpet player also made a name as a singer with Hello Dolly and what a wonderful word? Asher. Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong. K-check. Question nine. What two large islands are separated by the San Juanico Strait? Ryan. Samar and Leyte. K-check. Last three questions, contestants. Question ten. What is the name of the United States Secretary of State who arrived asher? Anthony Blinken. Anthony Blinken arrived in the Philippines last August five. K-check. Last two. Gogogo. Question eleven. Which great silent movie comedian? Asher. Charlie Chaplin. Was known as The Tramp. Charlie Chaplin. K-check. Now, question twelve. Last question of the round. Here we go. In what northern province can you find sand dunes? Ryan. Ilocos Norte. Sand dunes from the towns of Curimau to Pasukin, Ilocos Norte. K-check. And that's it for our second round, the Pabilisan Challenge. That was really an intense round. I've never seen such great round in the past episodes. But I am interested in one contestant, Luis, who stated in his profile that he hates pressure but is used to it. I wonder what kinds of pressure he had to face in this round. Luis, na pressure ka ba? Super po. As a former STEM student, mami sa yung itatambak nagawain lalo na sa Science and Math kasing a STEM. And napag-isip-isip ko na impis na lalabanan mo yung pressure na ibebegay sa'yo. Why don't you just give in and just go with the flow? Wow. That's a loaded answer. But I wonder what our professor from the Sciences thinks of your answer, Luis. Professor Marion? Pressure dibang kailangan niya. Kasi mukha siya hindi na pa pressure talaga. Give in na and go with the flow. Just like when you're in love, di ba? So, ang tanong ko, may love life ka ba? Ah, yes po, madam. Wow. Congratulations. Winner ka. Winner na winner si Luis, Professor Marion at ang masasabi ko lang dyan ay, sana all. Ngayon naman, tingnan natin. Ang scores ng ating contestants, Asher has 120 points in total. Ryan has 110 points. Luis has 50 points. And Vince, habul ka, you only have 10 points. Pwede, pwede pang humatao dito sa susunod na round. Hindi natin malalaman pa kung pa anong mag-end ang labanang ito. Yeah, until we get to our ultimate pagaligan round. And that is up next, here on... K-check. Welcome back. Let's revisit the scores. We have Asher in the lead with 120 points, followed closely by Ryan with 110 points. Luis has 50 points. Vince has 10 points. We will find out who will win this show today in our K-check ultimate pagaligan. In this round, correct answers are worth 30 points and wrong answers get a 15-point deduction. At para, lalong mapresure ang ating mga contestants. In this round, sa ating mga professors, sa ating panel of experts magagaling ang inyong mga tanong. At the end of this round, malalaman natin kung sino ang tatang haling K-check daily winner. Contestants? Let's begin. Professor Anriel, your question please. Okay, see ya. Makinikayong mabute, usapang pagkain. What is this Filipino dish declared as a tangible heritage of the city of Angeles through the city ordinance number 405? Hindi na ko ha. Ito ay mula sa pisininang baboy. Hinaluan ito ng atay, sibuya sa kalaman si sa pampanga ang ibig sabihin ito ay maasim at ito ang sisig. Thank you, Professor Anriel. Duma ako naman tayo sa sciences, Professor Marion. Daling pampanga, duma ako naman tayo sa Mount Pinatubo, okay? Rich volcanic rock is said to be the only rock that floats on water. Ah, sure. Pumise. Okay, volcanic rocks are formed by the cooling of molten magma on the surface of the earth. So maraming klasa, basalt, riyolite, pero ang tamang sagot ay pumise. Okay, check. Thank you, Professor Marion. Let's now go to our social science expert. Professor Aniel. To which language family does most of the Philippine languages belong? Karamihan ng mga katutubong wika sa Pilipinas ay bahagi ng language family na ito. Kamag-anak natin sa wika ang maraming kultura sa island Southeast Asia. Tamang sagot ay astronition or malayo-polynition. Let's now go to arts and humanities. Professor Anriel, your question please. Okay. Name the law signed by President Gloria Makapagal Arroyo in 2008, paving the way for the University of the Philippines to be the sole National University. Ito rin ang tinatawang nilang the act of strengthening the University of the Philippines as the National University o ang RA-9500. It's your turn, Professor Marion. Your question please. Okay, para sa isang problemang physical problem in physics that you can solve mentally, actually. How much velocity must a mass of 1 kilogram have so that it will have the same momentum as a mass of 2 kilogram traveling at a speed of 5 meters per second? Ryan. 2.5 kilometers per second. Malipo. So, just use M1 v1 equals M2 v2. So, this is just going to be 10 meters per second. Professor Niel, may we have your question this time? What event that happened in 1986 led to the overthrow of the Marcos dictatorship? Ryan. It's a revolution. It's a revolution. Ang kaganapang Ito ang nagbigaydaan sa pagtatapos ng dalawang dekada ng rehimeng Marcos. Nagsama-sama ang ibang sektor sa kaganapang Ito o pang maibalik ang demokrasya sa bansa. Ang tamang sagot ay edsa one, people power, people power one, edsa revolution, K-check. Professor Adriel, it's once again your turn. Your question please. Sige, maglakwa't siya tayo. Four churches, collectively known as the Baroque churches in the Philippines have been inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1993. Give one of the four churches. Vince Kiyapo Church. Malay. Malapit ito sa Kiyapo yung isa sa apat. Sanagustin Church sa Mahinila, Pawai Church sa Ilocos Norte, Santa Maria Church sa Ilocos Norte din. Ilocos Sur, sorry. Ang Miagau Church sa Ilo-Ilo. Professor Marian? Ito, simpleing tanong, pero matimapik sa. How do you call a triangle with two equal sides? Asher? Isosilist triangle. I think di ko na kalam explain K-check. Thank you, Professor Marian. Professor Neal, your question please. What was the legal document that made the Philippines as Asia's first democracy in 1899? Ryan. 1898 Constitution. Magyarin paulit nung sagot. 1898 Constitution. 1898 Constitution, malay. Vince, Treaty of Paris. Malay. Pinangarap at itinaguyod na mga dumalos sa Congreso na Malolos ng 1898. Ang isang bansang may pamahalaan na naminindigan sa demokrasya at pagpapahalaga sa Karapatangpantao. Ang tamang sagot ay Malolos Constitution. Bagamat, nalagdaan ito nung taong 1898, pero hindi siya tinatawag na 1898 Constitution. Pero mas popular siya sa tawag na Malolos Constitution. So yun yung rason ng tawag sa Asia's first democracy ay Malolos Republic nung inero 1899. Maraming salamat, Professor Neal. Professor Anriel, your final question please. Ocultura ang popular at paliksahan ng mga maraming Republika. In 1994, the Philippines hosted the Miss Universe pageant the second time around. At the end of the competition, Sushmita Sen of India won the Miss Universe title. Who represented the Philippines? Pins, Lea Salonga. Malay. Nakilala ito naong interview portion tinanong kasi siya, ilang isla meron ng Pilipinas, ang sagot niya ay High Tide ba o Low Tide at siya si Charlene Gonzalez. Professor Marian, your final question please. My final question siya. Konting nosebleed. Nucleic acids like DNA and RNA are made up of nucleotides that contain a specific nitrogenous base. There are five different nitrogenous bases found in nucleic acids but which base nitrogenous base is found only in the DNA? The correct answer. So found in DNA but not in the RNA, the correct answer is timing. Professor Neil, your question that will conclude this round. So last question, who was the first NPA player to average a triple double for a season? Big O ang popular na tawag sa kanya nangyari ang triple double bragging rights ni Big O no 1962 iconic, legendary, si Big O tell sa iba tibang razon. 12-time NPA All-Star, 3-time NPA MVP at NPA Rookie of the Year no 1961 ang nagdala sa Milwaukee Box NPA Championship no 1971. Ang tamang sagot, I see you Oscar Robertson. Thank you Professor Andrew, Professor Marian and Professor Neil and that is it for K-check Ultimate Pagalingan. And that is it for K-check Ultimate Pagalingan. Ang galing ng round na yun, ang ating contestants talagang na sustain ang energy levels at siglas apag buzz. Kayan talagang nagpakitang gilas ang ating mga contestants. I am impressed. Super, winners silang lahat pero siin ba talagang winners? Well, based sa ating scores, congratulations to Asher, our K-check daily winner with a final score of 180 points. We'll see Asher again on Friday when he competes with our other daily winners for a spot in our semifinals. Thanks also to Ryan, Luis and Vince for joining us today and of course always thank you to our panel of experts Prof Andrew, Prof Marian and Prof Neil. This is Gayan Arseo. And I am OJ Sertinia. Join us again tomorrow for another K-check!