 Ang karunungan ay kapangyarihan. It's time once again to put that power to the test. This is Season 2 of K-Check. Hello everyone, I am Junz Gia. Ako naman po, si Etherny Gabby Concepcion and this is K-Check. Muli naman kayong iniimbitahan for another season of teaching and learning but this time with my new co-host from NCPAG. Yan po ang question natin today, mga contestants. NCPAG, the National College of Public Administration and Government. That's right, attorney. Thank you so much for having me here. Welcome. Patuloy pa rin ang pag-ahanap natin ng mga gustong sanayin at palawakein ang brain power nila through competition. Kayanin-kaya nila ang ating brain workout for this season. Kaya samahan nyo po kami until the final week of competition dahil may tatanghalin na naman tayong panibagong K-Check champion. Apat na contestants ang dadaan sa ating karunungan-check sa aro na ito. George is a UP Dileman student who one day hopes to be part of the local drag scene. He also loves traveling and exploring new destinations. Siray naman ay isang visual communication student ng UP Dileman College of Fine Arts whose joy comes from drawing, food and anything Pokemon. STI Kaloakan IT student Neb counts playing online games and playing guitar and bass as hobbies. And Charm is a fine art student in U.E. Kaloakan a gaming and doll enthusiast who listens to Taylor Swift and TWICE. These four will be competing under the watchful eyes of today's K-Check panel of experts. Nagbabalik Professor Glazia Tienza of the College of Arts and Letters, UP Dileman. Nagbabalik din Professor Neil Santillian former chairperson of the UP Dileman Department of History. And of course, let's welcome Assistant Professor Marla Andriga from the Department of Biology of UP Manila. At ngayon contestants, I wish you all good luck as we go into our first round of this new season. Get ready to buzz in, hopefully with correct answers which are worth 10 points each. Let's begin. What Central American country did Shami Spalashos represent when she won the Miss Universe Pagent in 2023? Juj. Nicaragua. K-Check. Mythology. Which Roman messenger of the gods is sometimes depicted holding a medical... NEM? Mercury. K-Check. Which movie, starting Margo Robbie, earned more than $1.4 billion in the box office worldwide in 2023? Barbie. K-Check. In Local Basketball. Which schools, nights and squares won the NCAA Men's and Junior's basketball titles respectively for the 2022-2023 season? Juj. Letran. Letran. K-Check. Question number five. Which superhero created in 1938 has kryptonite for his weakness? Charm. Superman. K-Check. Next, which Korean pop group is performing in the Faith World Tour that includes a stop in the Philippines? Walang K-Pop enthusiast. The answer is N-High Faith. We learned something new today on to the next question. In recent events, which former senator was freed on bail in November 2023? Juj. Senator Laila Delima. Senator Laila Delima is correct. K-Check. Next question. What long-running animated sitcom stars male characters Homer and Musanne Bard? Ray. The Simpsons is correct. K-Check. Question number nine. X is the new name of which famous social media service? Charm. Twitter. Twitter. K-Check. Question number ten. Melbourne is the second most popular city in what country? Charm. Australia. Australia. K-Check. What number is exactly between 12 and 20? Charm again. Sixteen. Sixteen for the win? K-Check. What single-digit number appears in the controversial protocol license placed issued to the members of the House of Representatives? Juj. Zero. Malik. Neb. One. Maliparin. Mauuubus na ang numbers natin. Malik. Fourth times the Charm? Fourth. Maliparin. The correct answer is A. And that's it for our first round. Thank you so much, Attorney Gabby. So after that round, we have Charm in the lead with 40 points followed by Jujs with 30. Neb with 20 and Ray at 10. Well, ikaw naman ang tatu nanko. Kamusta na? Diba dahil bago ka nga dito sa K-Check and what do you think of today's contestants? At nakikisagot ka rin ba? So, of course, watching our contestants sa kakatawa na main na suscore pa rin sila ka. So, kasi yung mga questions natin talagang ang range, ang scope nyan napakalawa. Simula pa lang yan ng competition natin. When we return, si Jules naman ang isasalag natin in round two here on K-Check. Tuloy pa rin ang ating karunungan check. Attorney, pika po na tayo naman scores natin. Ang umun na pa rin si Charm with 40 points. Anasin nundan naman ni Jules ng 30 points, si Neb with 20 points at si Ray with 10 points. Well, before we continue with round two, Professor Neil and Prof. Glesy. How does it feel to be back on our panel of experts on season two? Well, miss na-miss ko na ang mga mat-question dito na sasagot. At sana yung makasagot ako at least isang mat-question ka de-episode. Prof. Glesy. Hello, maraming salamat. Actually ako din. Ganon din. Excited ako kasi ang dami kong na tutunan dito kahit na hindi ma. Iba-iba. Kaya excited ako. Thank you. Well, it's nice to have you back, but hindi lang po si Jules ang gina-welcome natin dahil gusto rin natin i-welcome si Prof. Marla who is new to our panel of experts this season. Thank you, attorney. I'm so happy to be part of K-check. Yung questions ko, of course, merong challenging. Merong din naman kailang. Pwede pa lang kategori din yung kailang. Okay, so maraming-maraming salamat po sa warm welcome natin. And 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 know very well you will lose 10 points if you answer incorrectly. Sis, round two. Let's begin. Question number one. Jonathan Swift created which literary character who visited Lilliput and the Yahoos, among others? Charm? Mal, Poccahontas. Poccahontas, Malay. The correct answer is Lemuel Gallipol. In science, element 1-1-1 was named after which physicist who discovered x-rays? The answer is Wilhelm Rotgen. King Charles III of the UK-fated witch-Korean music group in Buckingham Palace last November. Great. Blackpink, Rosé. Can ka ng Blackpink? Nakampleto mo po yung poong mga member sila. The correct answer is Blackpink Poechek. Next question number four. Which great German composer became famous for his symphony number one in C major and his emperor concerto? Next. Beethoven. Beethoven? Is correct. Kecek, Ludwig van Beethoven. Los Del Rio became a famous one-hit wonder when their song topped the charts for 14 weeks. What is the title of their Spanish number one song? The answer is Macarena. Alam ni po ba yung steps ng Macarena? Sample mga re? Walang plus points. Sorry, pero thank you for doing that. Okay. Proceed tayo sa ating next question. Which congressman from the third district of Negros Oriental was expelled in 2023? Nobody got the correct answer. The answer is Arnolfo Teves. What olympic sport similar to baseball is played with a larger ball in the pitches underhand? Great. Round net? Round net is Malik. Great. Golf? Golf is Malik. At walang nakapuwa ng tamang sagot, the right answer is softball. No time to die is the 25th film in the movie series having which main character? Charles. James Bond. James Bond is correct. Kecek. In a TV series, Jen Ortega played the title role of which character whose name is also a day of the week. Wednesday. Wednesday? Wednesday is a correct answer. Kecek. Which Serbian tennis champion defeated Daniel Menvedev in the final to win the 2023 U.S. Open Men's title? Walang nakapuwa ng tamang sagot. The correct answer is Novak Djokovic. In basketball. What team nicknamed the Elasto Painters? First team. Neb. Rain or shine? The correct answer is Rain or shine? Kecek. Question number 12. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a prequel. Yes Ray? Hunger Games. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a prequel of which film franchise? The correct answer is The Hunger Games. Kecek. And that's it for round two. So after that round, we have Neb in the lead with 60 points. Charm with 50. Juj with 40. And Ray with 30 points. Congratulations. Talagang nagahabulan silang lahat. Pero ikangan nila, hindi patapos ang laban. Ultimate Pagalina na sa pagbabalik ng Kecek. All right. Welcome back to Kecek, ator ni Gaby. So ngayon ator ni Gaby, kamosayin natin ang ating mga contestant. Well, actually, ang gusto kong tanongin, first of all, itong si Juj at saka si Neb. Kasi medyo unusual ba ang mga pangalan nila? So gusto natin tanongin, ano ba ang pinagmulan ng mga pangalanin nyo nahin natin si Neb? So yung naingin ko na na-brown less. Yung na-brown nagsimula siya sa pangalan ng tatay ko na Norman, which is in upside down lang. Kasi yung Norman naman, yung history nun, galing yung sa lola-tolo ko na, yung lola ko na yung naman yung snorma, and yung lolo ko yung sube. Parang pinagmulan. Kasi yung lessoner naman, isa nana ko, kasi rinsin yung pangalan niya. Poma na ba at you, Juj? My name po, yung Juj is a combination of my two grandfather's first name. Yung sa father's side ko kasi, Gerard yung pangalan niya. Tapos yung sa mother's side ko naman, I, Juber. So dun lang, inuwa yung dalawang, jutsa ka yung Ger, kasi mga na. And I'm sure marami nagkakamali sa pronunciation. I'm not sure. Yung true pronunciation talagakunan ay Jujie. Pero nang bata po kasi ako, parang, yun paswar ka pala, ganun teacher. Jujie. Okay, very interesting. Pero siyempre, yung isa pa natin kasama dito na contest na dot or nisi, Charm. Diba kanina nabangit natin nang mongolek ta siya nang mga dals. So Charm, ano man dals to makinokolek mo at anong era yan? Ay, yung man dals na ikon nang kolekta ko is from the Barbie Cinematic Universe which is from the 2000s until 2010. Yan yung man ang movie sa guy ng Princess and the Popper, Diamond Castle, Dream Musketeers. Ang favorite ko na doll na kinolekta ko is the two from Diamond Castle which is Silliann at Alexa po. Pero may question ako para kay Ray, kasi medyo nabitin ako dun sa bayon niya. Ray, sabi mo na you are on a journey to heal your inner child. May, na ito tulong ba ang Pokemon sa journey na ito? Well, of course yes, kasi part of my childhood is nag-revolved around a lot of cartoon characters. Well, may nickname nga is Mickey. Kaya di ko may Mickey Mouse. So, malatoy ang impact na ito sa aking journey because lahat tayo we have a chance to really leave our childhood through this means which is Pokémon or other cartoons. Ayyan, so I guess babalikan ko na rin ang Pokemon ko para, babalikan na rin natin ang inner child natin. So anyway, marami salamat sa ating mga contestant. Sana inabawasan ang inyong mga nerves pero, recap na tayo sa ating scores in the lead parin, si Neb with 60 points, na sinundan ni Charm with 50, si Jude's with 40 at si Ray naman na may 30. Okay, so, sa imprem, may chance pa rin iba na makahabol dahil dito na tayo sa ating next round, ang ultimate pagalingan round. Dito, correct answers are worth 30 points each at may 50 point deduction for wrong answers. And to shake things up a bit sa ating panel of experts mga galing ang ating mga katanungan. So, this is it guys. Good luck. Let's begin. Question number one will come from Professor Glesy. Hello. In the field of cultural studies, this 12-volume reference material has the most extensive information on Philippine art and culture. What is the name of this collection? A. The CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art. B. Vocabulario de la lengua tagala. C. Tuklas Cening. And D. Filipino Almanac. Charm. Letter C, Tuklas Cening. The answer is wrong. The answer is letter A, CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art. The answer is correct. The CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art has the most extensive information on Philippine art and culture. It has two versions that the most recent one has been updated and it was done by the team lead by Dr. Nika Nortyongso. Thank you so much, Professor Glesy. Up next, Professor Neil. What city serves as the Regional Center of Sock Surgeon or Region 12? A. General Santos. B. Kidapawan. C. Coronadal. B. Takurong. The answer is wrong. Jude. C. Coronadal. Ito yang kabisera ng provincia ng South Kotabato. Majoriya na mga naminirahan sa lumsood na ito ay nagsasalta ng Wicang Kiligaynon. Isang traditional atawag sa lugar na ito ay Marbelle. Ang tamang sagot ay C. Coronadal. Kcheck. Thank you, Professor Neil. Up next, Professor Marla. Which of the following is the smallest unit of matter? A. Atom. B. Molecule. C. Electron. D. Cell. A. Atom. From the Greek word it means Indivisible. Atomos. The answer is A. Atom. Kcheck. Question number four back to Professor Glesy. It has been recently referred to as the Tiger City of Metro Manila. What is the name of this city? A. Mandaluyong City. D. City of Manila. C. Tayuman City. D. Nueve de Pebrero. Next. I think the answer is aturby Manila. Wrong. Jude. The answer is A. Mandaluyong. The answer is Mandaluyong City. Kcheck. Kcheck. Okay. Next question, Professor Neil. Who was the quintessential Bicolano hero during World War II? A. Simeon Ola. B. Jose Maria Pangaliban. C. Jose Ignacio Pawa. D. Wenceslaw Vinson. Charm. Letter B. Jose Maria Pangaliban. The answer is Wrong. Neb. I think the answer is letter A. Simeon Ola. The answer is Wrong. Ray. The correct answer is letter C. Jose Ignacio Pawa. The answer is Wrong. Jude. The answer is the Wenceslaw Vinson. Bailala ang bayaneng ito bilang pina-katanyag na leader-activista sa univerasidad ng Pilipinas bagong ikalawang bimangang pandoy. Nagsilbi siyang leader na UP Student Council at editor ng Philippine Collegian. Ipinangalan sa kanya ang gusaling para sa mga gawain pag mag-aaral sa UPiDiliman. Pumahanaw siya sa kamay na mga hapon ng World War II. Ang tamang sagot ay letter D. Wenceslaw Vinson. Kcheck. Thanks, Professor Neal. Up next, Professor Marla. What does the acronym URL stand for in the context of web browsing? A. Uniform Resource Locator. B. Universal Reference Link. C. Unified Resource Locator. D. Universal Research Link. Charm. Universal Reference Link. The answer is wrong. I think the answer is letter A. Uniform Resource Locator. This is the string of words, letters and numbers that you can see at the top of any web page. URL stands for A. Uniform Resource Locator. Kcheck. Thank you Professor Marla. Up next, Professor Leslie. Buhayin natin yung inner child na yan. Usapang pagkain. Okay. This sweet confection is prepared with flour, sugar, sesame seeds and vanilla. What do you call this Filipino delicacy or candy from Bulacan? Letter A. Pelikoy. Letter B. Tiratira. Letter C. Biscuit sa ja. And letter D. Pistek. Letter A. Letter A. Letter A. Belikoy. The answer is Belikoy. Kcheck. Basel, Bern, Lozan and Zurich are cities of what country in Europe? A. Austria. B. Czech Republic. C. Germany. B. Switzerland. Juj. C. Germany. The answer is wrong. Yeah, the answer is letter A. Austria. The answer is wrong. I think the answer is letter B. Czech Republic. The answer is wrong. The answer is letter B. Switzerland. Ang bansa nito ay nagsilbing katuang ng Pilipinas sa Beast process sa Mindanao. Nestle at Novartis ay ilan sa mga kumpanya na nagmula sa bansa nito. Ang tamang sagot ay letter D. Switzerland. What is the term used to describe microscopic algae and photosynthetic bacteria found in marine environments? A. Phytoplankton. B. Zuoplankton. C. Necton. D. Benton. Niyan. I think the answer is letter A. Phytoplankton. These organisms role as primary producers is important for water-based ecosystems because they provide a main source of food for primary consumers such as clams and crustaceans. They are the A. Phytoplankton. K. Czech Republic. Thank you. Next from Leslie. Oh, comedy naman na cakakantahan. She played Sebia in many comic movies starring Mangnano and Bentot. Who was this famous queen of kundiman? Letter A. Silvia Latore. Letter B. Eugene Latore. Letter C. Silvia Garde. And letter D. Sara Heronimo. Ray, I believe the answer is letter A. Silvia Latore. The answer is A. Silvia Latore. K. Czech Republic. Who was the Philippine president that facilitated the proclamation of our niece as national sport and martial arts? The choices are as follows. A. Corazonakino. B. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. C. Ferdinand Marcos. D. Fidel Ramos. Necton. I think the answer is letter D. Fidel Ramos. The answer is wrong. Jude. I think the answer is D. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Syay naging pangulo, bunsood ng Ed Sa Dos. Syay naging controversial dahil sa Hello, Garcy Scandal. Munit pinalakas niyang ekonomia ng bansa matapos ng Ed Sa Dos. Ang tamang sagot ay letter B. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. K. Czech Republic. What is the function of transfer RNA or tRNA in protein synthesis? A. Provides energy for protein synthesis. B. Caries amino acids to ribosomes. C. Transcribes DNA into RNA. D. Catalyzes protein formation. Nan. I think the answer is letter B. Caries amino acids to ribosomes. Their functions have expanded to include roles in the synthesis of bacterial cell walls, the replication of viruses and even the control of animal behavior. However, tRNAs are mainly known to B. Carry amino acids to ribosomes during protein synthesis. K. Czech. As we can see, with a final score of 150 points. Congratulations to Neb. Congratulations Neb. So, we'll see him again this Friday when they compete with the other winners for a spot for our semifinals. Thanks again to Juj, Ray and Charm for joining us and to the members, of course, of our panel of experts, Professor Lessie, Professor Neal and Professor Marla. This is the Tony Gaby Conception and I'm Jules Guion. Join us again tomorrow for another episode of K. Czech.