 Ang karunungan ay kapangyarihan. Let's put that power to the test here on K-Check. To everyone, I'm Jules Guyang and this is K-Check. Muli namin kayong inibitahan for another season of teaching and learning. Patuloy pa rin ang pagahanap natin ng mga gustong sanayin at palawakin ang brain power nila through competition. Alamin natin kung kaya nila ang brain workout na inihanda natin for them this season. Samahan nyo kami until the final week of competition when we reveal a new K-Check champion. Apatakontestans ang dadaan sa ating karunungan check sa araw na ito. Yeshua is a BS statistic student at UP Dileman. She loves physical activities and sports, but also loves sleeping. Her top artist on Spotify for 2023 is Keshi. Sunodaman, Ayn is a student of UP Dileman taking BS family life and child development. He also enjoys watching movies and doing arts and crafts during his free time. Although he is an introvert, he still makes time to go out. Up next, we have Ansel. Ansel is a senior in UP, but remains afreshi at heart. He studies sports science and his hobbies include reading trash manga or manwa and playing games. If he had to list one thing he's good at, he'd say arm wrestling. And finally, we have Ayan. Ayan is a second-year student in UP Dileman studying Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology. She loves to travel and she is hoping to travel the wonders of the world before she reaches the age of 35. These four will be competing under the watchful eyes of today's K-Check panel of experts. Firstly, we have Professor Neil Santillian, former chairperson of the UP Dileman Department of History. Next, we have Professor Glesy Atienza of the College of Arts and Letters from UP Dileman. And finally, we have Professor Ben Valiejo of the UP Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology. At ngayon, contestant, na rito na ang first round, which is also your first opportunity to earn points. Buzz in, but wait till you're acknowledged before you answer para disayang ang effort. Each correct answer is worth 10 points. Let's begin. Let's begin. Question number one. Opening in 1995. What 25-hectare theme park can you find in the city of Santa Rosa Laguna? Enchanted Kingdom. Enchanted Kingdom is correct. K-Check. Ano ang favorite ride mo dun? Yung Space Shuttle. Space Shuttle. Kaya rin lahat nangpunta na dun. Okay. Sige, po kung tatayo dun ulit. Next question number two. In what Olympic sport are there events, butterfly, freestyle, and backstroke? Ayin. Swimming. Swimming is correct. K-Check. Question number three. What three-letter word refers to water below zero degree Celsius? In. Ice. Ice is correct. K-Check. Question number four. What princess turned into an ogre at the animated movie Shrek? Ayin. Princess Fiona. Princess Fiona or Fiona is correct. K-Check. Question number five. In what country can you find remnants of more than 20,000 kilometer long great wall? Yeshua. China. China is correct. K-Check. Question number six. What Spanish term that may be translated refers to the Christmas Eve feast that begins at midnight? Nochabuenas. In. Buenos noches. Nochabuenas. Unfortunately, Ayin, I couldn't accept your answer because you answered before I acknowledged your name. So I need to read the question again. Question number six is what Spanish term Ayin? Nochabuenas. Okay, let me proceed with the question. What Spanish term may be translated refers to the Christmas Eve feast that begins at midnight? Your answer is no. She already buzzed in. The answer of Ayin is Nochabuenas that is correct. K-Check. Question number seven. Budapest is the capital city of what European country? In. Amsterdam. Amsterdam is Malay. Anyone can steal? The correct answer is Hungary. Question number eight. Who was elected vice president during the 2016 Philippine presidential elections? Yeshua. Vice president Lenny Robredo. Lenny Robredo or Leonor Lenny Robredo is correct. K-Check. Question number nine. In elementary math. What is half of the product of 12 and 10 and sell? 60. 60 is correct. K-Check. So lahat po sila ay may points na at this moment. Question number ten. Which capital of the UK hosted the 2012 Summer Olympic? Ansel. England. England is Malay. Anyone can steal? The correct answer is London. London. Yes, London. Dun tumugtog ang spice girls. Na-abutan nyo ba sila? Hindi. Hindi. Okay. Dun sila nag-reunion. Question number 11. What is the official currency of Japan? Ayan. Yen. Yen is correct. K-Check. Ayan for Yen. Okay. Last question for this round. Number 12. What television game show was hosted by Richard Dawson during the 1970s and 1980s and now has Ding Dong Dante as our local game master? Ayan. Family Feud is correct. K-Check. And that ends round number one. Let's have a quick recap of their scores. Leading at this point is Ayan with 60 points followed by Yeshua with 20 points, Ayan and Ansel tied with 10 points. Congratulations. So, bago tayo magpatuloy, ang ginagawa natin usually dito sa K-Check ay kinikilalan natin yung mga contestant. Sisi mo lang natin sayo. Yeshua. Yeshua, your Miss Universe question for today is alin ang mas matimbang sayo? Ang sports or ang sleeping and why? Kailang po ba one answer? Kailangan po one answer lang. Sige, ito pabago mo sa rote. Ano ang statistics mo sa dalawang bagay? Siguro po for me it'll be 70% sleep and 30% physical activities or sports I think that rest is very important and dun ko talaga na huwaya energi ko for my physical activities. Tama nga naman. Paano ka magkakapag physical activity kong pag-wrote? Thank you so much, Yeshua. Ngayon naman tanungin naman natin si Ayan. So, si Ayan ay isang self-confessed introvert na lumalapas naman the ones in a while. Ano ba ang maaaring hindi alam na mata o sa mga introverts? Kiko kasi po yung for introverts, akala nila hindi naghasalita yun po, very shy. I think po naman pag-comfortable ka na sa tao magigay madal-dal ka nila. So, kung sa close friends mo even though introverts ako madal-dal nila nga sa kanila. Thank you so much, Ayan, for sharing that. So, kumimafrends tayo ng introvert. Tapaglagi kang kinaka-usag, ibig sabi head, may closeness na kayo. Thank you so much. Harami silamat sa inyo. Tapendin natin yung ibang contestants. So, we are now midway in the competition at susunod na ang round two. Lahat ng iyan, sa pagbabalik ng K-check. And welcome back to K-check. Point three ka po na tayo ng ating ma-contestants. Leading sa atin, ay si Ayan with 60 points, followed by Yeshua with 20 points at tide naman with 10 points each, si Ayan at Ansel. Okay, tuloy natin kwentuhan natin si Ansel naman. What do you mean you are a fourth year student but still remain afreshi at heart? Fourth year ako, physically, but mentally, I'm afreshi. It starts with, you know how there has been a pandemic in 2020. I'm actually the batch that the pandemic started with. So, I'm a batch 2020 student now needing my fourth year in this university. So, wala kayong campus life for about two years. More? Yes. Okay, so I guess the whole batch, parang ganyan yung feeling na go-wander din kayo. Akala nyo lugar yung ETA? Hindi naman. Okay, maraming salamat sa'y Ansel. Si Ayan naman, bakit may tanning on travels mo at dapat makita mo na ang buong mundo before the age of 35. Ano pang meron after that? Para fresh putig nang sa future. Para young at pictures parin po tayo na ipapos sa Instagram naba. Ilang taong labang ngayon ayan? Ah, 20 po. Ah, 20. Pero pa doon po 18. So, meron ka pang 15 years pa para magliwaliw sa buong mundo. Okay, maraming salamat sa inyong lahat sa pag-share na inyong mga storya. And now it's time for round two. So, concentrate, strategize and go for those points. Correct answers are 20 points each but you lose 10 points if you answer incorrectly. Let's begin. Question number one. Which English playwright wrote the comedy, The Merchant of Venice? Ancel. Shakespeare? Shakespeare or William Shakespeare is correct. K-check. Question number two. Which Ilongo reform is founded the newspaper La Solidaridad in Barcelona, Spain? Jesua. Jose Rizal? Jose Rizal is Malik. Anyone can steal. The correct answer is Graciano Lopez Haina. Question number three. What plant of the nightshade family is widely cultivated in the Ilocos region and whose leaves are dried and processed to make cigars and cigarettes? Tobacco. Tobacco is correct. K-check. Question number four. Which gray or green-skinned superhero out of Marvel Comics? Jesua. Hulk? Hulk? Let me proceed with a question. Marvel Comics was originally Robert Bruce Banner overdosing on gamma radiation. Hulk or Hulk or the Incredible Hulk is correct. K-check. Question number five. What is the measure of the quality of gold expressed as a number up to 24? In... Karat? Karat is correct. K-check. Question number six. In music. Of the four standard voices, what is the highest pitched male voice? Ansel. Falsetto? Falsetto is Malik. Jesua. Tenor? Tenor is correct. K-check. Question number seven. What large South American country is the largest producer of coffee in the world? More than 2 million tons a year. The correct answer is Brazil. Now you know. Question number eight. In math. What do you call the figure formed when two race meet at a common point called a vertex? Ansel. Point? Point is Malik. Anyone can steal? Okay, ayon. Intersection? Intersection is Malik. Anyone can still steal? Okay, the correct answer is Angal. One of the most common fears is of idiophobia, which is the morbid fear of what reptile? Ansel. Spiders? Spiders is Malik. Anyone? Pwede ba mag-steal? The correct answer is Snake. Question number ten. What term for a top official in the Imperial Chinese bureaucracy is also the name of the most widely spoken form of the Chinese language? The correct answer is Mandarin. Question number eleven. Which great French military leader in statesman is the title role that Joaquin Phoenix plays in the 2023 film by Ridley Scott? Ansel. Napoleon. Napoleon is correct. Gate check. Last question for this round. Number twelve. What do you call a piece of land that is almost entirely surrounded by water but is connected? Yes, Joaquin. Archipelago? Archipelago is Malik. Let me continue with the question. Surrounded by water but is connected to the mainland on one side just like Zambuanga or Bataal. Ansel. Peninsula. Peninsula is correct. Gate check. And that ends round number two. Points three kaputayo after the round tied with 50 points each, si Ansel and ayed. And tied at second place with 40 points each, si Yeshua and Ansel. Our ultimate pagalingan round is next. Here on, gate check. Welcome back everyone. Points three kaputayo after that round. We have ayed and ayed tied with 50 points each. And then we have Yeshua tied with Ansel with 40 points each. Congratulations. But of course, the race to finish on top continues with our ultimate pagalingan round. Remember sa ating panel of experts magagaling ang mga katanungan. The end of this round will reveal our daily winner. Here, correct answers are worth 30 points each at my 15-point deduction for wrong answers. Good luck and let's begin. Our first question will come from Surinim. World history. Anong sabili sa siyong nagtaguyod ng ka-isipan immortality o immortalidad sa pagpapatakbo na isang lipuna. A. ihipto. B. gresha. C. mesopotamia. B. roma. E. turcom ottoman. Ansel. C. mesopotamia. Bale. B. gresha. Bale. N. A. ihipto. Pawag sa kanila mga pinuno ay fero. Abang ginawang pyramid para sa kanila mga fero ay ang ganap na patuto para sa ka-isipang ito. Antamang sagot ay letter A. ihipto. K-check. Okay, ang susurod na tanong ano ang anit sa English? Letter A. hair. Letter B. head. Letter C. ears. Letter D. scalp. Letter E. Letter D. scalp. The correct answer is letter D. scalp. K-check. Question is on geography. What is the largest sandy desert on earth? A. goby. B. great australian. C. taklamakan. D. sahara. E. patagonyan. Letter D. sahara. That is correct. The correct answer is sahara. It means big sandy desert. World history ulit. Which treaty marked the end of World War II in Asia? A. Treaty of Kanagawa. B. Treaty of Paris. C. Treaty of San Francisco. D. Treaty of Tokyo. E. Treaty of Vladivostok. B. Treaty of Paris. Bale. Nagbigaydaan ang tratadong ito sa paggina ng Kapangyariang Imperial ng Japan. Ang tamang sagot ay letter C. Treaty of San Francisco. B. Propless ego ahead. Okay, sa usapang dance. What is the popular name of this popular dance which uses coconut shells and skillful body coordination? Letter A. maglalatik. Letter B. maglalaba. Letter C. magtutulak. Letter D. magpuputik. And letter E. Letter A. maglalatik. The correct answer is maglalatik. Letter A. Ito yung ginagawaan yung elementari. Yung demo. Thank you. K. Chex. K. Chex. Okay, Prof Ben. Ito ay kung talagang nakining kayo at binasan nyo ang No Limit Tanghir ni Dr. Jose Rizal. Dr. Jose Rizal was observant of his environment even on the fish of Laguna De Bay. Which fish was not listed by Rizal in the No Limit Tanghir? A. Bia. B. Ayungin. C. Plapla. D. Banak. And E. Wanwan. Nakasagot. So lahat nung nilista ni Dr. Rizal ay nanduon sa Laguna Lake na native. The right answer is C. Plapla. Ito ay tilapya, which was only introduced after World War II. Thank you. Wala pa na BPI 100 sa inyo. Wala pa. Okay. Prof Nili. Nag-guto mo kung sa tanong. Sir. Okay. Ito yung susolo na tanong Southeast Asian History. Ano ang pinakalaganap na riliyon sa Pangkapuloang Timok Silangang Asya o Island or slash Maritime Southeast Asia? A. Animismo. B. Buddhismo. C. Hinduismo. B. Islam. E. Christianismo. B. Islam. Bahagi ng Island Southeast Asia ang mga Bansang Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei karamihan ng mga taurito ay mga Muslim. Ang tamang sagot ay letter D Islam K-check. Thank you. Prof Nili. O usapang bisdak. This marketplace is one of the busiest business areas in Davao City. It has witnessed numerous events such as the infamous bombing in the 80s, which has been memorialized in Joey Ayala's Ethno Rock song. What is the name of this marketplace in Davao City? Letter A, Bang Kerohan. Letter B, Mit Sayap. Letter C, Toril. Letter D, Mintal. Letter E, Alde Vingo. Sir is Bang Kerohan. Dagan, dagan, dagan. Thank you so much. Prof Ben, go ahead. Okay, this is about related to what we experienced in the last three years, right? What was the first vaccine to be developed against a contagious disease? A, smallpox. B, typhoid. C, tetanus. D, rabies. And E, COVID-19. Ansel. E, COVID-19? Malia, that's not the right answer. Anyone can steal? The answer is A, smallpox. It was Dr. Edward Jenner who first developed it in the 1700s. Okay, so we're now off to our last set of questions for this round. Prof Neil, go ahead. Panguling tanong, world history ulit, ano ang pangkat na mga muslim na nagpakilala ng sultanato bilang isang sistema ang politikal? A, arabo. B, persano. C, ottoman. B, seljok. E, romano. Ansel. C, ottoman. Balik. Yung sagot ni Ansel, silang nanghiram mula sa mga seljok. Para simulan yung tradition ng sultanato. Ang tama ang sagot ay letter D, seljok. Prof Blessie, go ahead. Usapang OOTD. Who was this national artist for fashion design who introduced the use of the zipper and the iconic butterfly sleeves for the terna? Letter A, Ray Valera. Letter B, Ramon Valera. Letter C, Michael San Diego. Letter D, Penny Chan. Letter E, Bitoy Moren. The correct answer is letter B, Ramon Valera. Last question from Prof Ben. Philippine biodiversity question. The Philippine eagle is a member of the blank eagle subfamily. A, harpy. B, snake. C, booted. D, sea eagle. E, imperial eagle. Ansel. E, imperial eagle. Malihay. That's not correct. Snake? B, snake. Ah, you got it right. Okay, that's the right answer. The Philippine eagle is closely related to eagles that eat snakes and these eagles are quite small. The Philippine eagle is the biggest. K-check. Okay, thank you so much and that's it for K-check Ultimate Pagalingan. And congratulations to Yeshua, our K-check daily winner with a final score of 130 points. Congratulations. Thank you. Here you go. So we'll see Yeshua again tomorrow when she competes with our other daily winners for a spot in our semifinals. And of course, thank you to Ayn, to Ansel, and to Ayan for participating. And of course to our panel of experts, Professor Neil, Professor Glesy, and Professor Ben. Once again, I'm Jules Giang. Join us again tomorrow for another K-check.