 Ang karunungan ay kapangyarihan. Let's put that power to the test here on... K-check! Hello everyone, ako po si attorney Gabby Concepcion. Atak naman si Jules Giang for another episode of K-check. Ang K-check ay para sa mga gustong sanayin at palawaki ng brain power nila through competition. Ang tanong, kaya ba ng ating contestants ang brain workout na inayanda natin for them this season? Ang mga may kaya ng workout na iyan, ahabot hanggang final week of competition at isa sa kanila ang tatanghaling K-check champion. Apad na contestants ang dadaan sa ating karunungan check sa aro na to. Jim is an anthropology undergrad at UP Dileman. Among his hobbies are watching movies, playing video games, and crocheting. His favorite franchise is the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Our next contestant is Zar, who is a BS human biology student of De La Salle University. She's a lover of cats and enjoys hiking and volunteering during her free time. Her proudest feat is trekking Luzon's highest summit Mount Pulau. John Vincent is a business administration undergraduate at UP Dileman. He enjoys K-pop groups, but his current OPM favorite is Cup of Joe. JV is proudly mixed-handed. Alvin is an electronics engineering student of UP Dileman. His hobbies are playing physical sports, dancing, and playing percussion instruments. He also listens to OPM and old songs. These four will be competing under the watchful eyes of today's K-check panel of experts. Firstly, we have Professor Iglesia Tienza of the College of Arts and Letters from UP Dileman. Next, we have Professor Nils Antelian, former chairperson of the UP Dileman Department of History. And finally, we have Assistant Professor Marla Andriga from the Department of Biology from UP Manila. At ngayon, contestants, this is round one. Get ready to buzz in and collect those points. But make sure you wait until you are acknowledged by the host otherwise your answers will not be considered. Correct answers are ten points each. Let's begin. Question number one. Derived from the Greek meaning to pass through, what do you call the metabolic disease characterized by elevated levels of blood sugar? JB. Diabetes? Diabetes is correct. K-check. Question number two. What theme park first opened in 1955 is located in Anaheim, California, USA and now has several locations in Asia and Europe? JB. Disneyland? Disneyland is correct. K-check. Question number three. What card game for one player has the same name for a single diamond in a jewelry design? The correct answer is solitaire. Question number four. With almost 30 million people, Shanghai is the most populous city in what country? JB. China. China is correct. K-check. Question number five. What marsupial from Australia was featured in the news when it hopped away from its handlers to punch? Alvin. Kangaroo. Let me proceed with the question. Hopped away from its handlers to punch police officers in Toronto, Canada. Your answer is kangaroo. That's correct. K-check. Question number six. The second sign of the zodiac is also a constellation that is called the bull. JB. Pisces. Pisces is wrong. Let me proceed with the question. Zara. Taurus. Let me proceed with the question. What is this horoscope sign? Your answer is Taurus. That is correct. K-check. Question number seven. Which female singer became famous for the hit songs, poker face and bad romance? JB. Lady Gaga. Let me proceed with the question. Before starring in the 2018 film, a star is born. Your answer is Lady Gaga. That's correct. K-check. Question number eight. Mount Fuji is the tallest mountain in what country? Australia. Australia? Australia is wrong. Alvin. Japan. Japan is correct. K-check. Question number nine. In mental math, what is the average of 90 and 100? Jim. 95. 95 is correct. K-check. Question number ten. What two-wheeled vehicles are raced in a velodrome? Bicycle. Bicycle is correct. K-check. Question number eleven. Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are countries that are located in which continent? Alvin. Asia. Asia is correct. K-check. Last question for this round, number twelve. In elementary science, what do you call the bouncing off or turning back of light, sound or heat from a surface? Reflection. Reflection is correct. K-check. And that ends round number one. Maraming salamat, Jules, for that round. Well, after that round, we do have JV in the lead with 40 points, followed by Zarr and Alvin who are both tied at 30 points and Jim with 10 points. See, Jim is an anthropology student who crochets. Interesting. Very interesting. What do you foresee in the future for you with a degree in anthropology? Well, my biggest goal would be a professor. But before that, I would like to be a researcher first or I would like also to work in a medium before going to teaching. At tano ka naman natutong mag-ganchilin? Meron po kong kaya gandat na nag-start ng business. Tapos, nagpaturo ko sa kanya. Natutan naman ako, pag wala kong perang mag-regalo. Nag-aganchilin. Hindi ka naman inaalaskan na mga friends po. Hindi naman po. Siya siya pagsukan na naan. Lat sila nag-aganchilin. Pandemya ba nagsimula yan? Pandemya. Iba ibang skill sa lage ng pandemic. Mahilig daw siya sa Marvel. So, may designs ka ba na Marvel? Wala pa naman ko. Medyo complicated sa ganyan. Ayan ang next level. Okay. Thank you so much, Jim. Si Zarr naman. So, congratulations for conquering Mount Pulag. So, pa pa naka pa nagpreprepare pag may hiking ka. Ano ba yung experience nito kapag nangyari yung umakit na kayo? Personally po, I go to the gym and do cardio. Sanayan yung legs ko para yung trek kasi mahaba. Yung pulag po yung yung pinaka mahabang nago ako as in kailangan ko mentally prepare for it. Every time I would think of giving up, sabi yung ko sa self ko, kailangan ko yung makita yung sunrise before like 5 a.m. kanan. Pero siyong kasama mo sa mga trekking trips? Yung mam ko pa. Yun po yung bonding naming dalawa. So, ito pa tayo sa mga. Belaga? Dalawa lang kayo? Kaminang mam ko tapos yung iban niyang office mates if gusto nilang sa mga. In this day. Ambition ko in life. To be trekking. To be trekking with my daughter. O, di ba? Asa pa ko. Well, maraming salamat mga contestants. Of course, we would like to catch up and get to know more about JV and Alvin. But that will be later. In the meantime, get ready because we are going into round 2. Next, dito sa pagbabalik ng K-check. K-check. At tuloy-tuloy pa rin ang ating karunungan check. Point three ka po na tayo. Liding si JV with 40 points. Tide naman with 30 points each. Si Nazar and Alvin. And si Jim ay my 10 points. Syempre, malayo pa ang tatahakin. Kung baga sa mga pulag na sa beginning palang tayo. But anyway, John Vincent or JV claims naman to be mixed handed. Let's get to the bottom of this. Ano ang mixed handed? Basically po, if you're mixed handed, you use different hands for different activities. So for precision activities like riding, I use my left. But for sports, I can only use my right. For instance, for rocket sports, I use my right hand. So it's not an interchangeable term with ambidextas. Yeah, it's methods. We learn something new every day. Tatanongin natin yan bukas sa susunod na episode na. Thank you for that question. Next naman si Alvin. So sinasabi mo na nakikinigga sa old songs. It's a little risky to, because there are a lot of sensitive things. So anong ibig sabi mo when you say old songs? How old songs? Sabi nga ni Barry, man. Maybe the old songs will bring back the old times. Ayun yan. Okay, Alvin. Mostly pinapakingin ko yung mga Barry Manilow. Oh! Songs, carpenters, before taking exams. Nag-review, nag-focus old songs, music yung. Saan naman nangdaling ang exposure mo dito sa old songs? Piling ko, sa mga parents ko po, every Sunday, Sunday's best, so hanggang na yan, dala-dala ko pa rin po yung. Inspire sa nang music ng parents. Sunday's best. And now, okay, it's time for round two. So contestants, get ready to buzz in, but make sure you strategize. At lagin tandaan, wait to be called before you answer. Prec answers are worth 20 points each, but you lose 10 points if you answer incorrectly. Let's begin. This is our second round. Question number one. Will Ferrell starred as Buddy in what 2003 comedy movie whose title is a term for a small imaginary figure in human form with pointed ears, magical powers, and a capricious nature? The correct answer is Elf. Question number two. What term may refer to a tube-shaped sack attached to the lower end of the large intestine in humans or a section of additional matter at the end of a book? JV. Appendix. Appendix is the correct answer. Kcheck. Question number three. Tens of thousands of people in Kenya lost their homes and farms in one of the worst floods of 2023. In what continent can you find Kenya? JV. Africa. Correct term. Kcheck. Coming now to Mathematics. Question four. What do you call the bottom part of a fraction? JV. Denominator. The denominator is the correct answer. Kcheck. Question number five. Ankara is the capital of which country located at the crossroads of Asia and Europe? The correct answer is Turkey. Question number six. The oldest university in the United States is considered by many as the most prestigious. What is the name of this Ivy League school? Yes, Zara. Harvard. Harvard is the correct answer. Kcheck. Question number seven. In 2024, the population of the world was estimated to be how many billion? Zara. Eight. Eight billion is the correct answer. Kcheck. Question number eight. In science, what do you call an animal that consumes the carcasses of other animals that have died? Zara. Carnivore. The answer is wrong. Alvin. Scavengers. Scavenger is the correct answer. Kcheck. They are the animals that consume the carcasses of other animals died by some other cause. Question number nine. This is about sea animals. What type of shark has an odd-looking head that is flattened? Alvin. Hammerhead shark. The hammerhead shark is the correct answer. It is flattened and laterally extended into a T-shape. Question number ten. What Filipino word for the technique of clearing land by slashing and burning plants and trees? JB. Kaingin. Kaingin is the technique of slashing and burning plants and trees and plowing the ashes under for fertilizer which is already included in Meriam Webster's dictionary of the English language. The answer is correct. Kcheck. Question number eleven. Tutankhamun was a pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of which ancient empire? JB. The Egyptian Empire. Egyptian Empire is the correct answer. Kcheck. Twelfth question and the last question for this round. Which famous literary character created by Spanish writer Miguel Disturbantes is a would-be knight whose dilutions of grandeur make him a center of ridicule? Jim. Don Quixote. Don Quixote is the correct answer. Kcheck. And that's it for the second round. Scars recap muna tayo. Leadeng si JB with 140 points. Followed by Alvin with 70 points. Si Zary naman ay may 60 points at si Jim ay may 30 points. Pero hindi patapusang laban. Nothing can be sure at this point in time. Ultimate pagalingan round na sa pagbabalik ng Kcheck. At nagbabalik ang Kcheck, at this point in time, we have JB with 140 points in the lead, followed by Alvin with 70 points, Si Zary with 60, and Jim with 30. Pero meron pa tayong paparating na ultimate pagalingan round. So let's go for those points and for the win. Remember sa ating panel of experts magagaling ang mga katanungan. Dito correct answers are worth 30 points each and 15 points deduction for wrong answers. Let's begin. And to kick off the ultimate pagalingan round, let's call on Prof. Glassy. O etong tanong natin. The Santoninho Festival is a lively festival held in Cebu during the month of January. What is the other popular name for this festival? JB, Sinulog Festival. A, Sinukba Festival, B, Sinalimba Festival, Sinulog Festival, D, Pintados Festival, and E, Daggyao Festival. The correct answer is C, Sinulog Festival. Kcheck. Prof. Neu. Philippine Geography Question. Danao, Mandawi, Atalisa ay ay mga lumsood ng anong province sa Tizayas. Alvin, Cebu. Ang tamang sagot ay letter A, Cebu. Kcheck. Prof. Marla. Which astronomical object results from a star's gravitational collapse? Creating an intense gravitational field? JB, Black Hole. The correct answer is B, Black Hole. Kcheck. Question. This headgear is used by the people of the Batanes Islands to ward off the elements while at work in the fields. The headgear utilizes the local fiber, voyavoy. What do you call this local headgear? A, Vakal. D, Vakul. C, Vakle. D, Ivatan. JB, D-Ivatan. Sorry, wrong answer. Zahar. Vakal. Wrong answer. The correct answer is B, Vakul. Kcheck. Prof. Neu. Which of the following is the mountain range that is located in the provinces of Pangkasinan and Nueva Vizcaya? JB, Cheramadre. Malik. A, Caravallo Mountains. B, Cordillera Central. C, Halcón. B, Cheramadre. I, Ilocco Central. Caravallo Mountains. The correct answer is letter A, Caravallo Mountains. Kcheck. U is credited with the discovery of penicillin, the first antibiotic drug. A, Louis Pasteur. B, Barbara McClintock. C, Alexander Fleming. D, Jonah Sock. E, Marie Curie. Jai. A. A is wrong. Jim, C, Alexander Fleming. C is correct. Kcheck. Apple Church houses the image of the famous Black Nazarene. What do you call the famous ritual procession done in celebration of the feast of the Black Nazarene? Alvin. Translation. Kcheck, the answer is C, translation. Kuhumahabol na si Alvin kay JV ay 10 points na lang. Next question, which of the following political scientist characterizes the 21st century as a clash of civilizations? A, Francis Pukoyama. B, Samuel Huntington. C, Eleanor Ostrom. D, Charles Tilley. E, Martin Velcro. Tamang sagot ay letter B, Samuel Huntington. Rockmarlin. What is the molten rock beneath the Earth's surface called? JV magma. The correct answer is C, magma. Kcheck. So this is now the last round of our ultimate pagalingan round? Where did the word theater come from? Letter A, Greek word, theatron meaning a seeing or viewing place. Letter B, the English word chatter to speak endlessly. Letter C, the English word. Letter D, English word, chatter. And letter E, nagsire. A, theatron. The correct answer is A, Seyang. Kcheck. Krafnio. Kuling tanong mula sa akin, which of the following is the volcano found in Sulu that saw massive military operations of the Americans against the Usugs in 1906 and 1911? A, budbagsak. Buddaho. C, matutom. D, ragang. Italak. The correct answer is letter B, buddaho. So this is now the last question for the ultimate pagalingan round from Professor Marla. What is the function of DNA in cells? A, store genetic information. B, provide energy. C, act as catalysts. D, build cell membranes. E, transport. Zim, A, store genetic information. A, store genetic information is correct, Kcheck. And that's it for our Kcheck ultimate pagalingan round. Congratulations to JV, our Kcheck daily winner with a final score of 200 points. We will see JV again on Friday when he competes with our other daily winners for a spot in our semifinals. We also like to thank Jim, Zahar, and Alvin for joining and to the members of our panel of experts, Professor Glessy, Professor Neil, and Professor Marla. Maraming salamat po ako po si Jules Gia. At ako naman po si Etherny Gabby Concepcion. Join us again tomorrow for another round of Kcheck.