 ay kapangyarihan. It's time for... K-check! To everyone, I am Jonella Bore. Ako po, si Julian Baldo-Kubello, and this is K-check. Hindi lang ito tagisa ng talino para sa ating mga contestant. Ito din ay para sa inyong lahat na gustoong laging dinadagdagan ang inyong mga kaalaman. Every K-check is an opportunity for us to teach and to learn. Samahan yung kami until the final week of competition when we find out kung sino ang tatanghalin kauna-unahang K-check champion. Nandito na tayo sa ating weekly finals. Kilalari natin ngayon ang ating apat na daily winners. One of them will move on to a spot in our semifinals kung pumasa siya sa ating K-check sa araw na ito. First contestant is C.A. Lin, DS Geology graduate from UP Dileman, and now a research associate at an international company. She loves volcanoes and science in general. The second contestant is Versil, a first-year BS physics student who loves to go to the gym. Our third contestant is Matt, a first-year Cal student whose interests include writing and telling horror stories, theater arts, and Filipino films. At ang ating apang-apat na contestant is Shane, siya naman ay isang BS physics freshman sa UP Dileman at isa siyang part-time math tutor at miembro ng pisara binang isang volunteer tutor. These four will be competing under the watchful eyes of today's K-check panel of experts. We have Professor Neil Santillian, Chairperson of the UP Dileman Department of History, Professor Glesia Tiensa of the College of Arts and Letters, UP Dileman, and Professor Ricky Nelyas of the Institute of Chemistry, UP Dileman. And now, contestants, papasok na tayo sa ating 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 lean. Let's begin. Aileen, what is the more popular name for the sport of soccer? Football. K-check, Versil, which female superhero was created by Mars Ravilo and went after villains like Valentina? Darna. K-check, Matt. Ringo Starr and John Lennon were members of what famous music group? The Beatles. K-check, Shane. In sports, old-school basketball has a starting five of two guards, two forwards, and what fifth player position? Center. K-check. Aileen, what 2013 Disney film was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale, The Snow Queen? Chin? Snow White? Malik. Frozen. Versil. What country is due north of most of the contiguous United States? Canada. K-check. Matt. The crawl or freestyle is the fastest stroke in what sport? Swimming. K-check. Shane. With an area of more than 2,400 square kilometers, what city in the Philippines is largest inland area? Davao. Davao city. Aileen, what is the surname of the president of Russia who took office in 2012? Putin. K-check. Versil. In chess, how many pawns does one player have at the start of the game? It. K-check. Matt. In anatomy, what do you call the small blood vessels whose name comes from the Latin word for hair? Correct answer is capillaris. Shane. Gets its name from the Italian term for thin string. Spaghetti. K-check. And that's it for our first round, the K-check para-mian round. Friday na kailangan, galingan. Friday na? Ang bilis naman. Sir Joonel, ano ang pinakapaborito mong round? Syempre yung round one. Ay graben naman dahil round mo. Yan a short. Kasi walang pressure. Di ko kailangan gumanan. Di ko. Kasi ako, kuso may mga hampasan. Ay, okay. De ba? Ayok na mag- follow-up question doon. One na. Anyway, this time may mga katanungan ng ating mga contestants sa man sa ating mga panel of experts. Siba? Ang sayan ng round na ito. Shane, may tanong karao sa isa sa kanila. Parakanino. May tanong po ako kay Prof. Glesy. At ano po ang inyong pinakapaboritong tula? Ang pinakapaborito kong tula, ay ano ito yung sinulat ni Ruth Elinya Mabanglo na kung ibig mo akong makilala. Okay. Kung ibig mo akong makilala. Okay. Isurge mo yan mga mayamayashi. Kuntuk sa anyan. Versil, ikaw may katanong ang kabasa. Kahit sinun sa kanila. May tanong po kay Prof. Glesy po. Why chemistry? Ako hindi ko ala. Piling ko yung high school ko na science. Do na kong medyo na challenge. Medyo kong tiyong alam ko. Tapos sumali ako ng contest na talo ko agad. Sa sabi ko, baka mas pwede ng laliman yung aaraling ko dito. Tapos, strategy na rin, kong tiyong nag-key chemistry. So pagpasok sa UP baka matas yung charge ko makapasok. Ayak chemistry. Ganda ng strategy ni Prof. Glesy. Iba ang kanyang processing ng muna. Sabihin natin yan sa mga nagbabalak kumasok sa mga nagsilay. Yung palayon na. All right. At ngayon, ready na ba kayo lahat for our fabulous and round? Next year on, K-check! Pwede, pero yung ating tatlo ay hindi naman siyang masyadong malayo ang agwat with 20 points each. C.I. Lean, C. Matt, and C. Shane. More or less, everyone is in it for the running. Usuan ba ganoon tayo, kung siya naman ala? Pustahan. Pusuwan natin mamaya. Mamaya. Pustahan talaga. All right. We're now going into K-check pabilisan. Buzz in first for the right to answer the question. Correct answers are worth 20 points. Pero sa round na ito, minus 10 points ang maling sagot. Kaya contestant, think before you press that buzzer. Let's begin. One of the hottest places on earth recently recorded temperatures of more than 52 degrees Celsius. Shane. Malay. Verso. That's ballet. K-check. I'll finish the question. What is the name of this national park located north of Los Angeles and west of Las Vegas, USA? Question two. The largest empire in pre-Colombian America arose from the Peruvian Highland sometime in the early 13th century. What is this empire that the Spanish conquered in the 16th century? Answer is Inca or the Incan Empire. Question three. Never released in the United States as a single, this song by Led Zeppelin proved to be its most famous. What is 1971 record regarded as one of the greatest rock songs of all time? Matt. Sterita Heaven. K-check. Question number four. In the news, Sana Marine became prime minister age 34 in 2019 to be the world's youngest elected leader. Sana Marine is the prime minister of what country? The correct answer is Finland. Question number five. In pop music, what single by Camilla Cabello featuring Ed Sheeran reached number five on the billboard global 200 this year? The answer is Bam Bam. Question six. In 2006, what city became the capital of Myanmar? Answer is Naitya Dal. Question seven. In taxonomy, give one of the two insects that belong to the order Lipidoptera, meaning skill winged. Shane. Butterfly and Mod. K-check. What European city that gives its name to a sausage also houses the oldest university in the world? Aileen. Hungary. Malaya. Frankfurt. Malaya answer is Bologna. Question number nine. The Rise of Skywalker is the ninth film in what popular movie franchise? Versil. Star Wars. K-check. Question ten. Filipino-American singer, Gabriela Sarmiento-Wilson won five Grammy Awards including Song of the Year for I Can't Breathe. How is she more popularly known? The answer is Per. H-E-R. Per. Second to the last question for round two. Clue, Tagalogang sagot. Sina Benjamin E. Diokno, Nestor A. Espenilia at Amanda M. Tetangpo Jr. ay naging governor ng anong ahensya ng pamahalaan. The answer is Banco Central ng Pilipinas. The last question for round two. Question number twelve. Who is the Greek goddess of wild animals and the haunt? Versi. Artemis. K-check. Finish. Reading the question who is associated with the Roman deity, Diana. Versi. Artemis is K-check. And that's the end of our K-check Pabilisan round. Points pick up muna tayo na una si Versi with 90 points. Sumusunod sa kanya sinamat and shane with 30 points each siya kasi Aileen with 10 points. I can almost smell the victory. Nini. Ako talaga haong ay victory dito. Diba. Dahil nakaraus tayo ng ilang araw din ito. Ito naman. Victory to para magtanong sa mga teachers. Matt, anong katanungan mo? Ano pang favorite number nyo? Sa electric fan. Number sa electric fan. Let's start with Prof Riki. May chemistry dito. Tiguro. Assuming one to three lang o three talaga kasi mainitin ako. Kung merong mas mataas ta'taasan ko pa. Ay sagad na natin nyan. Very good na. Prof Glesy. Kasi laging gusto ko dalawahan. Ang gula nangusapan. Prof Neil, ikaw. Tumahimik yung lahat, diba? Natatakot ako sa sagot ni Ma'am Glesy. Ako pwede bang mangopya ng sagot? Yung sagot ni Sir Riki. So tatulit dapat yung pinakamalakas. Maximum. Pinakamalakas, no? Mama yung pinakamalakas sa mga tanong because this time our contestants will face their toughest challenge yet. Yalang ating ultimate pagalingan round susunod na. Here on K-Check. No, Sir Bercil. With 90 points. Tapos may tayong tie Sima at si Shane with 30 points. Pero tingnan natin kung si Aileen kung kaya pang balikta rin ang mundo with 10 points. Correct. Ako may tano ako kaya Aileen. Ano maging strategy mo para balikta rin ang mundo? Well, I always live by the saying na habang may buhay may pagasa. So ni tayo susukong gato ala pang ending ng round. Go Aileen. In this round, no? The ultimate K-Check pagalingan round. Correct answers are worth 30 points. Wrong answers get a 15-point deduction. So puwede ni puwede pangasang kumawad. At ito, pinaka exciting talaga na part para mas madagdaga ng kalaman ng ating makontestan sa viewers sa round na ito sa mga professors ng ating panel of experts man gagaling ang mga tanong. At the end of this round, malalaman na natin kung sino ang tatang haling K-Check Weekly Winner. Contestants, let's begin. Question number one, Prof Neil. Tanong para sa political science at mass communication, which refers to an aggregate of the individual sentiments and views that express a significant number of people about a particular topic. Ginagawato ng mga survey firms para ma-measure ang tamang sagot ay public opinion. Maraming salamat. Prof Glassi, question number two. Sa larangan ng Philippine literature. What is the Tagalog term used in reference to the text of the local version of the metrical romance? Chang. Ito ay awit. Awit is called K-Check. Okay? The other term is korido. Yung din yung isang tawag para sa isang version ng metrical romance. Maraming salamat. Prof Glassi. Prof Ricky. Next question please. Natural sciences style. The management of natural resources with a goal of minimizing the resource waste and sustaining resource supplies for current and future generations. This is focused on protecting biodiversity by preventing extension of species. The correct answer is conservation. Thank you. Next question. Prof Neil. Tanong para sa geography. Anong territorio sa South Asia o Timog Asha ang pinagawayan ng katlung bansa? South China Sea. Malik. Paulit ng sagot. Himalayan mountains. Malik. Verso. Libet. Malik. Pinagawayan ang territorium ito ng India, Pakistan, and China. Ang tamang sagot ng Kashmir. Maraming salamat. Prof Glassi. Next question please. Ang susunod na tanong ay nasa larangan parin ng singing. What is the name of the event where the painting the assassination of Governor Bustamante and his son was exhibited and awarded the first prize? Nuturing natin event ay St. Louis Exposition. Nahakuha. Prof Freaking. Next question please. Marine Science. What is the term for microorganisms that float along at- Verso. Plankton. Let me continue. At the mercy of disease tides and currents, the name comes from the Greek meaning drifter or wonder. And this are crucial source of food to aquatic organisms. The correct answer is Plankton. K-check. Very good. Prof Neil, next question please. Tanong para sa Philippine history. Sinong kauna-unahang baba ay nanaglingkod sa Senado ng Pilipinas. Tamang sagot ay Heronima. Heronima Texon. Prof Glassie, next question. Next question ay tungkol sa urban planning. Who were the brains behind the city beautiful project Manila Urban City Project during the American occupation? Okay, ang sagot ay Daniel Burnham at ang assistant niyang si Pierce Anderson. Anderson. Siya yung sila'y nag-design nung luneta, yung-yung ganong klasi. Thank you pa. Prof Freaky. Physics Dayan. What principle states that each point on a wave front may be considered a new wave source? Chains. Uncertainty principle. Higans Fresno or Higans Principle. Maram sila'y man, nga nakuha na na. Prof Neil. Tanong para sa world history. Sino ang nagsilbing unamunong dictador sa Uganda mula 1971 hanggang 1979? Ang tamang sagot ay. Glassie. Sa larangan ulit ng literatura ng Panitikang Pilipino. Who is the author of the novel Lalova Negra? Pag ICP, Jose Burgos. Maram, silamat. Prof Freaky. Mukhang physics din ala. Pabilisan na lang, kasi medyo madali ito. What is the standard unit of capacitance in the international system of unit? Versil. Paran. Named after English physicist Michael Faraday, the correct answer is Faraday. Maraming salamat. And that is it for our K-Check Ultimate Pagalina. Congratulations to our weekly winner, Versil with a final score and 35 points. He will be receiving a cell phone from CBUP and will see Versil again in the semi-finals. Thanks to Eileen, Matt and Shane for joining and to the members of our panel of experts, Professor Neal, Professor Glessy and Professor Victor. This is Julian Baldo-Kubello. And I am Jonella Borg. Join us again on Monday for another K-Check.