 Ang karunungan ay kapang nyarihan. It's time once again to put that power to the test. Here on... K-Check! Hello everyone, I am Jules Hia. Ako naman po si Attorney Gaby Concepcion and this is K-Check. Patuloy pa rin ang pagahalap 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. Kaya samahan nyo kami until the final week of competition to find out who our next K-Check champion will be. Apat nakontestans ang dadaan sa ating karunungan check sa aro na ito. Nicole is a student of Yulohio Amang Rodriguez Institute of Science and Technology or ERISC in the Bachelor of Special Needs Education Generalist Program. In her spare time, she enjoys singing. Florie also studies in the Special Needs Education Generalist Program of ERISC Manila. She loves cats and immersing herself in k-drama. Sunod naman, Mark is an electronics engineering student at UP Dileman. He enjoys playing sports, jogging and listening to OPM, but hates milty. Lastly, we have Ray Mart. Ray Mart is a computer science student of UP Dileman. Back home, he has six cats waiting for him. In his spare time, he jogs around the campus. Of course, these four will be competing under the watchful eyes of today's K-Check panel of experts. First off, Professor Marian Roje, Professor of Mathematics at UP Dileman. We also have Professor Neil Santillian, former Chairperson of the UP Dileman Department of History. And last but not least, multi-media artist and Professor Emeritus who teaches film at the UP College of Mass Communication Film Institute and Communication at the UP Open University. Professor Grace Javier Alfonso. At ngayon, contestants, handa na ba kayo for our first round? Get ready to buzz in, but wait for us to call your name before answering. Each correct answer is worth ten points. Let's begin. This is round one. Question number one. In zoology, what do you call the large one-horned mammal that is one of the most endangered species in Africa and Indonesia? Reymard. Rhinoceros. Rhinoceros is the correct answer. K-Check. Question number two. In what city in Metro Manila, can you find the barangay alabang and ayala alabang? Nicole. Manila. The answer is incorrect. Glory. Laspin na city. The answer is also incorrect. Reymard. Makati. The answer is incorrect. Stagi. The answer is also incorrect. The city in Metro Manila where you can find alabang is Muntin Lupa. Question number three. What is the home city of the nickerbockers of the NBA? I think that came a little too late. The correct answer. The nickerbockers are from New York. Question number four. What popular game consists of a checkered 64 square board together with 32 pieces and coins? Nicole. Chess. Chess is the correct answer. K-Check. Question number five. The first mate in the novel Moby Dick was the basis of the name of which popular coffee house chain? The correct answer is Starbucks. Question number six. The favorite of many of our contestants. This is in elementary math. But still math. What is half the sum of eight and 12? Ten. Ten is the correct answer. K-Check. Question number seven. What is the name of the 33 hectare urban park located in the heart of Baguio City? Mark. Burnham Park. Burnham Park is the correct answer. K-Check. Question number eight. Which popular sparkling wine did Benedictine Dom Perignon make and improve upon in the 17th century? The correct answer is champagne. Dom Perignon champagne. Question number nine. In which Asian country is the ringgit the official currency of? Malaysia. Malaysia is the correct answer. K-Check. Question number ten. In what province can you find the town of Oslob? Which is famous for whale watching as well as Magellan's Cross? Cebu. Cebu is the correct answer. K-Check. Question number eleven. In human anatomy, what hinge joint connects the upper arm and the lower arm? Elbow. Elbow. K-Check. Last question for this round. In the 19th century German fairy tale, what is the name of the long-haired girl that was locked up in a tower by the sorceress? Nicole. Rapunzel. Rapunzel is the correct answer. Let down your hair contestants. K-Check. And that's it for our first round. Thank you so much, attorney Gabby, for that round. So now let's do a recap of their scores. Mark is leading with 50 points, followed by Nicole with 20 points, Raymart with 10 points, and Florie pwede pang humabual sa susunod na rounds. Well, let's get to know more about contestants. Let's start off with Nicole. I hear that you are an avid singer. So whose songs do you enjoy the most? At, of course, nakakasanayan at na usudito ang sample. I'm actually a Christian, so I only listen to Christian music. Oh, okay. Prison worships. So it's a particular favorite of yours that you can share with us? Sigur yung song na lang po ng music at ha, yung tuloy ang awin. Tuloy. Pag-agaleng, di ba? Pwede na siya maging moses ng team song ng K-Check. Pwede, pwede. Okay. Thank you so much, Nicole. Ngayon naman, kausapin natin si Florie. Balita namin na under the same track kayo, itong generalist track ng special needs education program sa Illin. So Florie, could you tell us more about kapag sinabing generalist dito sa pwede na do? Ano ibig sabihin yan? Basically po kasi, yung curriculum po kasi namin is the new curriculum. Ang old curriculum po kasi niya is BEED, Bachelor of Elementary Education, pero po major and special education. But now po, it's naging separate siya, naging bachelor of special needs education generalist. So pan-sinado pang generalist, wala po kaming mini major na disability or disorder. So in our field po, napag-a-arala namin natin. And after po, pag-graduate, ang possibly, pwede po kaming mag-handle, weather, visual impairment, ID. So wala po kaming specific, general lang talaga siya. Nakusaludo kami sa inyo, Florie and Nicole. We really need more special education specialist in the country. So maraming salamat sa inyo. So we would love to hear more about our contestants, pero kailangan na natin balikan ang atin competition at ang round two. Susunod na po yan sa pagbabalik ng K-check. Tuloy pa rin ang atin karunungan check as we're going to the second round. Let's have a recap. Bumalusok po si Mark with 50 points. Followed by Nicole with 20 points. Ray Mark with 10 and Florie with some catching up to do. Diba? So let's continue getting to our contestants. Ito poong si Mark. Alam po natin, dinaklarap po niya. Na-hate niya ang milk tea. Di bakit niya ba? Di ko po nag-get siyong bitterness and sweetness combination ng milk tea. So ito po parang di ko trip yung bitter sweet combo nilang. Baka 21% lang sugar niya. So yung bitterness ng tea. Tapat naging muna, mga 100% ang refresh po. Parating na yung milk tea. Ngayon naman si Ray Mark naman binangget niya sa bayon niya. Naanim yung pusa niya sa bahay on campus ka ba nakatira? O po, din po kami nakatira sa ilang-ilang residence hall. Tapos, marami nang pumpusa doon. So, ok. Pero yung anim na yun parang ikaw yung tinuturing nilang ano. Sa amin po sa family. Asa po ang family? So ito sa cat family. Cat family. Cat loving family. Pero dito sa campus may group din, na talagang nag-alaga na mga pusa. O, ang masasabi ko lang iuwin nang, yadap nyo na iuwin nyo sa bahay nyo na alagaan. And now it's time for round two. Contestants get ready to buzz in but make sure to strategize and think carefully each time because correct answers are worth twenty points each but you lose ten points if you answer in correctly. Let's begin. Question number one. Robert Pattinson played the role of Bruce Wayne in what 2022 superhero film that earned more than $700 million in the box office worldwide? Raymard. Batman. Batman is correct. Can you check? Renaissance is the name of the movie and the tour of which famous female singer. Krabi kayo sa queen. The correct answer is Beyonce. Alam ni ba yan? It's Beyonce. Okay. Question number three. In basketball, which guard played 744 consecutive games in the PBA to earn himself the nickname Iron Man? Mark. El Atenorio. El Atenorio is correct. Kcheck. Question number four. Which Jewish girl became famous by writing a diary? Raymard. Anne Frank. And we continue with the question. While hiding from the Nazi forces during World War II, correct answer is Anne Frank. Kcheck. Question number five. In which common ballroom dance do two dancers move in triple time as they turn together in circles? The correct answer is Waltz. Question number six. In what 2016 Disney film did Dwayne Johnson voice the demigod character Maui? Raymard. Moana. Moana is correct. Kcheck. Question number seven. Which Filipino hero was known as the Great Libyan as well as by the codename Maypagasa? Mark. Apolinario Mabini. Apolinario Mabini is male. Anyone can steal? The correct answer is Andres Bonifacio. Question number eight. What is the first book of the Old Testament whose title may now mean the origin of something? Mark. Genesis. Genesis is correct. Kcheck. Question number nine. Scottish inventor John Logie Paird and American scientist Philo Farnsworth were instrumental in the development of what system for transmitting visual images and sound that are reproduced on screens? Laurie. Television. Television is correct. Kcheck. Question number ten. Which 20th century English writer is the author of The Lord of the Rings trilogy? Ray. JRR token. JRR token is correct. Kcheck. Question number eleven. What sports term may mean winning all four major tournaments in tennis or golf? Mark. Grantslam. Let me continue with a question or a home run with bases loaded in baseball. The correct answer is Grantslam. Kcheck. Last question for this round. Number twelve. More than 900 million citizens are eligible to vote in what countries general election which is the largest in the world? Raymard. India. India is correct. Kcheck. And that ends round number two. So let's see how our contestants did after the second round. We have Raymark with 110 points. Mark with 100. Nicole and Flory tied at 20 points each. Medu-dicket na yung laban. Medu-dome-dicket para basket-boying game. Pero siyempre, hindi patapos ang laban dahil ultimate pagalingan na sa pagbabalik ng Kcheck. Kcheck. Welcome back to Kcheck. Sa pagpasak ng ultimate pagalingan round, Raymark comes in at 110 points. Closely followed by Mark with 100 points. Flory and Nicole tied at 20 points each. So let's go for those points and for the win. Remember, sa ating panel of experts magagaling ang mga katanungan. Siyempre dito, correct answers are worth 30 points each at may 15-point deduction for wrong answers. Let's begin. Question number one will come from Prof. Marian. Go ahead. Simula natin sa madali. Math. What is the slope of the line that passes through the points with coordinates 1, 0 and 0, 1? A, 2, B, 1, C, 0, D, negative 1 and E, negative 2. Slope change in Y over change in X. So the answer is letter D, negative 1. Kinabahan lang yung mga taga college of engineering Okay ma marian. Overwhelming impressions ni ma marian. So usapang politika. Anong dynasty ang political sabagundanaw ang sangkot sa pagpaslang ng maraming kasapi ng media ng 2009. A, ang patuan. B, manguda dato. C, mastura. D, matalam. E, sinsuat. Parang kinakabahan yung contestants natin. Alam kong alam niyo ang sangkot. Mahikit 30 na mga journalist ang namatay sa masakernayto na pinunganahan ng political dynasty na ito sa Mindanao. Ang tamang sangkot ay letter A, ang patuan. Thank you. Madako naman tayo sa Pilikulang Pilipino. So in the movie ang baba yung septic cang who played the lead role. Eugene Domingo. Ang baba ay zin septic cang directed by Marlo Rivera and written by Chris Martinez was an independent film that made it in the box office. And the lead role was played by Eugene Domingo. Okay, check. Next question, Prof. Marianne. Human beings are classified in the genus Homo. Which of the following species is considered the oldest? A, Homo erectus. B, Homo habilis. C, Homo luconensis. D, Homo neanderthalensis. Or E, Homo sapiens. Nicole. E, Homo sapiens. Malek. Flory. A, Homo erectus. Malek. Homo neanderthalensis. Malek. Raymart. D po, Homo habilis. Known as the hand demand and they lived around 2.4 to 1.4 million years ago. They made tools and they weighed only 70 pounds ang ganuguan at kasing height ko 3.5 to 4.5 feet. Correct answer is B, Homo habilis. Okay, check. Usapang pangkasaysayan sino ang kinikilalang utak na katipunan. A, Andres Bonifacio. B, Ladislao Diva. C, Emilio Jacinto. D, Apolinario Mabini. E, Teodoro Blana. Nicole. C, Emilio Jacinto. Nakapakambag siya ng maraming akda para sa katipunan. Pinakapopolar mito ay ang diwanag at dilim. Ang tamang sagot ay letter C. Emilio Jacinto. Correct answer is B, Homo habilis. Usapang kultura popular lupag usapan natin muli ang pelikula who directed the film, Marosa. Which one, Jacqueline Jose, the best actress award in Cannes Film Festival? Choices? Jovellamangan? Lavdias? Brillante Mendoza? Mike De Leon? Raymond Red? In this film, Marosa's children will do anything to bail their parents out of jail after they are busted by corrupt authorities. And this film was directed by multi-awarded director Brillante Mendoza. Gusto ko yung movie na yun. Okay, movie pa rin. Pero science. Which of the following movies is not based on the biography of scientists or mathematicians? A, hidden figures. B, a beautiful mind. C, the theory of everything. D, the imitation game. Or E, proof. The first movies mentioned hidden figures, beautiful mind were based on the lives of mathematicians. Hidden figures, female, African-American mathematicians who work in NASA, pierve everything based on the physicists, even hocking. Imitation game based on mathematician, computer scientist Alan Turing. Proof was inspired by Jan Nash. But it's not really a biography of Jan Nash. The correct answer is Proof E. K. Check. Na, talagang dikit-dikit ang mga points natin. Prof Neely. Usapang turismo. Sa anong province ng Pilipinas ginaganap ang sikat na ati-atihan festival. A, aklan. B, antike. C, capis. D, ilo-ilo. E, negros-oxidental. B, antike. Male. Ilo-ilo. Male. Urobin siyang ito makikita rin ang borakay. Ang tamang sagot ay letter A, aklan. K. Check. Prof Neely. Pakusapan natin ang inkskultor. Who is the creator of the sculpture? The thinker. Donatello. Leonardo da Vinci. Rodan. Henry Moore. Jacques Clipsis. Leonardo da Vinci. Vinci. Malipo. It was a French sculptor generally considered to be founder of modern sculpture. He was called in the classic tradition but eventually possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent and deeply pocketed surface enclave. Ang sagot ay si Rodan. Last set of questions for this round. Since last na, dapat nakakaloka anta nung kung, okay? Logic. Which of the following statements is not equivalent to if it's a cat, then it's an animal. A, if it's not an animal, then it's not a cat. B, all cats are animals. C, it's a cat. C, it is a cat only if it's an animal. D, it's an animal if it is a cat. Or E, if it's an animal, then it is a cat. Nicole. It is a cat only if it's an animal. Malay. A, if it's an animal, then it's na takat. Malidin po. Meaning equivalent pa rin sila. Parang pinako obvious pagkat siya animal siya di ba. The four choices actually mean the same thing. All cats are animals. The correct answer is if it's an animal, then it's a cat. It's not equivalent to if it's a cat, then it's an animal. Thank you, Prof. Maryann. Next question, Prof. Neal. Usapang pangkasaisayan. Sino ang kinikilalang pangunahing bayani na anak ng lumsoot keso. A, Andres Bonifacio. B, Emilio Hasinto. C, Manuel Luis Quezon. D, Melchora Casilag. I, Tandang Sora. Tamang sagot ay idol ko ito. Sa panahon na ginanap ang hemagsigang Pilipino, ang naratibo ay lalaki at bata. Ang tamang sagot sumali siya sa katipunan na more than 80 years old siya. At nag-offer siya na kanyang farm. Ang tamang sagot ay letter E, Tandang Sora. Thank you, Prof. Neal. Last question for this round, Prof. V. Who won the best actor in the 46th 2023 awards night of Gawadurian? Solomon Cruz, Daniel Padilla, Peolo Pasqual, Alan Vison, Jean Lloyd Cruz. Who won the best actor award as Gawadurian? In this film, Pagnola ang Alan, siya na nalo ng best actor. He came out as a policeman at nagsisisi siya sa mga ginawa niya. So dito nakita yung malubang crisis ng moridad sa ating paya. Jean Lloyd Cruz. Thank you so much. And that's it for K-check Ultimate Pagalingan. Congratulations to Ray Mart. Our K-check daily winner with a final score of 125 points. So we'll see Ray Mart again on Friday when he competes with our other daily winners for a spot in our semifinals. And of course, maraming salamat to Nicole, Flory and Mart for joining and to be members of our panel of experts, Prof. Marianne, Prof. Neal and Prof. Gigi. This is Attorney Gabby Concepcion. At ako naman si Jules Giang. Join us again tomorrow for another K-check.