 Ang karunungan ay kapangyarihan. Now, let's put that power to the test. It's time for K-Check. Hello everyone, I am Jonella Boer. Ako po si Chenson Pasqual, and this is K-Check. Remember, hindi lang ito isang test ng brain power ng ating mga contestants. Inbitado rin kayong sumagot at matuto. Every K-Check is an opportunity for us to teach and learn. Samahan niyo kami hanggang sa papalapit na final week of competition when we find out kung sino ang tatang haling kaon-aonang K-Check champion. Apat na contestants ang dadaan sa ating karunungan-check sa araw na ito. Paula is a linguistic student from UP Dileman who loves learning and finds studying how languages work very useful. Si Aaron ay isang theater student na mahiilig sa history maglaro na online games at manuod ng sci-fi movies. Fali's love for theater and film carries over into her taste in music. She loves Broadway musicals and enjoys doing runway shows. Rodel currently studies BS architecture at DABSU Bakolor Pampanga. He loves doing charcoal portraits. These four will be competing under the watchful eyes of today's K-Check panel of experts. Professor Glesy Atpienza of the College of Arts and Letters, UP Dileman. Professor Neil Santillian, chairperson of the UP Dileman Department of History. And Professor Aini Sumartines of the Institute of Chemistry, UP Dileman. And now contestants papasok na tayo sa K-Check Paramiyan where each correct answer is worth 10 points. It is your chance to bank as many points as you can and take the all important early lead. Let's begin. Paula, in the natophonetic alphabet, if A is alpha, what is C? C is Chi or Kai. Malin, Charlie. Aaron, in math, what is 25% as a fraction in lowest terms? Point 25. Malin, one fourth. Fali, what large archipelago of 270 million people is located south of the Philippines? Answer is Indonesia. Rodel, the late Susan Rosses is the mother of which senator? Correct answer is Grace Poe. Paula, what fraction is lowest terms is equal to 40%? 40% so that's 2 over 5. K-Check. Aaron, which 300-meter high volcano with 38 recorded historical eruptions is located in a lake in Batangas? Tal. K-Check. Fali, for almost seven years, who played the role of Cardo de Lisay on TV? K-Check. Rodel, what fraction in lowest terms is equal to 0.6? One over six. Malin, three-fifth. Paula, vice president Saira Terte was mayor of what city in 2016? Vavo city. K-Check. Aaron, in basketball, what team in both the NBA and PBA has the same name as an immortal burn? Phoenix. K-Check. Fali, what fraction in lowest terms is equal to 0.8? Correct answer is four-fifth or four over five. And Rodel, which branch of the armed forces of the Philippines is headed by a rear admiral? Correct answer is Navy. And that's it for our first round, Ang daming math. Hindi ka talaga makakalik pa sa math. Okay langin yan. Math one man yan, pak-onwards. Oo, kailangan kailangan. Speaking of math, na mahal na mahal ni Prof Neal. Damos tayo nga tanong na yan para sa'yo. Mahal na mahal. Mahal na mahal ko talaga yan. Pasalamat ako na pumasok ako sa BA History Program na isa lang math. So, believe ako sa mga galing sa math. Believe ako sa mga galing sa math. May tanong ako para kay Aeron. Si Aeron katulag ko ay mahili sa history. So ang tanong, ano mga gusto mong history topics? Sa war history po. Sa pre-colonial, mga digmaan ganan po. So, world history. Ang foremost war historian sa Pilipinas ay kasama ko sa department. Si Dr. Ricardo Jose. Pero baka ang tanong ko sa iyo? Anong gusto mo ang war history? World ba Pilipinas or Asia? Sa during American British War po. It took place ng independence ng Amerika. War of independence. Pero alam mo ba na kumampe ang mga French sa mga Amerkano laban sa mga people? Si Lafayette po. Dahil magaling ka sa history, may laban ka para sa King Chek. Malaki bentahi yan. So, good luck din sa lahat. Thank you, okay. Nang karun tayo ng mabilis na history lessons dito. Correct. May tanong ka ba sa kanila? Gusto kung tanongin si Rudel, kasi galing siya sa isang paaralan, university sa bacolor Pampanga. Ikaw ba ibumyahi pa galing Pampanga today? Nga po. Galing pungbulakan si na mga upo yung contestan kanil. O, di ba? At ngayon kasi nag-open up na ang borders. Ano ang must visit ngayon sa Pampanga dahil kami ay excited bumyahi after ng two years na talaga naman nandito lang tayo sa ating mga kanyang bahay. Ngayon po panahon po ng magpapasko yung mga giant lanterns po sa Pampanga. Kaabang-abang, di ba? Nakabilika na ba gan? Meron kaming mga parol. Pag-decorate sa Pasco. Ngayon naman, ready na ba kayong lahat for our population round? Next here on K-check. Tuloy pa rin ang ating karunungan check. Irreview muna natin ang accumulated points ng ating mga contestants. Si Paula may 20 points, Aaron 20 points, Fally 10 points, at makakahagul pa si Rudel. Wala naman hangganan itong laban. Oo, may mga susurod pang rounds. Basta may confidence ka lang. We're now going into K-check Pabi-Lisan. Buzz in first for the right to answer the question. Correct answers are worth 20 points. Pero sa round ito minus 10 points ang maling sagot. Kaya contestants, pag-isipan muna bago i-press ang buzzer. Let's begin. One of the intangible cultural heritage of Argentina is a famous dance for two, originated in the 1880s. Paula? Tango. K-check. Originated in the 1880s, along the Rio de la Plata, what is this dance that is characterized by mark rhythms and postures and abrupt poses? Correct answers, Tango. What university's theme has compiled a streak of more than 100 consecutive wins in women's basketball at the UAAT? Paula? Maling. The correct answer is NU or National University. From the Latin word for winter, what do you call the condition of an animal like a bear spending the winter in a dormant state? Hibernation. K-check. Which US state, formerly the most populous one, is known as the Empire State? Paula? New York. K-check. Which wrestler starred in the 2018 film, Rampage, which was based on a video game about monsters? Aaron? Dwayne The Rock. K-check. Dwayne Johnson or The Rock. The songs makes me wonder and moves like Jagger are the early number one hits of which band led by led by Adam Levine? Rodel? Magon 5. K-check. Which human organ is being referred to idiomatically as gray matter? Paula? The brain. K-check. Which actress played the role of Michelle M.J. Jones in Spider-Man No Way Home, Spider-Man Far From Home and Spider-Man Homecoming? Aaron? Sendaya. K-check. In 1985, a joint American-French expedition including Robert Ballard discovered the wreck of which ship that sank 73 years earlier in the Atlantic Ocean. The Titanic. Paula? The Titanic. K-check. What Japanese religion that dates back to the 8th century has a name that means the way of the gods? Paula? Shinto Wesson. Or Shinto? K-check. In basketball, at the 2019 FIBA World Cup, which team led by Mark Gasol defeated Argentina in the final to win the title. Rodel? K-check. What do you call the pair of soft tissue masses located at the rear of the throat that act like lymph nodes that may get swollen when infected? Paula? Tonsils. K-check. And that's the end of our K-check pabilisan round. Points recap muna tayo. Now na si Paula with 130 points. Kasanod si Aaron with 80 points. Si Usundani Rodel with 40 points and si Fali has 10 points, no? Gusto kaya ang ano, energy ni Paula. Ramdam na ramdam ko yung gigil niya sa bazo. Ang ay pala bam! I don't care for anyone. Napansin din kaya na ating mga judges yun? Napansin mo ba, profiling yun? Ang galing naman ni Paula. Paula, you're leading by 50 points. Tipit up! May question ka ba para sa kanya? May question o kay para kay Paula. Paula, you mentioned in your bio note that you love languages. Can you tell us about that? Okay, so ang course ko ko kasi in UPS Linguistics and kaya po ako, kaya ako panisip na koon ba yung course kasi I love learning languages po. Yung pati history did pa lang languages. Everything about languages, apparently, wow, good for you. You're in the right track if you love what you're doing. It's no longer work di ba? Ilang languages ang alam mo, profiling. Bicaya, no English, yun lang. I don't know how many. Para parang panitayin doon. Prof Leslie, may questions ka ba sa ating mga contestants? Oh, yes. Tatanungin ko sana si Fali. Go ahead. Kasi na nalaman ko na mahiili ka pala sa Broadway musicals at na sa theater din ako. Tatanungin ko sana sa iyo. Sino yung favorite mo na Sarzuela Simmer? May kilala ka mo? Recently po, since din I take correct po yung film classes ko, napalood ko po IC Atang Dela Rang. Parang isa siya sa pinakasikat na Sarzuela Simmer yung panakang po. Thank you very much. Ano mga kanta ni Atang Dela Rang, prof Leslie? Nabasag ang banga. Ano ang nangyari? Alam mo ba yung kanta na yun? Nabasag ang banga. May pasangko si prof Leslie. Mamaya-maya wala. So this time, our contestants will face your toughest challenge yet. Ilang ating ultimate pagalingan round susunod na. Here on K-Check. Welcome back. Points recap muna tayo leading Si Paula with 130 points followed by Erron 80 points, Rodel 40 points, and Fali 10 points. Pwede pang humapul ang iba, no? Kasi meron pa tayo third and last round. Correct. So we'll find out kung mahakap, habul pa si lang lahat, in tatu natin. Sa K-Check Ultimate Pagalingan where correct answers are worth 30 points, wrong answers get a 15-point deduction. At para mas madagdagan ang kaalaman ng ating mga contestants at viewers, sa round na ito sa mga professors na ating panel of experts, mangagaling ang mga tanong. At the end of this round, malalaman na natin kung sino ang tatanghaling K-Check Daily Winner. Contestants, let's begin. Question. What is the name of this Philippine hero from Tondo who was a Moromorista, Abodeguero, amang gagawa of Keynes and Fans? Hero. Andres Bonifacio. I will continue the question. And the leader of the KKK. The answer is Andres Bonifacio. K-Check. K-Check. Thank you so much. Prof me your question number two. Which country is the world's largest exporter of coal? Ito ang pinak, bansang ito ang pinakamalaking bansang archipelago. So, world's largest archipelago, ang tamang sagot ay Indonesia. Puputang ako yun nang may para bumili. Ang ginaubusan daw. Prof Aini. Question para sa science. Sharks are known to be scary predators in the ocean. How many bones do sharks have? Aeron. Zero. K-Check. Sharks are also known as elasmobranks. Which means that their fish made off cartilaginos tissue. The correct answer is zero. Thank you for finding new knowledge para sa aka nyo. Prof Glesy. Ito pakinggan natin, ha? Ang kalayahan ng tao ay katwirang tinataglay na talaga ng pagkatao. Naumiisip at gumagawa ng anumang ibigin kung ito'y di na lalabanan sa katwiran ng iba. This is an excerpt from Emilio Hasintos most famous work. What is the name of this famous work which speaks about the talinhaga of light and darkness? Aeron. Laso li daridan. The answer is wrong. Ang tamang sagot ay liwanag at dilin. Maram silamat po. Prof Neil, next question please. Tanong para sa world history? This refers to the period of nearly eight centuries of Spanish history between the Umayad conquest of Hispania in 711 and the fall of Granada in 1492. Ang tamang sagot ay reconquista. Thank you. Prof Amy. Favorite subject, chemistry. Group 18 of the periodic table is made up of which elements? Examples of these are Helium, Argon, Krypton, Sinon and Neon. Noble gases? The correct answer is noble gases. We can't accept the answer kasi tapos na ang tayo. Thank you Prof Amy. Prof Glassie, next question please. Ito usapang UP. What do you call the official student publication of UP Dilemma? The answer is correct. K-check, Philippine Collegian. Maram silamat, Prof Neil. Tanong hindi sa kasi saye ng Mindanao. Anong pinakamalaking groupong lumad sa Sambuanga Peninsula? Aeroi. Malik? Ang mga tausog ay mga moro. So merong dalawang groupo ng mga katotubo sa Mindanao. Yung mga moro kasama dun yung mga tausog. Pag mga lumad, sila ay katotubo sa Mindanao ngunit hindi sila moro. Ang tamang sagot ay sobalo. Next question, Prof Amy. The layer of the atmosphere in which weather a curse is called Aeron. K-check, this is the first and lowest layer of our atmosphere, the troposphere. Okay, troposphere. Merong lang tayong tatlong huling katanungan. Prof Glassing. What is the name of the hero of this Visayan epic called Hinilawod? Labao Dongon. Labao Dongon. Prof Neal. Next question. Uling tanong mula sa akin, this refers to policy measures designed to reduce the marginalization of groups that have suffered from discrimination, exclusion, or worse, and that are underrepresented in a society's desirable positions. Sa kasisayan ng status unidos, ginawa ito para sa mga African-Americans. Ang tamang sagot ay affirmative action. Thank you. Uling katanungan, Prof Amy. Okay. Uling tanong, what are the longest cells in the human body? Aeron. Skin. Neurons. They are also called information messengers. The correct answer is Neuron. Thank you, Prof Amy. And that's the end of our K-check ultimate pagalingan. Congratulations to Paula, our K-check daily winner with a final score of 145 points. She will receive a power bank from PBUP and will see Paula again on Friday when she competes at K-check daily winners for a spot in our semifinal. Thanks to Aeron, Fali, and Rudel for joining and to the members of our panel of experts, Prof. Glesy, Prof. Neil, and Prof. Amy. This is Chanson Paswal. And I am Janela Bor. Join us again tomorrow for another K-check.