 Ang karunungan ay kapangyarihan. Now let's put the power to the test. It's time for K-CHECK! Hello everyone, I am Jonella Bor. Ako po si Aynis Su Martinez and this is K-CHECK, the newest and smartest game show on Philippine television. We searched all over the country for people na hindi lang kasawang tigdagan ang kanilang kaalaman. For 12 straight weeks, titig na natin kumgaanon katindi ang brain power nila. And in the final week of the competition, malalaman natin kung sino ang kaunangunahang tatanghalin K-CHECK champion. Jeren Skwaki is a BS Information Technology Senior from PUP na lalagis sa masalit sa mga quiz shows. Christine Magpile is a graduate of the University of Santo Tomas with a degree in secondary education. She is a teacher and an award-winning author. Makoy Arsega calls himself a Bicolano millennial and Missy Darsen is an emerging visual artist and a freelance graphic designer. She is a student from UP Dileman. These four will be competing under the watchful eyes of today's K-CHECK panel of experts, Professor Anil Tiyatko, Chairperson of the Department of Speech Communication and Theater Arts, UP Dileman, Professor Marian Rocket, Professor of Mathematics at the UP Dileman, and Professor Neil Santillian, Chairperson of the UP Dileman, Department of History. And now contestants, papasok na tayo sa K-CHECK paramihan where each correct answer is worth 10 points. This is your chance to bank as many points as you can in two minutes and take the all-important early lead. Let's begin. Let's begin at round one. Jeren, at 3,200 feet and located in Venezuela, what is the name of the world's highest waterfall? I don't know. Correct answer is Angel Falls. Christine, which 2013 song by Jay-Z has a title that also refers to the chalice Jesus used during the Last Supper? Holy Grail, Makoy, the second largest island in the world is owned by two nations. What is this island? Greenland. New Guinea, malit. Missy, Anne Boleen became the second wife of which monarch? Henry VIII, Jeren, what name is given for the meat of a deer? Fun. Malay, Denison. Christine, which former USSR republic is now that largest landlocked country in the world? Russia. Malay, Kazakhstan, Makoy, the Knights of the Round Table belongs to the fellowship of what king? King Arthur. Kei-Chak, Missy, what flowers of a certain hemp plant is an important ingredient of deer? Jeren, what is a fabled land plateau set existed in the western ocean but vanished beneath the waves? Atlantis. Christine, named after its inventor, what do you call the resurfacing machine for ice skating rinks? Zamboni. Makoy, how is a starfruit or carambola called in Filipino? Kaimito. Malay, Balimbing. Missy, what share pattern for a rock bear describes the abdominable snowman of the Himalayas? Yeti. And that's it for our first round, the Kei-Chak Paramihan Round. Professor Marion, ano sa tingin mo ang nangyari sa first round? Kabi kaya ang kulang? Ako po na tanongin mo talaga. Haniyari. Parang ang paramihan, hindi sila nakadami masyado, pero kaya ang kaliap ang humabun yan. So, fighting lang. At the end of the Kei-Chak Paramihan, we have here the points garnered by our contestants. So, leading the competition is Makoy at 10 points. And then we have Jaren, Christine, and Missy. Habol na lang po sila. Kayo, ilang tanong ang nasagot ninyo? Ako naka-sagot ako ng ganun din, mga tatlo lang, siguro. Oh, my God. At ready na ba kayong lahat for our pabilisan round. Next here on Kei-Chak. Karin ang ating karunungan-check. Before we continue, may question mo na ok, Jaren. Secure list ang ako. Paano mo na kuwa yung name mo? Kasi medyo unusual. Galing po sa nanay at tatay ko. Pinaghalo lang. Nakamay, on twist din kung paano ginawa. Ikaw naman, teacher Christine. Alin sa mga sinulat mo ang pinaka-proud ka. Sa mga sinulat ko, pinaka-proud ko ay yung children's story ko. Yung kayo mangi. Nagwagi siya ng, ano siya. Sa Filipino Readers' Choice Award finalist siya. So proud ako din sa kayo mangi. Kasi itong cool siya sa dog na si kayo mangi na sumama sa katipunan. Mako ay may question ako sayo, ano yung naging strategy mo para makarating ka sa weekly finals? Siguro find my zone and then make sure na calmado lang para maalala yung mga pinag-review kanilang umaga. Professor Unreal, may mga tanong kabab para sa ating contestants? Sige, kasi dito sa K-check, hindi lang ito pagalingan ng karunungan. Pagalingan din ito ng confidence level. Sige nga, ditaas ang kamay kung sa tingin niya siya ang mananalo. What are we here for? Sabi nang go lang, Christine. Thank you, contestants. Now it's time to go 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, maling sagot ay minus 10 points. Contestants, kailangan ninyong mag-strategize. Let's begin! Let's begin our pabilisan challenge for the first question. Which Filipina won a silver medal in the women's featherweight boxing class in 2021? Jaren. Nesty Patecho. K-check. Next question. Shakira recently saw her single Don't You Worry. Hit the music charts. What group that includes Apple the app recorded Don't You Worry with Shakira and David Guetta? Jaren. The Black Eyed Peas. K-check. Which common open wireless technology was named after a king of Denmark? Makoy. Sorry, Bluetooth. K-check. Which 1991 film became the third one to win the top five Academy Awards? Best Picture? Best Actress for Jody Foster? Christine. Silence of the Loves. K-check. Who is the only NBA player that has more NBA championship rings than he has fingers? Minus 11. Correct answer is Bill Russell. Which 17th century English physician is remembered for his discovery and description of the full circulation of the blood in the human body? Mangsagot ay William Harvey. Our next question. In 1762, Manila fell to an East Indie squadron that sailed from Madras, India. What country conquered and occupied Manila that year? Christine. Dutch. Malay. Makoy. Netherlands. Malay. It's Great Britain. The Muslim calendar begins with the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina. What do you call this historic journey? Christine. K-check. Named after one of Poseidon's offspring, what is the largest moon of the planet Neptune? Amongst agot ay Triton. The JWST recently released images of faraway galaxies never before seen in such fine detail. What does JWST stand for? The answer is James Webb's Space Telescope. Which film franchise starring Keanu Reeves had three films from Jaren. Janwick. Christine. Matrix. In 1947, you became the first pilot confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight. At ang sagot sa huling katanungan ay Charles Chuck Yeager. Thank you, contestants. That ends our round two. Wow naman, naka-recover talaga tayo dyan. Professor Neal, what do you think? Yung mga contestants parang diesel, mabagal, pero dahan-dahan ng bumibilis. So lalong, sana lalong bibilisan sa next round. Thank you, Professor Neal. Silipin naman natin ngayon ang ranking ng mga contestants. Leading the competition, we have Christine at 50 points. She is followed by Jaren at 30 points. And at third place, we have Makoy at 20 points. Missy, Hubble. But we still don't know how his story will end until we get to the ultimate pagalingan. Up next, here on K-check! Christine in first place or can any of the remaining contestants grab the lead? We'll find out in our K-check Ultimate Pagalingan where correct answers are worth 30 points. Wrong answers get a 15-point deduction. At para madagdagan ang fresher sa ating mga contestants in this round sa mga professors sa ating panel of experts, mga gagaling, ang mga tanong. At the end of this round, malalaman na natin kung silo ang tatang haling first K-check weekly winner. Contestants! Let's begin! On na ito, ang definitely make or break para sa competition. Mananalo kaya si Christine at 50 points. May laban din si Jarence at 30 or si Makoy kaya at 20. Missy, Hubble. Joonel. Let's begin. Our question number one, Prof. Andrew. Okay. So sa mga mahihilig sa bundok dyan, baka masugot nyo to. Nepal's Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain. While Nevados or Host del Salado is the world's highest volcano. Which country is this volcano from? This country is also one of the geographical sections of the southern Andes. This means it's a mountainous area in South America and this is Chile. Prof. Mayan, question number two. Do you like planets? Okay. If two planets are separated by a distance d and are brought closer together such that their separation distance is now half of the original, how much stronger would their gravitational force attraction be? But do you remember force is directly proportional to the product of the masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance. So kung kakalahati in yung distance times four yung magiging effects at gravitational force. Thank you Prof. Mayan. Prof. Neil, question number three, please. What is the major ethno-linguistic group in Batanes? Jarens, ibatan. Ang groupong etnikon na ito ay nakaugat sa kabias ng astronisiano na may pagkakatulad sa ilang pangkat etniko sa Taiwan. Ang tamang sagot ay ibayak Okay, sa mga mahihilig sa panitikang this Philippine literary tradition is a poetry composed of only four lines and each line has eight syllabications. What writing tradition is this? Christine, dalit. If you're familiar with the sculpture Magdangal by national artist Napoleon Abueva, Rio Alma national artist wrote a dedication to the work through this particular literary genre, dalit. K-check. Prof. Mayan. Ito na lang, may kasabihang may sala sa init, sala sa lemig. Ang tanong ko at what temperature will the reading in the Celsius and Fahrenheit scale be the same? If you don't memorize yung Fahrenheit equals centigrade times 9 over 5 plus 32 or centigrade equals F minus 32 plus 5 times 5 over 9, gagawin nyo lang equate nyo lang and the answer will be negative 40 degrees. Thank you. Prof. Neil, your question please. What is the major Islamic ethnic community in the provinces of Dalsur and Lanao del Norte? Jarens. Maranaw. Ang kahulogan ng pangala ng groupong etnikon na ito ay people of the lake ang mga taong na minirahan sa lawa. Tanya din ang groupong etnikon na ito bilang mga nga lakala Muslim na makikita mula sa lungsod ng bagyo sa ilaga hanggang sa lungsod ng kagende oro sa Timog. Ang tamang sagot ay Maranaw. K-check. Prof. Andrew, next question. Okay. So kung kayo ay tagasunod ni the Lake Cherry Hill, masasagot nyo ang tanong na ito. In 1982, Pekka Galiaga, director of the historical drama, set in Negros during the Second World War. Well, the film starred Sandy Andalong, Joel Torre and the Lake Cherry Hill and it was produced by the experimental cinema of the Philippines at ang sagot ay Oro Plata Mata. K-check. Prof. Mario. Gusto ko naman makarinig ng buzzer pwede at makasabi ng K-check o ito, madali lang to addition. What is the sum of the whole numbers from 1 to 100? Makoy. 5,050. Finally. The sum is equal to 100 times 101 over 2, 5,050. K-check. Prof. Mew. Ako naman ang gusto ko kung mapakinggan yung sasagot ay ibang contestan. Kasi parang isang contestan lang sumasagot sa tanong ko. Okay, so ito yung tanong. What is the collective term for the alternative press that resisted the Marcos dictatorship? Sa lakas ng censorship nung Dictadurang Marcos, naglipa na maliliit na mga malayang pahayagan na tumindi ng panahon ng Batas Militar. Ang tamang sagot ay Mosquito Press. Prof. Andrew. Okay. With a length of about 500 kilometers, what is the longest river in the Philippines? Christine, Kagayan River. This river is located in the Kagayan Valley Region in northeastern part of Luzon and traverses in the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya, Kirino, Isabela and Kagayan at ito nga ang Kagayan River. K-check. Prof. Mario. Meron ba sa yung mahiilig manood na mga crime series? This is my question. At a crime scene, police officers usually use this to detect the presence of blood. This compound reacts with the iron present in the blood thereby exhibiting kemi luminescence. What is the name of this compound? Makoy. Luminal. So, I think na naod si Makoy na mga crime series, Luminal K-check. Prof. Neil. Para sa huling tanong. This refers to the natural and absolute capacity and the right of the state to carry out its own objectives and to declare freedom from the control or invasion of other states. Geron. Liberation. Sovereinti. Christine. Sovereinti. Nakuha natin ito ng lumaya tayo mula sa colonialismo. Patuloy natin itong itinataguyod sa bankayan na mga bansa sa West Philippin Sea. Ang tamang sagot ay sovereignty o kasarilan. And that's it for K-check Ultimate Pagalingat. Congratulations to Christine our K-check Friday Winner with a final score of 140 points. Christine is taking home a brand new cell phone from PBUP. We'll see you again in the semi-final. Thanks to Missy, Makoy, and Geron for joining. We would also like to thank our panel members. We have Prof. Neil, Prof. Anil, and Prof. Mario. This is Ayumi Sumartinas. And I am Junela Bor. Join us again on Monday for another K-check.