 Ang karunungan ay kapangyarihan. Today, we're putting that power to the test. Here on... K-Check! Attorney Gabby Concepcion. At ako naman si Jules Giang and this is K-Check. Tuloy pa rin ang pagahanap natin ang mga gustong sonayin at palawake ng brain power nila through competition. Alamin natin kung kaya nila ang brain workout na inihanda natin for them this season. Kaya naman samahan nyo kami until the final week of competition to find out who our next K-Check champion will be. Apat ng contest ang sangdadahan sa ating karunungan cheque sa aro nato lahat sila ay civil engineering students mula sa UP-Dileman. Looks like it's going to be an exciting episode. Mariez likes watching and re-watching long series. She also listens to different K-pop groups. Ivan also loves listening to music and actually thinks he's very lazy. Si Jethro naman ay mahilig magluto at maglaroon ng mobile legends. He used to make an experiment with iced coffee and frappes during the pandemic. Jarex hobbies on the meantime are playing games and watching YouTube and anime. So RIS4 will be competing under the watchful eyes of today's K-Check panel of experts. Firstly, we have Professor Glesy Atienza of the College of Arts and Letters from UP-Dileman. Up next, we have Assistant Professor Bernard Kaslib from the Department of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences from UP-Manila. And finally, we have Assistant Professor Marila Indriga from the Department of Biology at UP-Manila. At ngayon, contestant, sandana ba kayo for our first round? Make sure you wait until you are acknowledged by the host. The correct answers are 10 points each, so get ready to buzz in and collect those points. Let's begin. Question number one. What southern country is known as the land down under? Ivan. Australia. Australia is the correct answer. K-Check. Question number two. What winter sport is played in the North American Major League NHL? Hockey. Hockey is the correct answer. K-Check. Question number three. Distinguished from a metaphor, what figure of speech is a comparison made with words as, like, or then? Jethro. Simili. Simili is the correct answer. K-Check. Question number four. What is the seventh month in the Gregorian calendar? Ivan. July is the correct answer. K-Check. Question number five. In television. On what street do Big Bird, Oscar, and Ernie live? Ivan. The answer is incorrect. Mariz. Sesame Street. Sesame Street is the correct answer. K-Check. Question number six. Which brother of singer Janet Jackson is called the king of pop? Ivan. Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson is the correct answer. K-Check. Question number seven. Ang paborito ng mga engineering students in mental math. What is two thirds divided by two? Jared. One third. One third is the correct answer. K-Check. Question number eight. What common rodent gives its name to a handheld computer input device that controls a cursor? Jared. Mouse. Mouse is the correct answer. K-Check. In punag. Tatay na si Ivan at si Jared. Question number nine. One of the most popular fruit drinks is a yellow colored beverage from the fruit whose scientific name is citrus limon. Jethro. Lemon juice. What is this? Maris. Lemon. Lemon. Lemon is incorrect. Ivan. Lemonade. Lemonade is the correct answer. K-Check. Question number ten. Berlin. Is the capital of which European country, Ivan? Germany. Germany is the correct answer. K-Check. Question number eleven in astronomy. What term that comes from the Greek word for milk refers to collections of millions of stars, dust, Jared? Galaxy. The Greek word for milk refers to collections of millions of stars, dust, and other particles existing as independent systems like Andromeda is galaxy. K-Check. And the last question for this round, question number twelve in Philippine geography. What province, just across Manila Bay, has only two land neighbors, Sambales and Pampanga? Ivan. Bataan. Bataan is the correct answer. K-Check. And that's it for our first round. Marami salamat at Tornigabi for that round. Let's do a recap sa mga points nila leading si Ivan with 60 points followed by Jarek with 40 points at tide naman with ten points each si Mariz at si Jethro. So, bago tayo magpatuloy, I would like to welcome a newcomer to our panel of experts. Let's welcome Professor Bernard Kaslib. Hello, and he teaches ethics and philosophy sa Manila campus ng UP. So, prof, kamusa naman ang mga tanong na hinanda ninyo para sa makontestans natin sa tingin nyo may chance kaya silang makasagot? I think kaya naman nila. Tiwala ako. Kaya naman ang mga engineering students. Masasagot ng engineering students natin yan. Let's go now to our contestants. Mariz, bakit naman civil engineering? Malaki na ba ang population ng kababanihan sa engineering? Actually, kaya po ako nag-engineering kasi I love math noong high school. So, ayon po yung pinibi ko noong nag-upkat. Pero marami na ba ang population ng women sa College of Engineering? Sa College of Law natin, parang halos pantay na or mas marami na ang kababanihan sa College of Law? Actually, pa parang marami na rin po mga babae sa at least po sa civil end. At ang College of Engineering ang biggest college sa Mung UP system? I think it's the biggest, the biggest population sa mga colleges. Ito naman si Ivan. Bakit mo, masasabing lazy ka? grave yung level of honesty. Parang batch of honor. Dawa. Kasi po, madami po ang outputs at deadlines na paparating past 50% complete balance. So pa pa na sa civil end? Diba, five years yan. Tingin mo ba, kaya mong balance yun yun with your badge of honor na may pag-lazy ka? Actually, within four years na lang po yung civil engineering. Ah, four years. So, mong hindi naman lazy kung kaya naman four years pala tapos ay. Mamaya, itutuloy natin ang kwentuhan pero kailangan na muna natin pagkandaan ng round two. Skusunod na po dito sa pagbabalik ng K-check. Tuloy pa rin ang ating karunungan check. Points rika po na tayo. Ivan is leading with 60 points. Followed by Jarek with 40 points and Jethro and Mariz 10 points each. Hindi naman one. 10 points each. Pero, wala as we go into the second and third rounds. Magbabago kaya. Magbabago yan sobra. So let's get to know our contestants more itong si Jarek. Mahilig daw mano'od ng YouTube at Anime. Ang YouTube datay, mga music videos lang halos and old footage. Pero ngayon, punong puno na ito ng interesting content including K-check. At ibang program ng TVUP. Ano, ano nga ba talaga ang pinaparod mas ay YouTube, Jarek? Mahilig po rin po ako mano'od ng videos ng mga games rin po nang nilalaro ko. Tulip po ng Dota 2 and League of Legends ko. Ano yun? Parang nakakakawa ka ng mga tip tips? Yes po. Dututurin po. Anong palayon. Ito. Syempre, hindi ako makarengin. Eta, speaking of games, si Jeffro naman, Mahilig, magluto at maglaro ng mobile legends. So maraming... Niluto habang... Yung tanong natin maraming nalulong kasi dito sa ML which is not bad naman kasi pang past time ninya ninya niba. So hindi ka ba na susunukan ng niluluto mo kapag nasing busy ka sa pag-ML mo? Hindi naman po. Hindi ko po pilagsasabay kasi kapag na susunukan sayang yung pagkain. O, tama. Dapat practical. Ito pa, Mahilig ka rin sa ice coffee chaka mga prep. So pa pa na ka nag-experiment dito? Datin, nunod lang ako sa YouTube chaka sa TikTok pa na magtimpla. Then, adjust-adjust ko hanggang sa mokokong lasa na na-upprove ng mga pinsan ko at nung family ko. Tapos, nakarun kami ng small coffee shop business. Why? But it's a part to ask hindi ba kayo mag-open ng coffee shop. Busy ako at chaka yung pinsan ko na main barista. Pansamatala mo na namin siya kinlo. Dapat sa'yeng subukan mo nila diba sa lobby ninyo. Pa alam ka lang sa admin. Ma-raming customer do. Okay, so now, mula sa pagpapakilala nila, kilang na natin mag-handa para sa round two. So contestants, get ready to buzz in but make sure you strategize. Correct answers are worth 20 points each but you use 10 points if you answer incorrectly. Let's begin. Question number one. The most read English novelist wrote the books A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist, and A Christmas Carol. Who is he? Ivan. Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens is correct. K-check. Question number two. What fantasy character was played by Ramon Zamora and Matt Evans years ago and now by Matteo Gudicelli? The correct answer is Pedro Pendujo. Okay? Question number three. MSG is a popular flavor enhancer often added to restaurant foods and canned vegetables. What do the letters MSG stand for? Jarek. Monosodium glutamate. Monosodium glutamate. Monosodium glutamate is correct. K-check. Question number four. What word may be a mathematical term for the average of numbers or an adjective meaning unkind or stingy? Jetro. Mean. Mean is correct. K-check. Question number five. What is the second largest island in the Philippine archipelago? Ivan. Mindanao. Mindanao is correct. K-check. Question number six. Which large juicy tropical fruit consisting of yellow flesh surrounded by a tough segmented skin and topped with a tough of stiff leaves is canned as juice, chunks or tidbit? Maris. Pineapple. Pineapple is correct. K-check. Mahilig ba kay sa pineapple sa pizza? Okay. Consensus. Okay. Question number seven. From a Latin word meaning poison, what common term refers to a microscopic infective agent made up of a protein coat covering genetic material that is only capable of reproducing in a living host cell? Ivan. Virus. Virus is correct. K-check. Question number eight. In basketball. What team did Stephen Curry lead to four NBA titles between 2015 to 2022? Jarek. Golden State Warriors. Golden State Warriors is correct. K-check. Question number nine. Named after a Scandinavian capital, what term describes the psychological response wherein a captive begins to identify closely with his or her captors? Ivan. Stockholm Syndrome. Stockholm Syndrome is correct. K-check. Question number ten. Which female singers, greatest hit singles include Hot and Cold, California Girls and Fireworks? Ivan. Katy Perry. Katy Perry is correct. K-check. Question number 11. Scientists have discovered that a green pangent Japanese spice significantly boosts memory and cognitive function in adults. What is the name of this horseradish spice commonly mixed with soy sauce in Japanese restaurant? Jethro. Wasabi. Wasabi is correct. K-check. Last question for this round. Question number 12. The CA is a constitutional body that confirms or rejects certain political appointments made by the president. What do the letter CA mean? The correct answer is Commission on Appointments. And that's it for round two. So after that second round, let's see how ours engineering guys did. Well, Ivan is leading with 160 points. Jarek with 80. Jethro with 50. And Marise with 30 points. Pero siyempre, attorney, hindi patapos ang laban. Ultimate pagalinga na sa pagbabalik ng K-check. Welcome back to K-check. Points three ka po na tayo. Leading si Ivan with 160 points. Followed by Jarek with 80 points. And then Jethro with 50 points. And si Marise with 30 points. Pero meron pa tayong papatating na ultimate pagalingan round. So let's go for those points. And for the win guys, remember, sa ating panel of experts mga galing ang mga katanungan sa round na ito. So dito correct answers are worth 30 points each. Pero may 15 point deduction for wrong answers. Let's begin. First question for this round will come from Prof. Glesy. Go ahead. Salamat. Magandang araw sa inyo. Okay. This park was said to have the shape of a half moon during the Spanish times and was situated next to a Spanish fort serving as a buffer during rebellions by the locals. It was named after the national hero Jose Rizal who was executed here. What is the name of this park? Letter A, luneta. Letter B, la huerta. Letter C, imos. Letter D, all of the above. And letter E, none of the above. Marise. Hey, lunet. Lunet. The answer is letter A, luneta. K, check. Thank you. Next question, Prof. Burnight. Hello sa inyo. Okay, here is my question. The famous concept coined by William of Occam, which means one must always choose the simplest explanation. Letter A, Occam's... Ivan. Occam's razor. Occam's razor. K, check. Thank you so much. Next question, Prof. Marla. Which gas do plants absorb and convert into oxygen during... Jarek. Carbon dioxide. K, check. Thank you so much. Up next, Prof. Plessy. O, usapang pelikula. This national artist for film became famous because of his films Anakdalita, Bajaw and Sakai. His wife, Daisy, is also a national artist. Who is this national artist? Letter A, Lumberto Avelliana. Letter B, Lumberto Castro. Letter C, Fidel Castro. Letter D, Tony Santos Sr. Letter E, Yopoldo Salcedo. Amang sagot ay Letter A, Silamberto Avelliana. Magasawa yan. Thank you so much, Prof. Bernard. Next question. Okay. Ako naman. Usapang pag-ibig. According to Robert Sternberg, which among the following love is characterized by intimacy and passion only. A, liking. B, companionate love. C, romantic love. D, infatuation. Or E, consummate love. Okay, the correct answer is romantic love. There's intimacy and passion only. That's romantic love. Kapag meron din, commitment, consummate love. Yun yung perfect. Si Dr. Love pala ang kasama natin today. Pero baka studies first daw mo na yung master today. Okay, profile lah. Science lit. What is the transfer of heat through direct contact called? Ivan. Conduction. Conduction is correct. K-check. Okay. Popular culture. Naku. Yes, alam niyo ko. At sino itong composer ng numerous novelty songs including butchikik, mag-jalan, mag-exercise tayo. Sino ang famous novelty songs composer na ito. Tenen. Yo-yo-yoy-vilyame. Letter B. Yo-yo-yoy-sa-wai. Letter C. Maris. Yo-yo-yoy-vilyame. Correct answer is letter A. Yo-yo-yoy-vilyame. K-check. Thank you. Prof. Brenner. Okay, ako naman. Which Eastern philosophy claims that the final goal of Nirvana can be attained through the Eightfold Path? Ivan. Buddhism. K-check. Thank you so much. Grab itong mga contestant satin. Wala pang choices na kasagot na, guys. Prof. Marila. What is the study of the structure and function of cells called? A. Physiology. B. Ecology. C. Biology. D. Cytology. E. Genetics. Jarek. C. Biology. Malay. Steel. Steel by Jeffro. Cytology. Cytology is correct. K-check. Thank you so much. Now, we're off to the last set of questions for this round. Prof. Glesy, go ahead. Okay. Usapang pelikula ole. Tonya Cisang was president of the family-owned LVN Pictures. They were the pillar of local filmmaking, producing big stars and helping popularize Tagalog movies. She was regarded as the grand old lady of Philippine movie industry. What was her full name? Letter A. Narcisa de Leon. Letter D. Marisa de Leon. Letter C. Hermosisi de Leon. Letter D. All of the above. And letter E. None of the above. Letter B. Marisa de Leon. Wrong answer. Marisa. Letter A. Narcisa de Leon. The correct answer is letter A. Narcisa de Leon. K-check. Thank you. Prof. Glesy. Okay. This is on the history of philosophy. He is known as the angelic doctor, an Italian philosopher and theologian known for his demonstration of God's existence. A. Thomas Jefferson. B. Thomas Aquinas. C. Ivan. Thomas Aquinas. Thomas Aquinas. K-check. Last question for this round, Prof. Marla. Which of the following elements is a mettle? A. Oxygen. B. Nitrogen. C. Calcium. D. Fluorine. E. Jethro. Phosphorus. The answer is wrong. C. Calcium. C. Calcium is correct. K-check. And that's it for our K-check Ultimate Pagalingan Round. Congratulations to Ivan, our K-check daily winner with a final score of 265 points. We will see Ivan again on Friday when he competes with our other daily winners for a spot in our semifinals. Congratulations, Ivan. And of course, we'd like to thank Maris, Jethro, and Jarek for being here and of course to our members of the panel of experts, Prof. Glesy, Prof. Barnard, and Prof. Marla. Once again, marami silamat. I'm Jules Guia. And I'm attorney Gaby Concepcion. Join us again tomorrow for another K-check.