 Ang karunungan ay kapangyarihan. And today, we're putting that power to the test here on K-Check. Hello everyone, I am Jules Guiang. At ako naman po si Anthony Gaggy Concepcion and this is K-Check. The search continues for those ng gustong sanayin at palawakin ang brain power nila through competition. Kaya ba nila ang brain workout na inhihanda natin for them this season? Ang mga may kaya ng workout na iyan, aabot ang gang final week of competition at isa sa kanila ang tatanghaling K-Check champion. Apat nakontestan, sandadaan sa ating karunungan check sa araw na ito. Ali is currently a third-year student studying theater arts in UP Dileman. He is a big fan of horror movies even though he was definitely afraid of them as a child. His dream role is to star in a horror movie as if he's not already living in one. Justin is a student of Ateneo de Manila University. He studies computer science and loves listening to music, running and drawing. Up next, we have Gelmer. Gelmer is a student of Bulacan State University. He studies journalism. His hobbies are listening to music especially to Taylor Swift. Another swifty like you. And finally, we have Ice. See Ice naman a journalism student din mula sa Bulacan State University. She loves the color yellow and pick-a-true amongst all things. She is a multi-fandom K-pop fandom marami ito. She's an XOL, Rebelove, Once, Miss, Neverland, Army, Blink, Fear Not, Keplian, Ensir, Alpha and Mitzy. Andamin niyang ano. Fandom na kinabibilangan. Salang ang alam ko dun sa dinabi dami. But anyway, these four will be competing under the watchful eyes of today's K-Check panel of experts. We have Professor Glesy Atienza of the College of Arts and Letters from UP Dileman. We also have Assistant Professor Bernard Kaslib from the Department of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, UP Manila. And of course, anang babalik Assistant Professor Marla Andriga from the Department of Biology, UP Manila. At ngayon, contestants, this is round one. Get ready to buzz in and collect those points, but make sure you wait until you are acknowledged. Correct answers are ten points each. Let's begin. Question number one. What word refers to a medical doctor who specializes in children and their diseases? Ali. Pediatrician. Pediatrician is the correct answer, K-Check. Question number two. What do you call the 40-day period starting from Ash Wednesday that commemorates the 40 days Jesus Christ spent fasting in the desert? Ula bang Catholic dito? The correct answer is Lent. Question number three in sports. In what swimming event do the competitors face upward and is the second stroke to be swam in competitions after the front crawl? Justin. Backstroke. Backstroke is the correct answer, K-Check. Question number four. What is the Tagalog name of the game where contestants climb up a greased pole to get a prize at the top of the pole? Ali. Palosebo. Palosebo is the correct answer, K-Check. Question number five. Tanzania was recently plagued by torrential rains that cost floods in landslides. In the northern part of the country. In what continent can you find Tanzania? Justin. Africa. Africa is the correct answer, K-Check. Question number six. What country is home to the singing groups, Seventeen, Red Velvet, Blackpink, and BTS? Akhalo ko mauna si Ice. Justin. Korea. Korea is the correct answer, K-Check. Question number seven. In the digestive system, what connects the stomach with a large intestine? Small intestine. Small intestine is the correct answer, K-Check. Question number eight. Which popular photo and video sharing social networking service of meta-platforms is also known as Ali. Instagram. Is also known as IG. Instagram is the correct answer, K-Check. Question number nine. In elementary math, your favorite subject, what is the least common multiple of six and eight? Justin. 24. 24 is the correct answer, K-Check. Question number ten. What black and white bear-like mammal native to China feeds almost entirely on bamboo? Ali? Panda. Panda is the correct answer. Question number eleven. Question number eleven. How many hours are there in half a day? Justin. Twelve. Twelve is the correct answer, K-Check. Last question. Question number twelve. In boxing. What do the letters T-K-O stand for? Gemmer. Knockout. Can you repeat it? Knockout. Knockout is wrong. Ali. Technical knockout. Technical knockout is the correct answer. And that's it for our first round. Salamat, attorney, for that round. Points rica po na tayo. Tai si Ali at si Justin with 50 points each, followed by eyes with 10 points and si Gemmer kaya panghumabol sa susunod na round. So ngayon, kikain mo na natin, attorney. Ating mga contestan. So si Ali. Okay, si Ali, unay natin. Bakit mo naman na sabing you are living in a horror movie? Oo, parang sober naman yan. Ano po? Ay, may ko lang. Dedyok lang. Ay. Ano po? Kasi ay parang andami nangyari sa life na parang incomparison sa mga napapanod ko horror movies. Like, I'm living through way worse. Parang ganod. Hindi naman po siya masyadong sad. So ako kayo halungkot. Pero yan. Pero horror movie talaga. Pero sabi niya nga. MN yan lang daw. MN. MN. So Justin. Saan ka usually tumatak mo na sabukan mo na bang mag-jug? You welcome every... Really? What does running do for you? And why do you run anyway? Not run away from the police naman. Ay, dito. For me po, what running does to me is nakakimplusion ng mental health. Nakalabas po. Pati, it's a nice, parang change of pace po. Kasi yung course ko po kung pwede sayang. So medala. Nakatingin. I can't imagine. Pero saan ka usually tumatak mo? Madalas po sa campus po sa... Sa ensam. Sa ensam. Sa campus po sa ataneyo o sa ikot ng mag-inhawa. Ayaw niya po masak ng UPDLIN. Parang misalamat contestan. So now, get ready because we are going to round two. Up next, dito lang yan sa pag-abalik ng... Tuloy pa rin ang ating karunungan check after the first round. We have alley of UPDLIMAN tied with Justin of Atineo. Both with 50 points each. In second place, his eyes with 10 points. And Gelmer with some catching up to two. So ngayon at orni, kilalanin pa natin, iba natin ma-contestants. Ngayon naman si Gelmer. Na isang kapua, Swiftie. Dito ko sila. Bakit? Ay isa sa ma-contestants na nagsasabing mahilig silang tumugtog ng instruments. Pero hindi naman si nasabi kung anong instruments. Pwede mo bang ireveal? Kung anong instrument nyo kinaihiligan mong tumugtogin? Sakin ko yung tinutugtog ko po is acoustic guitar po. Tapos, bassist din po ko sa simbahan sa amin. Church girl, tapos ano rin po. Biso ko rin po matatuhan mag piano o mag organ po sa amin. Kasi mo wala pa po kasi sa aming ganun. Pero, nandong po yung naes kung sunod nagawin para sa simbahan namin. Para mag improve, you know. So bilang isang Swiftie, anong mahilig mong guitar? Ano, ba balik tayo din sa debut? Ano, it's giving me our song and picture to burn. Ay, siyempre alam mo yung anong instrument. Hindi ko alam, actually, yung first album niya. Ay, it's not giving. Hindi ka daw ko na yung na Swiftie. It's not giving. Grabe ang mga Swiftie pag nagtipon-tipon. Ay! Pak-explain niya sa akin kung ano yung mga pangalan na binanggit namin kanina. Church girl, hindi ko nga alam niya. Ay! XOL, Revolove, Once, Mine, Miss? Yun po yung fandom names po nang mga groups po ng K-pop na sinastan ko po. Pero kung papipiliin ka, na isa lang ang dami. XOL na po. XOL? Yes, XOL po. Yung group po. XOL po ako, dan yung group po is XOL po. We learn something new every day. Yes. Pag tayo tinanong nyan sa K-check, din natin masasaga. So anyway, it's so nice to learn all these things about your contestants. But now it's time for round two. So dear contestants, get ready to buzz in but make sure you strategize at laging tandaan, wait to be called before you answer. In this round, correct answers are worth 20 points each, but you lose 10 points if you answer incorrectly. Let's begin. Question number one. Best known for leading the resistance to South Africa's policy of apartheid in the 20th century during which he was imprisoned who is South Africa's first democratically elected president. The correct answer is Nelson Mandela. Question number two. What is the name of the pseudo-science that studies the movements and possessions of the sun, moon, planets and stars in the belief that they affect a character in lives of people? Ice. Astrology. Astrology is correct. Kcheck. Question number three. What number comprises the title of the TV series that starred Kiefer Sutherland as US counter-terrorist federal agent Jack Bauer? Justin. 24. 24 is correct. Kcheck. Question number four. Essential for digestion. What is a complex protein that begins chemical reactions in living cells and includes amylase and pepsin? Justin. Amino acids. Amino acids is male. Anyone can steal? The correct answer is enzyme. Question number five. What do you call a word or sequence of words that reads the same backward as forward, like race car? The correct answer is palindrome. Question number six. Which American writer created the characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn? The correct answer is Mark Twain. Question number seven. Which two-word Latin phrase, literally minang way of operating, refers to a method of operation or pattern of criminal behavior? Justin. Modus operandi. Modus operandi is correct. Kcheck. Question number eight. Which large musical instrument roughly triangular in shape consists of a frame supporting a graduated series of parallel strings that is played by plucking with the fingers? Justin. Harp. Harp is correct. Kcheck. Question number nine. Tagaytay city is a second-class component city in what province? Gelmer. Rizal. Rizal is male. Anyone can steal? Hindi umabot? Sorry Ali. The correct answer is kabite. Question number ten. From a Russian dialect word meaning marshy upland, what term refers to a rolling mossy land ecosystem that has few trees and a cold climate with a frozen subsoil? The correct answer is tundra. Question number eleven. Which English naturalist is best known for the theory of biological evolution by natural selection and for his work on the origin of species? Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin is correct. Kcheck. Last question for this round. In 2017, PETA was given a Ramon Magsaysay award for its bold collective contributions in shaping the theater arts as a force for social change. What does PETA stand for? Jelmer. Philippine Education Theater Association. Can you repeat it? Philippine Educational Theater Association. Jelmer, we cannot accept that because we heard your first answer which is incorrect. So, anybody can steal? Philippine Educational Theater Association. Philippine Educational Theater Association is correct. Kcheck. And that ends round number two. So, kumusta na ang mga contestants natin after that second round? Well, we have Justin leading at 100 points, followed by Ali with 70 points, Ice with 50, and Jelmer with a lot of catching up to do. Pero hindi pa tapos ang laban. Ultimate pagalingan na sa pagbabalik ng Kcheck. Welcome back to Kcheck after the second round. Justin at 100 points, Ali with 70, Ice with 50, and Jelmer with negative 20 in lamating. Pero meron maglaya ang paparating na ultimate pagalingan round. So, let's go for those points and for the win. Remember sa ating panel of experts mga galing ang mga katanungan. Syempre, dito correct answers are worth 30 points each at may 15-point deduction for wrong answers. Let's begin. First question for this round will come from Prof. Glesy. Hello. What ilonggo term is used in reference to the firefly or the alitap tap in Tagalog? Letter A aninipot, letter B anapolis, letter C aniana, letter D anakin, and letter E anafora. Answer is letter A aninipot. Thank you, Prof. Barnard. Okay. My question for you is this. Who among the following developed the natural moral law theory in medieval philosophy? A, Aristotle, B, Thomas Aquinas, C, Agustin, D, Buethius, or E, Immanuel Kant? Ice. A po, Aristotle. A, Aristotle. Sorry, that's wrong. Justin. E. Immanuel Kant. E is also wrong. Tell me. Letter D. B, Buethius. Oh, yes. Yeah, that's also wrong. Sorry. Lalong lumaming. The correct answer is Thomas Aquinas. Letter B. Prof. Marilla, next question. Ready? Which of the following is a renewable source of energy? A, coal. B, natural gas. C, solar power. D, Justin. C, solar power. That is correct. K, check. Thank you. Prof. Glesy, next question. What do you call this law which mandates the development of a vibrant Philippine creative industries by protecting and strengthening the rights and capacities of creative firms, artists, artisans, creators, creative workers, indigenous cultural communities, and other creative industry providers? Letter A. Philippine Cultural Communities Act. Letter B. The Philippine Railways Industry Act. Letter C. Philippine Transportation Tax. Letter D. The Philippine Creative Industries Development Act. And letter E. The Philippine Artists' Law. Letter D. Philippine Creative Industries Development Act. The correct answer is Letter D. The Philippine Creative Industries Development Act. K, check. Prof. Bernard. Okay. This one is on human development. Which of the following refers to the gradual and orderly unfolding of the characteristics of individuals as they go through successive stages of growth? Is it A. Growth. B. Development. C. Maturation. D. Learning. Or E. Aging. I'm sorry, but you rang the bell after the timer sounded. So, the correct answer is Development. Rathmarila. Anatomy. Which of these bones is part of the human skull? A. Femur. B. Humorous. C. Patela. D. Oxypital. E. Sternum. Chestin. D. Oxypital. Oxypital is correct. K-check. Thank you. Prof. Glesy, go ahead. Okay. Sayaw naman. Sayaw. What tausog dance is referred to as the fingernail dance. Letter A, the pangay. Letter B, panimalay. Letter C, pag-aalay. Letter D, palay. And letter E, paindak. The correct answer is the dance taught by Ligaya Amilbansa. Letter A, pangalay. Thank you. Next question, Prof. Bernard. So ito naman history of thought. Who is considered the first philosopher of the Western world? A. Pythagoras. B. Anaximander. C. Heraclitus. B. Thales. Or E. Parminides. Justin. E. Parminides. Parminides. That's wrong. Or E. Justin. The correct answer is Thales of Militus. Prof. Marila. The next question is on genetics. Which term refers to the physical appearance of an organism due to its genetic makeup? A. Genotype. B. Homozygos. C. Phenotype. D. Aleel. E. Keterotroph. The correct answer is C. Phenotype. Thank you. Now we're off to our last set of questions for this round. Prof. Glesy, go ahead. Okay. What soft drink is named after the vine, Smilax Ornata? Letter A, RC Cola. Letter B, Sprite. Letter C, Sarsaparilla. Letter D, Lemolime. And letter E, Coke. Gelmer. B, Sprite. Sorry, sorry. Ali. Letter D, Lemolime. Wrong answer, sorry. Justin. C, Sarsaparilla. The correct answer is C, Sarsaparilla. Swerte. Thank you. K-check. Okay. Okay. Prof, very nice. Okay. May last question. Masasagot nyo na to. Sure. Mas hindi pala. Okay. So here's the question. Who acquired the famous line that an unexamined life is not worth living? A, Homer. B, Democritus. C, Socrates. D, Plato. Or E, Aristotel. Gelmer. Last question, A. A, Homer. Sorry, Gelmer. You have a chance to steal. Nice. Ila po. D, Plato. Plato is wrong. Justin. C, Socrates. It's K-check. K-check. But I have to say, yung Plato kasi, Plato's dialogue. But, Plato attributed the line to Socrates. Okay. Thank you. Okay, last question for this round. Prof Marilla. Which astronomer was the first to observe the moons of Jupiter? A, Nikolaos Copernicus. B, Johannes Kepler. C, Galileo Galilei. D, Edwin Hubble. E, Isaac Newton. Galilei. C, Galileo Galilei. Galileo Galilei is correct. K-check. And that's it for our K-check Ultimate Pagalingan Round. Congratulations, of course, to Justin, our K-check daily winner with a final score of 190 points. We'll see Justin again on Friday when he competes with our other daily winners for a spot in our semifinals. Of course, thank you also to Ali, to Jelmer, to Ice for Joining, and to the members of our panel of experts, Professor Glesy, Professor Bernard and Professor Marilla. Marami salamat ko. Winner. Sa inyo. Once again. Thank you so much. Once again, I am Truls Guiang. And I'm a 30-gaby conception. Join us again tomorrow for another round of K-check.