 Ang karunungan ay kapangyarihan. Now, let's put that power to the test. It's time for... K-Check! Hello everyone! I'm Attorney Gaby Concepcion. Remember, the attorney not the artista. At naku naman po si OJ Sarkinia and this is K-Check, the newest and smartest game show on Philippine television. We searched all over the country for people na hindi nagsasawang dagdagan ang kanilang kaalaman. Dito sa K-Check, titing na natin kung gaano katalas at katindi ang brainpower nila. And in the final week of competition, malalaman natin kung sino ang tatanghaling kauna-unahang K-Check champion. Nandito na tayo sa ating weekly finals. Kikilalani natin ngayon ang ating apat na daily winners. One of them will move on to a spot in our semifinals kung pumasa siya sa ating K-Check sa aro na to. Si J.M. ay isang second-year B.S. chemical engineering student ng U.P. de Liman na naon po man ay mahilig ng sumali sa mga quizbee at academic contests. He says, he prefers cats over dogs. Dane is an incoming second-year nursing student from the Our Lady of Fatima University. She plays the ukulele and loves to read books. Si Selina man is a graduating U.P. de Liman B.S. electronics engineering student, a proud batanggenya and a frustrated crusher. And finally, last but not least, Lester is an ex-philosophy student from UPLB, now a history major in U.P. de Liman. He loves to watch various documentaries and likes to read history-related articles. During his free time, he plays volleyball and or performs calisthenic exercises. These four will be competing under the watchful eyes of today's K-check panel of experts. First is Professor Wendell Kapili of the College of Arts and Letters, U.P. de Liman. He's followed by Professor Ricky Nelyas of the Institute of Chemistry, U.P. de Liman. And finally, Professor Neil Santillian, Chairperson of the U.P. de Liman Department of History. Welcome, everyone. Naku-eto na. Maglalaban na ang best of the best this week. For this week, kanyan. So, contestants, papasok na tayo sa K-check Paramihan where each correct answer is worth ten points. This is your chance to bank as many points as you can and take the all-important early lead. Let's begin. Let's begin. What inert gas is used to fill party balloons? Helium. K-check. Dane. What Greek letter represents the quantity that is approximately 3.1.416? Pi. K-check. Celine. At about six feet, what mammal has the longest legs, aside from me? Giraffe. K-check. Nagaleng na mga contestan. Lester. What is the deepest ocean on Earth? Pacific Ocean. K-check. Back to you, JM, in cubic meters. What is the volume of a cube having a side of two meters? Eight meter cube. K-check. Dane. The kiwi is the national bird of what country? The correct answer is New Zealand. Celine. What punctuation mark ends an interrogative sentence? Question mark. K-check. Lester. If the diameter of a circle is 28 inches, how many inches is its radius? 14 inches. K-check. Back to you, JM. From the Latin term without sleep, what is the disorder that makes it hard for you to fall asleep? Insomnia. K-check. Dane. What do you call the larval stage of a butterfly? Larva. Malik. Caterpila. Celine. In centimeters. What is the perimeter of an equilateral triangle having a side of 15 centimeters? Forty-five centimeters. K-check. Lester. What fatty fruit is the main ingredient in guacamole? Mango. Malik. Avocado. And that's it for our first round, the K-check para-mihan round. And that's it for our exciting first round, the K-check para-mihan round. Attorney Gabby, you used the right adjective there. Exciting round. Dahil ang ating ranking ngayon ay dikit na dikit, moka natpakitang gilas ang ating mga contestant sa unang round na iyon. Ano kaya ang tingyan ni Professor Neal sa ating competition so far? Well, magaling tong batch na to. Nagpakitang gilas first round pa lang at tingin ko one of the best batches to sa weekly final. So kudos dun sa apat na contestants. Pero may tanong ako kay JM. Okay, bata pa lang ako. Mahilig na ako sa mga quiz shows. Mga idol ko si Bong Barameda, si Mon Lorenzo. Okay, yun yung rason gusto-gusto kung pumasok sa history program. So iniimbitahan kita bilang tagapangulo ng UP Departamento na Kasaysayan, pwede ka rin pumasok sa aming BA History Program. So kidingasayin, baka ang tanong ko na lang, paano mo pinagahandaan yung pagsali mo sa quiz shows? Actually parang, ano po, since then, since high school ko na papasalin ako sa mga local quiz shows sa school. Tos minsan ay invite nang to other places. Parang naging stock knowledge. And ayun mo, sortian alang talaga minsan sa mga tanong so far. Ano na yung pinakamahirap na quiz show na sinalihan mo? I think yung one of the hardest po, yung UP patalasan lahit quiz show. Parang org-oriented din po siya dito sa UP and adjun your high school po ako na nung invite. And first, face palang ligmok na po kami kaya. Pwede ka bang magpakitanggilas, ikaw yung ka-unang-unang champion ng K-check. Kaya mo bang tanggapin yung hamo na yun? Dabi po yung pressure pero I guess kakaya nil po. Pero bago yun, dapat manalo ka sa weekly finals ngayon. So will this be JM's first, most exciting and successful competition thus far? Malalaman natin as we proceed in our competition today. But balikin natin ang ranking ng ating mga contestants. JM is leading at 30 points. Dane has 10 points. Celine has 30 points. Who's also leading the pack so far. And Lester with 20 points. So kayo naman, ilang tanong anasagot ninyo at ready nabakay yung lahat for our Publish and Round. That's next here on K-check. Welcome back sa ating Karunungan Check weekly finals. Ang standing naman ng contestants natin yun at a tie, JM and Celine with Dane at 10 points and Lester with 20. O napaka medyo exciting talag atong weekly finals round natin ato. Talagang dikit na dikit ang laban pero makikita natin if our contestants will maintain their scores or kumaya alagwaba, mamaya sa ating susunod na round. Hindi natin natin. Alam kung magtitek ng break si Celine para mag-crochet kasi nasi stress. Maganda siguro tanongin siya, attorney Gabby. So ano, Celine, ano ang, nasabi mo na ikawa isang crocheter para saan ba tong crocheting nato pampalipas oras lang ba talaga? Tapo ang frustrated crocheter. Gusto ko po ang gawing personality sana ngayong taon ang crocheting. Kasupo, after kagumawa ng isang flower, pala na sumo ko na ako. May rap pala siya, ang hirap. Retired crocheter pala dapat. For one day lang ako. Interesting talaga ako ano yung mga naisip ng kabataan ngayon. Ano kaya ibig sabihin ni Celine na she wants to use being a crocheter as part of her personality, attorney Gabby. Baka pwede mo ipaliwanag sa glit sa amin. Ako n'yari po, pagsinabe, ah, si Celine, yung nag-crochet, kanan. Personality ko siya. Ganun pala. Ano kaya sa tingin ating panel of experts sa mga ganung kuro-kuro and world view ng ating mga kabataan ngayon. Maybe professor Ricky can ask a question or give a response. At tanong nalang. Sige. At tanong ako kay Dane. Dane, pag nag-practice ka na ng nursing. Ano ang iray request mo or wish list mo sa gobyarno natin para matulungan yung mga nurses? As of now po, actually po, di ba po, alam naman po natin na it's time of pandemic. And yung mga sahod po kasi na mga nursing is nasa mga 8K po and 10K and sobrang baba po na na hindi po worth it. Yung mga, yung mga lalo na po yung mga nag-aaral po sa mga high universities, yung mga tuition po nilis na sa 60K tapos kikitain na po na mga pag naging nursing po sila na sa 8K po so ayun po. So sana po, taasan po yung sahod na mga nursing. Right. Napakagandang sabot niyan Dane. Talagang ang K-check, hindi lang ito labanan ng talino, talagang dito mo rin ipangangalandakan ng paninindigan mo at maganda yung sinabi ni Dane na kailangan itaas ang sahod, pero ang mas maganda itataas ng contestants natin ang kanilang mga puntos. At sa susurod na round, titig na natin kung sino ang makakapang taas ng kanilang points. Ang susurod na round natin ay tinatawang na K-check pabilisan. Dito contestants, you need to buzz in first to get the right to answer the question. Correct? Answers are worth 20 points, pero sa round na ito, minus 10 points ang maling sagot. Kaya sa inyong apat, kailangan ninyong mag-strategize. Let's begin. Let's begin. Question number one. The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th century AD. Who is their famous leader during the 5th century? Lester. Gang Jiskan. Malik. Correct answer? Atila. Question number two. To the nearest billion, what is the present estimated population of the earth according to worldpopulationreview.com? Jem? 7 billion. Malik. Selin? 8 billion. Kaya. Question number three. What is the name of the long body of water in Scotland that is believed to be the home of a long-necked aquatic dinosaur? Dane. Amazon. Malik. Correct answer? Lochness. Question number four. According to Forbes magazine, what is the surname of the siblings who are worth $12.6 billion which is number one in the Philippines? Lester. C. C? K-check. Question number five. From the Russian word for openness, what is the Soviet policy of open discussion of political and social issues that was instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980s? Correct answer? Glasnost. Question number six. We're halfway this round. Habul kayo. Which Canadian known as the great one is considered the greatest hockey player of all time? Correct answer? Wayne Gretzky. Question number seven. What word may mean a steep slope or a deceiving bet in poker when you have a weak hand? Yes, Aline? Bluff. Bluff? K-check. Question number eight. The great Elton John mashes together four of his old songs. Rocket Man. Sacrifice. Kiss the bride. And wears the shura in a duet with Dua Lipa. What is the title of this 2021 song which made it to number one in more than 20 countries? Leicester. Sorry, the answer is cold heart. Cold heart? K-check. Question number nine. Flavored with oil from the rind of a citrus fruit. What kind of beverage is Earl Grey? Yes, J.M. Tea? K-check. Question number ten. What is the title of the 1994 Quentin Tarantino movie whose plot occurs out of chronological order? It starred John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, and Uma Thurman. Answer, Pulp Fiction. Final two questions, guys. In the news, Lee Jae Yong, who was convicted for bribery and embezzlement but was granted a presidential pardon, is the de facto leader of which multi-billion dollar Korean company? Correct answer? Samsung. Final question. And who's gonna get this, if any? Fujaira, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi are three of the seven federation members Lester. Qatar. Malik. J.M. United Arab Emirates. UAE or United Arab Emirates? J.M. K-check. And that's the end of our K-check pabilisan round. And that's the end of our K-check pabilisan round. Attorney Gabby, what do you think of the previous round? Oh my God, it's so stressful. Talagang hindi natin maalaman ngayon kung sino ang magwawaging contestant. It's so stressful parang gusto ko namin mag-curchay at tulad ni Celine. Niba? What about you, Prof Wendel? What do you think? I think I'd like to ask a question especially to Lester kasi I'm very curious about him coming from U.P. Los Baños and he's now in the liman since na-abutan mo yung before pandemic and you said you love U.P. Los Baños and it's with a heavy heart that you're now in the liman. What do you miss about U.P. Los Baños? What I miss the most about U.P. Los Baños is the culture of the people in Los Baños. We know that the culture of the province and the urban community has a sense of belongingness when you're with people in the province. So you don't miss Bocopay and the cake? I'm also with them but what I miss is kasi yahan po sa mga taong lagi ko po ka-inuman doon. Ka-inuman talaga. Agri kami jyan. Thank you. Well, Lester, may you find your new set of friends in U.P. de liman. Good luck. Good luck to you and I think this is a good start. Joining K-check is a good start for you here in the city. Let's recap the scores. J.M. has 60 points. Dane has zero points. Celine is leading at 70 and Lester has 40 points. Attorney Gabby? Actually, generally, dikit dikit ano. Dikit dikit ano. We really can't predict how it's going to end. So paano kaya mag-end ang labanang ito? Masasagot po yan sa ating ultimate pagalingan round. Up next, here on... K-check. Welcome back. Tandaanin nyo, ang mga scores ng ating mga contestants sa ngayon. Ya, pero sa round na ito, Attorney Gabby, makikita natin kung sino talaga ang mananalo sa round or sa show na ito. We'll find that out in our K-check Ultimate Pagalingan, this final round. 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 ng ating panel of experts manga galing ang mga tanong. At the end of this round, malalaman natin kung sino ang tatanghaling K-check weekly winner. Kaya contestants, Attorney Gabby, let's begin. We are now in our K-check Ultimate Pagalingan round. Kung saan, hindi lang mga mga contestant ang nagpapagalingan ng sagot, ang mga panel of experts din natin papagalingan ng mga tanong. First up, Professor Wendell. Ang tanong, what famous music festival held 15-18 August 1969 on a dairy farm in Betel, New York was characterized by electrifying moments by iconic musical artists such as Jimi Hendrix and Janice Joplin. Ang sagot ay Woodstock. Woodstock. Next, Professor Ricky. Another question from the sciences. Aquatic organisms such as zebrafish, undergo, and oryaten movement where they move in an opposite direction with respect to an oncoming current. What do you call this movement? The correct answer is positive reotaxis. Spell. Okay, Professor Neal. Sino ang nagsilbing pinunong militar na kukbo ng bayan laban sa hapon, uhukbalahap na nagging hukbong mapagpalayan ng bayan matapos ang taong 1945. Lester. Louista Rook. Ang tamang sagot ay Louista Rook. Kcheck. Exciting. Okay, Professor Wendell. Which 1966 TV series ran for seven seasons and was revived in 1988 for two seasons. It inspired a series of films starring Tom Cruise beginning in 1996. By 2011, the franchise generated over four billion dollars in revenue making it one of the highest grossing media franchises of all time. Anong TV series or movie po ito? The correct answer is mission impossible. Prof Ricky, another one of your impossible questions. Okay, Dalian natin. Convert 90 degrees into radiance as a fraction of pi. Celine. Pi over two. Dalina Manon? Professor Neil. Hindi ko alam kung madali itong tanong ko. Okay. Mapanghamo na mga tanong may Prof Ricky. Okay. So what city in Laguna is dubbed as the city of Seven Lakes. Yes, J.L. San Pablo City. Tamang sagot ay San Pablo Kcheck. Kcheck. We are nearing the end of this round. Professor Wendell. Okay, the question is which American musical artist won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition. Ang tamang sagot ay si Bob Dylan. Prof Ricky. Another easy question. What do you call the geological process in which earth materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind erosion. Kcheck. Erosion. Everybody knows that. Professor Neil. Nakuwa ko yung may sagot ako para sa tanong mayon. Ano ang pamagat ng kauna-unahang pelikula na ginawa ng isang Pilipino? Ipinalabas ang pelikulang ito ng 1919. Yes, J.M. Hoy unung ka. Malo. Ang pilikulang ito ay ginawa ni Jose Nepumoseno. Lolo siya ng holofamer sa bowling na si Paeng Nepumoseno. Ang tamang sagot ay dalagang bukin. Ito na talaga. Exciting na. Nakudikit-dikitang ating mga points para sa ating mga contestants. Professor Wendell, let's really try to determine the winner for this round. Okay, the question is Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. What is the title of his work that won for him the prestigious prize? Ang tamang sagot ay Gitanjali or Song Offerings published in Bengali 1910 and in English in 1912. Parang hindi ang tinurus amin nung high school ako. Prof. Ricky. Okay, mahalin magbrake ng tai atong question nato. Which law states that the overall enthalpy change in a reaction is equal to the sum of enthalpy changes for the individual steps that make up the overall reaction? Yes, J.M. Second law of thermodynamics. Malay. The correct answer is Hess's law. At ito na. Magkakaalaman na. We will know there is a tie between Salin and Lester right now at 100 points each. So, Prof. Neal ito ba? Ang magdedetermina ng winner ng ating weekly finals. O kaya posibilidad na baka dapat may tie-breaking question. So ang huling tanong ay APEC is a forum o 21 Asia Pacific economies. What does APEC stand for? Yes, J.M. Asia Pacific Economic Conference. Malay. Yes, Lester. Asia Pacific Economic Convergence. Malay. Ang tamang ang tamang sagot ay Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation. And that's it for our K-Check Ultimate Pagalingan Round. And that's it for our K-Check Pagalingan Challenge. Congratulations to Salin, our K-Check weekly winner with a final score of 100 points. Salin receives a sell-from from TVUP. We'll see you again in the semifinals. And thank you to J.M., Dane and Lester for giving Salin a tough fight and for joining our competition. And to the members of our panel of experts, Prof. Wendell, Prof. Ricky and Prof. Neal. Thank you very much. This is OJ Sarkinia. And I'm Attorney Gabby Concepcion. Join us again on Monday for another K-Check.