 Ang karunungan ay kapangyarihan. Let's put that power to the test here on K-Check. Hello everyone! I am Jules Giyang with another season of teaching and learning here on K-Check. Patuloy pa rin napagahanap natin ng magustong sanayin at palawakin ang brain power nila through competition. Alamin natin kung kaya nila ang brain workout, tayo nihanda natin for them this season. Samahan nyo kami until the final week of competition which will reveal our new SK-Check champion. Ang apat natin daily winners ang dataan sa ating karunungan check sa araw na ito. Ivan is a civil engineering student from UP Dileman who loves to listen to music. This proudly lazy contestant comes in with a score of 265 points. Next, Justin is a student of Atineo de Manila University. He studies computer science and loves listening to music, running and drawing. His score entering today's competition is 190 points. Next, we have Jace. Jace is a bachelor of secondary education student of UP Dileman. He loves to read books, eat desserts and go to new places. This aficionado of national anthems is packing a score of 260 points. And finally, we have Ello. Ello is a senior student from UP College of Education. His hobbies include playing ballerant, working out and rewatching friends. His score this week is 125 points. These four will be competing under the watchful eyes of today's SK-Check panel of experts. Firstly, we have Professor Glesy Atienza of the College of Arts and Letters from UP Dileman. Next, we have Assistant Professor Bernard Kaslib from the Department of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences in UP Manila. And we have Assistant Professor Marla Indriga from the Department of Biology in UP Manila. At ngayon, contestants, na rito na ang first round, which is also your first opportunity to earn points. Buzz in, but wait till you're acknowledged before you answer para di sayang ang effort. Each correct answer is worth 10 points. Let's begin. Question number one. In what country is Sydney the largest city in terms of population? Australia. Australia is correct. K-Check. Question number two. What precious yellow metal having atomic number 79 is commonly used? Ivan. Posporus. Posporus is mali. Let me continue with the question. Is commonly used in jewelry and decoration? Jace. Go. Let me proceed with the question and decoration and to guarantee the value of currency, you said gold. That is correct. K-Check. Question number three. In what province can you find the Anawangin Cove, Subic Bay, and the western portion of Mount Pinatubo? Jace. Zambales. Zambales is correct. K-Check. Question number four. What month is three months after October? Yellow. January. January is correct. K-Check. Question number five. What do competitors ride in the Olympic Games Discipline called equestrian sport? Jace. Horse. Horse or horses is correct. K-Check. Question number six. In which Asian city can you find the Petronas Twin Tower? Ivan. Kuala Lumpur. Kuala Lumpur is correct. K-Check. Question number seven. What Chinese term refers to the practice in which a structure or site is chosen? Ivan. Feng Shui. Let me proceed or configure it to harmonize with the spiritual forces that inhabit it. You said Feng Shui or Feng Shui is correct. K-Check. Question number eight. In math. How much will a 100 peso book be sold after a 20% discount is deducted? Justin. 80. 80 is correct. K-Check. Question number nine. What is the numerical equivalent of the Roman numeral X? Jace. Ten. Ten is correct. Question number ten. What is the English translation of the Filipino shape Parisucat? Jace. Square. Square is correct. K-Check. Question number eleven. Famous singers Justin Bieber, Celine Dion and Avril Lavigne were born in what country? Ivan. Canada. Canada is correct. K-Check. Last question for this round, number twelve. In the book of judges of the Old Testament, who is the Israelite warrior who gained extraordinary strength from his uncut hair? Ivan. Samson. Samson is correct. K-Check. And that ends round number one. Points three ka po na tayo. After that round, Jace is leading with 60 points, followed by Ivan with 40 points and Tai na man with 10 points in adjusting and elo. Maraming salamat for that very interesting round. We're midway in the competition at susunod na ang round two. Lat nang yan sa pagbabalik ng K-Check. And welcome back to K-Check. Points three ka po na tayo. Jace is leading with 60 points, followed by Ivan with 40 points. Justin and Chielo naman ay tied with 10 points each. And now it's time to get back to the competition. This is round two. Remember to wait to be acknowledged before answering. Where each correct answer is worth 20 points. However, you lose 10 points if you answer incorrectly. Let's begin. Question number one. What word may mean the inside part of the hand or a type of... Ivan. Palm. Let me proceed. Type of tree with long leaves like the coconut or nipa you said palm. That's correct. K-Check. Question number two. What curve is the shape of the graph of a quadratic function? Justin. Parabola. Parabola is correct. K-Check. Question number three. What color is associated with a blood cell called leucocyte? Jace. White. White is correct. K-Check. Question number four. In literature. What is the name of the whale that comprises the title of a famous novel? Ivan. Movedick. Let me proceed by American author Herman Melville. You said Movedick. That's correct. K-Check. Question number five. What six letter word refers to the individual or team swimming event that involves four different strokes? Jace. Diving. Diving is malik. Anyone can steal? The correct answer is medley. Question number six. Lula da Silva was elected president in January 2023. Of what large South American country? Jace. Brazil. Brazil is correct. K-Check. Question number seven. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Is a common example of a short sentence containing all 26 letters of the English alphabet. What do you call this sentence? The correct answer is pangram. Question number eight in pop music. He set a world mark when he recorded eight diamond certified singles which include sunflower. Better. Justin. Post Malone. Let me continue. Sunflower. Better now in circles. Who is this American singer? You said Post Malone. That's correct. K-Check. Question number nine. What do you call the composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among fungi species? Hindi umabot. Ang buzzer. So sorry for that. The correct answer is lichen. Question number ten. In mythology. What is the name of the winged monster having a women's head in a lion's body that asks a riddle? Ivan. Spinks. That you proceed that asks a riddle about the three ages of man. You said spinks. That's correct. K-Check. Question number eleven. What island province is the largest and northernmost of the major islands of the Sulu Archipelago? Ivan. Colo. Colo is Malik. Jays. Basilan. Basilan is correct. K-Check. Question number twelve. Last question for this round. Known as the magician which Filipino billiards champion both won the world Jays. Efren Batareyes. Let me proceed. Won the world eight ball and nine ball titles. The correct answer is Efren Batareyes. K-Check. And that ends round number two. Okay. Point three kapuna tayo after that very intense round. Jays is leading with 130 points. Followed by Ivan with 90 points. Justin with 50 points and Ello with 10 points. Our ultimate pagalingan round is next. Here on K-Check. And welcome back everyone. Point three kapuna tayo. Jays is leading with 130 points. Ivan with 90 points. Justin with 50 points and Ello with 10 points. The race to finish on top continues with our ultimate pagalingan round. Remember sa ating panel of experts magagaling ang mga katanungan. The end of this round will reveal our weekly winner. Here correct answers are worth 30 points each at my 15 point deduction for wrong answers. Good luck and let's begin. First question will come from Prof. Glesy. Philippine literature. Who wrote the novel, Ninay? This... Jays. Pedro Paterno. Literary piece is considered as the first or the earliest novel in the Philippines. Pedro Paterno, letter A is K-Check. Thank you. Prof. Paterno. Yes. Which is the English translation of the Greek term arete? Which means functional excellence of any person, animal and or thing. Letter A, happiness. Letter B, virtue. Letter C. Ivan. B, virtues. B, virtues is K-Check. Thank you. Prof. Marla. What is the role of the endocrine system in the human body? A, regulating mood. B, digesting food. C, controlling movements. D, producing hormones. E, transporting oxygen. Ivan. D, producing hormones. D, producing hormones is correct. K-Check. Thank you. Prof. Glesy, next question. Okay. What is the local name of the fruit, sugar apple or sweet soap? Letter A, mayabas. Letter B, guyabano. Letter C, atis. Letter D, chico and E, kainito. The correct answer is C, atis. K-Check. Prof. Bernard. Yes. My next question is who among the following thinkers popped that the way to social order and happiness is through righteousness and cultural propriety? Letter A, siddharta gaotama. Letter B, Socrates. Letter C, loutse. Letter D, confucius. Jace. Letter D, confucius. Confucius is correct. K-Check. Thank you. Prof. Marla. Which of the following is an example of a greenhouse gas? A, oxygen. B, carbon dioxide. Ivan. B, carbon dioxide. B, carbon dioxide is correct. K-Check. Thank you. So, bago tayo magpatuloy, tingin lang natin scores. Nagahabulan. Sina Ivan and Jace. Pero, of course, Justin and Ello. Kayo pa natin humabol. Next question from Prof. Glesy. Okay. Who was Eliasis' love interest in the novel? Ivan. Salome. The answer is salome. Letter C, K-Check. Thank you so much. Prof. Bernard, go ahead. Yes. Which theory is described as the greatest good for the greatest number of people? A, justice. B, virtue theory. C, the ontology. D, welfare ethics. Or E, utilitarianism. Ivan. E, utilitarianism. Okay. All right. That's correct. K-Check. Thank you. Prof. Marla. Which molecule serves as the universal energy carrier in cells? And plays a crucial role in energy metabolism. A, ATP. Ivan. A, ATP. A, ATP is correct. K-Check. Thank you so much. We're now off to the last set of questions for this round. Jayce, kung masasagot mo lahato, kaya mo pang humabol. Okay. Justin, kaya pa rin yan, and Ello. Pero Ivan, kung magtutulito, lo yika, this is for the win. Prof. Glesy. Okay. Who wrote the famous revolutionary essay, liwanag at dilim? Jayce. Emilio Hasinto. The answer is Emilio Hasinto, K-Check. Thank you. Prof. Bernard, for your last question. Yes. For my last question, who among the following proposed amoral development theory? A, Jean Piaget. B, Lev Vygotsky. C, Eric Erickson. B, Lawrence Colbert. Or E, William Speedy. Justin. C, Eric Erickson. That's incorrect. Anyone can steal. Jayce. D, Lawrence Colbert. That's correct. K-Check. Thank you so much. Now we're off to the last question for this round. So, go ahead, Prof. Marila. Which spacecraft made the first successful landing on the moon in 1969? Jayce. Apollo. That answer is wrong. Let me continue the choices. A, Vostok 1. B, Gemini 7. C, Mars Pathfinder. D, Apollo 11. E, Soyuz 1. Ivan for the win. Apollo 11. D, Apollo 11 is correct. K-Check. And that's it for K-Check Ultimate Pagalingan. Congratulations to Ivan, our K-Check weekly winner with a final score of 330 points. Record-breaking yan. Dalian ang highest score ng any contestant na sumale sa K-Check. Congratulations, Ivan. Thank you. And we'll see Ivan again in the semifinals when he competes with our other weekly winners. Thanks also to Justin, to Jayce and to Ello. Maraming salamat sa inyo for joining and to the members of our panel of experts, Prof. Glesy, Prof. Barnard and Prof. Marila. Once again, I'm Jules Giang. Join us again on Monday for another K-Check.