 Ang karunungan ay kapangyarihan. And it's time once again to put that power to the test. This is Season 2 of K-Check. Hello everyone, I am Jules Guia. Ako naman, post-eterny Gabby Concepcion and this is K-Check. Wali namin kayong imi-invitahan for another season of teaching and learning. Patuloy pa rin ang paghanap natin ng mga gustong sanayin at palawakiin ang brain power nila through competition. Kaya din kaya nila ang ating brain workout for the season. Kaya samahan nyo kami until the final week of competition para malaman kung sino ang tatangaling K-Check champion. Apatakontesta ang sandadaan sa ating karunungan check sa aro na ito. Ali is an architecture student at Mapua University whose canvas is not limited to paper. She also loves doing nails as a creative outlet. UP Dileman student Lia is a freelance theater film and commercial actress who does improv and advocates for safe spaces. Siree ba itagay UP Dileman din at isang aspiring director, stage manager and performer. And Gail is a student of Mapua University Intramuros under the Department of Architecture Industrial Design and the built environment. She loves to bake pastries and happens to have her own patisserie. And these four will be competing under the watchful eyes of today's K-Check panel of experts. Professor Nils Antelyan, former chairperson of the UP Dileman Department of History. Assistant Professor Marla Andriga from the Department of Biology of UP Manila. At bago dito sa K-Check, Professor To Austria of the College of Fine Arts, UP Dileman. At ngayon contestants na dito na ang mga katanungan din nyo para sa first round. So get ready to buzz in. But, of course, wait for us to call your name before answering. Tandaan nyo yan. Each correct answer is worth ten points. So let's begin. And we begin round one in basketball. What F.T.L. is located 15 feet in front of a basket? Leah. Free throw line. Free throw line is correct. K-Check. Ah, mga sports aficionados ha. Question two. By definition, what animals are enclosed by an aviary, spelled A-V-I-A-R-Y? Ali. Birds. Birds is correct. K-Check. Question number three. Known for novelty songs like apacalom, which band is led by vocalist Cheeto Miranda? Ang bilis. Leah. Parokyan. Parokyan ay Edgar is correct. K-Check. Question number four. Which French dish made of vegetables such as tomatoes? Leah. Ratatouille. Ratatouille is correct. Is this because of your culinary expertise? The movie. The movie. Yes. Question number five. In sports, the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup was hosted by two countries. One is New Zealand. What other southern country hosted the 2023 Women's World Cup? Leah. Australia. Australia is correct. K-Check. Sports aficionado ha. Question number six. What is the sum of one-third and one-half? The correct answer is five-sixth. Question number seven. In what country can you find the famous volcanoes Sol Fatara, Vesuvius, and Mount Atena? Leah. Italy. Italy is correct. K-Check. Question number eight. In what United States city can you find tourist spots like Coney Island and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden? Mainly wrong. The correct answer is New York. Mas alam nila ang Europe and other continents. Question number nine. What breed of cats, may animal lover ba dito? What breed of cats shares its name with an ancient person? Leah. Persian. Persian is correct. Question number ten. In music, what term refers to a musical drama like Puchini's Madame Butterfly? Madame Butterfly. Is what kind of musical drama? Opera. Opera is correct. K-Check. Question number eleven. What chemical element has the symbol ba? Leah. Can somebody steal? Ba stands for barium. Last but not least, question number twelve. Which American celebrity recorded the hit song So Yesterday and starred in the TV series Lizzie McGuire? O panuhon niyo to ah. Leah. Hillary Duff. Hillary Duff is correct. K-Check. And that's it for our first round. Thank you so much, attorney Gabby. So after that round, we have Leah in the lead with 80 points. Wow. Followed by Ali with ten points and T-Rave and T-Gale naman tied with zero. So, pwede pa nga mga. Pwede pa nga naman nang tied with zero. Kailangan pa talagang gila size. Pero kaya-kayang humap. Yes. Yes. So let's also welcome one of the newest additions to our panel of experts, Professor Toh. Matagal ng walang ganitong game show on TV. Alam ko nung panahon mo. Panahon natin. Mayro naman tayong nabutan na ganyan, di ba? But what are your expectations from our contestants and from K-Check? Panahon natin. Mayro tayong bottle of the brains. Oh, okay. Mabuti nalang mayro tayong ngayong K-Check. Correct. So sa mga contestants siguro, yun, good competition among contestants, among students. Tapos sa K-Check, natutawa ko, this could be a good venue for the promotion of Philippine culture and arts. Exactly. So yan. Up next, more teaching, more learning, and more questions for our brave contestants. Here on, K-Check. At tulip pa rin ang ating karunungan, K-Check. Rika punat ay sa ating scores, si Leah pa rin pang ngunguna with 80 points, followed by Ali with 10 points, at, kahapul mamaya si Larry but Gail. Actually, may narinig ako kanina sa bio, ng isa sa ating mga contestants na si Ali pala, e gusto pa lang niyang maging isang nail tech. She's beginning to know the fundamentals of being a nail tech. Ano ba yan? Paano ka ba? Paano ba yan? Paano na sure kung gusto mo talaga matutuna. Paano ka ba nagka-interest sa ganito ng activity, Ali? Well, I started po during grade 11, I started a while, I'm doing my press on nails. Yung ako yung magtupaint ng press on nails with regular polish. And then, this year, I started doing nails using gels. Tapos like, I'm starting to get some clients to learn how to do other people's nails. So mula sa nails ngayon naman kay Leah tayo, si Leah naman isang advocate for safe spaces. So Leah, ano ba itong safe spaces na inadvocate mo? Aha, safe spaces, because I do improv with third world improv. And improvisation is like, you know, encouraging people to accept our differences with warmth and compassion. And I think that's a really important value in life. Thank you, Leah. Alam mo, parang Miss Universe ang sagon. Yes, Philippines. Pero yung nga mag-anyang ginagawa ng improv ay, kasi di ba parang bibigyan lang kayo ng topic on the spot, tapos pa isi-stretch nyo sa for a certain period. Thank you so much for advocating. So it can yon, habang nag-improve siya, nagluluto si Gail at nag-na-nail taxi Ali. We have a very big, very big and very good group today. And now it's time for round two. Contestants, get ready to buzz in, but make sure to strategize. Correct answers are worth 20 points each, but you lose 10 points if you answer incorrectly. Let's begin. Welcome to round two. Let's begin. Question number one, in sports, particularly wrestling, in what country is the Makuuchi, the top division in the Professional Sumo Association? Leah. Japan. Japan is correct. Kcheck. Question number two, which hit song by the glass animals as a title that means prolonged periods of abnormally hot weather? Nobody got the correct answer. The answer is heat waves. Science game. Okay, next question. Autology, spelled O-T-O-L-O-G-Y is the study of what body part and its diseases. Autology. Nobody got the correct answer. The answer is the ear. Okay, next question. What is the name of the period of rapid industrial growth with far-reaching social and economic consequences beginning in England during the second half of the 18th century? Industrial Revolution. Industrial Revolution is correct. Kcheck. Question number five, what anatomical term may refer to stock-like base of a flower petal or a hard toenail of an eagle? Nobody got the correct answer. The answer is claw. Okay. Violent clashes erupted in Dublin when anti-immigration protesters fought with the police in November 2023. In what country can you find Dublin? Gail. Ireland. Ireland is correct. Kcheck. In geology, what do you call the continually frozen ground that occurs where the temperature remains? Yes, Leah. Permafrost. Let me continue the question. That occurs where the temperature remains below zero degrees Celsius for several years. The correct answer is permafrost. Correct. Kcheck. Question number eight, what is the name of the old movie theater? Charging five cents, which is also the title of a children's TV channel? Okay, nobody got the correct answer to May Slime. Sikat sila sa Slime. Nickelodeon. Yes. Okay. Question number nine, what sea stretches from Spain to Israel and from Italy to Egypt? Leah. Caribbean. Caribbean is male. Anyone would like to steal? Okay, nobody got the correct answer. The answer is Mediterranean sea. Number ten, in science, what do you call energy transfer in the form of electromagnetic waves or particles that release energy when absorbed by an object? Leah. Induction. Induction is male. Ali. Electromagnetic. Electromagnetic is male. Abawel na. Sorry, sagotin mo nalang afterno time. Okay, nobody got the correct answer? Okay, wala. The answer is radiation. Edition. Question number eleven, okay, what is the common title of a top ten hit song for banana rama in 1984 and a number one single for Taylor Swift in 2023? Well, summer. Well, summer. Okay. Reba from the Lover Album. Okay, last. Swifty pala. Okay, last question for this round. What do you call the waste disposal site in which waste is generally spread in thin layers compacted? Okay, your answer. Sorry. Leah. Landfill. Okay, let me continue. Compacted and covered with a fresh layer of soil each day. The correct answer is landfill. Correct? K-check. And that ends round number two. After that round, ang pinakamahalagang nalaman natin ay Swifty. Ang co-host ko na si Jules. That's right. Of course, importante din na alam natin. Na si Leah Leeds by 120 points. Ali and Gail are tied for second place with 20 points and rave with a lot of catching up to do. That's right. Up next, pwede ka panghumabol rave. Ang pinakainintay na ultimate pagalingan round dito lang yan sa K-check. Come back to K-check. Experts, sa tingin nyo po ba? Ano ba yung kailangan pagkandaan ng ating future contestants dito sa K-check? Ano makilang nila i-review? Nga ron ba? Inin ko, kailangan bumalik lang sa essential learnings no high school, sa iba tibang subjects at patuloy na yung mabong sa pagbabasa. Palagay ko, makakatulong kong updated sila sa current events. That's right. Siguro kailangan palawakin ang kaalaman para sa ating sariling sining at kultura. Ya, dun sa mga parents na nanonood sa atin napati encourage nyo yung mga anak nyo. Na-bata pa lang magbasana, diba. Don't lie on TikTok and not just that. Holistic dapat. Speaking of being holistic nyo, si Rave naman ang tatanungin natin. So Rave, paano ka ba mag-lagahanda for your theater performances? Naging useful ba yun para sa yung experience dito sa K-check? Rave. Syempre fundamental po na bago po ako magsimula na mga theater productions. Mag-research po ako. But at the same time, we acknowledge that directing is a leadership position. So in times of challenging po talaga siya. And in times of challenges, katulad siya experience ka sa Chase K-check, as you can see, my score, kailangan ko maging strong para humabol at makabawit sa ating next round. Ayaw pa. Pigan natin. Mag-agalings, omagod. Siting na naman natin ngayon si Gail. Gail who is an industrial design student na mayro naman pa lang patisserie in the meantime. Una sa lahat, may dala ka ba ang sample? Ayaw na lang. Pumawal lang siya. Pumawal lang siya. Pangalawa, why not kill in a re school? Baking is just my hobby and yung course ko po is ayun po talaga yung gusto ko which is mag-design and mag-draw. Thank you so much. Abangan namin na. Yung peace please mo. It's never too late. Yes, okay. Marabi sa laman contestants. Once again, di kaputay sa points natin. Si Lia po ay leading parin with 120 points. Ali and Gail tie the 20 sa next round siya rave. Dito na tayo sa ating ultimate pagalingan round. Dito, correct answers are worth 30 points each at may 15-point deduction for wrong answers. Remember sa ating panel of experts mong gagaling ang mga katanungan. Let's begin. Let's begin. Welcome to K-Check ultimate pagalingan round. Prof. Neil, go ahead. Unang tanong ano ang shodad sa Mindanao, ang kinikilala bilang River rafting hub of the Philippines. A, but one. B, kagayang dioro. C, surigaw. D, togegaraw. I, tandag. Ang lunsod na ito ay ang centro ng Hilagang Mindanao o Northern Mindanao. Tinatawag din na City of Golden Friendship ang lunsod na ito. Inilunsad ang shodad na ito bilang River rafting hub of the Philippines sa DOT campaign na wow Philippines. Ang tamang sagot ay letter B, kagayang dioro. Thank you. Prof. Marila. What type of bond holds complementary base pairs together in a DNA molecule? A, ionic bond. B, hydrogen bond. C, covalent bond. D, peptide bond. E, van der Waals forces. Grave. Hydrogen. B, hydrogen bond. The bases adenine and thymine are held together by two of these while guanine and cytosine by three. These are B, hydrogen bonds. K-check. Mahabon na, Srave. Next Prof. Who is the national artist and former Dean of the UP College of Fine Arts who founded the Graduate Studies Program. The first Master of Fine Arts Program offering in the country in the 1970s. The UPCFA Graduate Program hall is named after him. A, Dean Napoleon Abueva. B, Dean Jose Hoya. C, Director Guillermo Tolentino. D, Senior Rafael Enriquez. E, Maestro Dominador Castañeda. E. C, Director Guillermo Tolentino. Malay. There's a chance for a steal from our other contestants. Time is up. Siya rin ay tinagore ang Father of the Moderns, kasabayin niya si na edades pero siya edades ay na sa UST, siya ay na sa UP. Ang tamang sagot ay Dean Jose Hoya. Okay, saka sa isay ang Pilipino. Ano ang tawag sa Gobernador ng Provincia nong panahon ng mga castilan? A, Alcalde Mayor. B, Correjedor. C, Gobernador General. D, Gobernador Silio. E, Principalia. Alcadia ang tawag sa Local Government Units ng Colonization Castila nakatumbas ng isang probit siya sa kasalukuyan. Ang tamang sagot ay Letter A, Alcalde Mayor. Thank you, Prof. Neil, Prof. Marla. Which force keeps objects on the Earth's surface? A, Gravity. B, Magnetism. C, Priction. D, Boyancy. E, Electricity. Nia. A, Gravity. The laws of this force were discovered by Sir Isaac Newton. It is A, Gravity. Kcheck. Next, Prof. Taw. This law of gestalt is states that related objects or stimuli tends to be grouped together in our perceptile field. A, Proximity. B, Similarity. C, Closure. D, Continuity. E, Figure and Ground. Nia. A, Proximity. Malik. Parang pagkapobnanot ka ng UAAP tapos palapas na kayo sa parking makikita mo lahat nakagreep. Ang tamang sagot ay Similarity. B. Ano ang tawag sa namamayaning denastiya sa Thailand? A, Chakri. B, Prasatong. C, Sukotay. B, Supanafong. E, Thonburi. O ang kasolokoyang denastiya sa Thailand na nagsimula panong 1782. Ang tamang sagot ay letter A, Chakri. What is the process of a gas changing into a liquid called A, Sublimation. B, Condensation. C, Evaporation. D. Nia. Condensation. D. D, Deposition. E, Secretion. This process is the opposite of evaporation. It is crucial to the water cycle because it is responsible for the formation of clouds. The answer is B, Condensation. K-check. In photography, if the aperture or lens opening is wide, details of the object appear sharp when it is nearer to the focal reading. And areas away from it are blending with the ground until blurredness is achieved. What do you call this phenomenon in depth perception? A, Atmospheric or Aerial Perspective. B, Diminishing Details. C, Shallow Depth of Field. D, Advancing Reseding Tones and Colors. E, All of the Above. Sabe ni Rave, dapat alam ko to. Hungay. Actually ang tamang sagot ay Shallow Depth of Field. Now we know. Anong bansa ang tinalo na mga hapon sa isang malaking digmaan ng 1895? A, China. B, Korea. C, Mongolia. D, Russia. E, Taiwan. B, Korea. Malik. So magbibigay ang pagkatalo ng bansa ang ito sa pagkontrol na mga hapon ng Taiwan at sa kanilang pananakop ng Korea ng 1910. Ang tamang sagot ay letter A, China. Which process allows plants to convert light energy into chemical energy? A, Respiration. B, Photosynthesis. C, Firmentation. D, Oxidation. E, Transpiration. Lia. B, Photosynthesis. The chemical energy that results from this process is stored in organic compounds that can later be metabolized through cellular respiration to fuel the organism's activities. It is B, Photosynthesis. Kcheck. It is one of the phenomena of motion perception that indicates visual response to life that outlast the duration of the physical simulation. Like sparklers, waves around seem to create lines in life. It is also the basic principle of creating movie or animation. A, Five Phenomenon. B, Injuse Movement. C, Waterfall Phenomenon. D, Persistence of Vision. E, Illusion of Motion. Ito nga itina-tawag na A, Five Phenomenon. All right. Thank you so much. Sabi ulit n'Rave. Dapat alam ko rin. And that's it for Kcheck Ultimate Pagalingan. Congratulations to Lia, our Kcheck daily winner with a final score of 195 points. Sobrang tas ng points na yan. Record settled. So we'll see her again, Lia, on Friday when she competes with our other daily winners for a spot in our semifinals. And of course, we'd like to thank Ali, Rave, and Gail for joining, and of course, to the members of our panel of experts, Professor Neal, Marla, and Toh. Or should we call you Roman Leto? Okay na yung Professor Toh. This has been Attorney Gaby, Concepcion. And I'm Jules Giang. Join us again tomorrow for another Kcheck.