 Ang karunungan ay kapangyarihan. Now let's put that power to the test. It's time for K-Check! Hello everyone, I am Jonella Bore. Ako po, si Amy Sumartinas and this is K-Check, the newest and smartest game show on Philippine television. Marami ang hindi nagsasawang dagdagan ang kanilang mga kaalaman. Here on K-Check, titigda natin kung gano katindi ang brain power sila in various disciplines. And in the final week of the competition, malalaman natin kung sino ang kauna-una ang tatangaling K-Check champion. Apat na contestants ang dadaan sa ating karunungan cheque sa araw na ito. Vicky is a graduate student from the School of Urban and Regional Planning. She is also a university research associate from the College of Architecture and Volunteers for the non-profit organization Reboot Philippines. Caroline is in love with cinema and is a BA film major at the UP Dileman. Oka is a communications professional and a former journalist. Kato is a UP student. Her hobby is playing games on her Nintendo Switch. She also has two dogs. These four will be competing under the watchful eyes of today's K-Check panel of experts. Professor Marion Roque, professor of mathematics at the UP Dileman. Professor Neil Santillian, chairperson of the Department of History, UP Dileman. And Professor Maylene Cruz, assistant professor from the Department of Theory, College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines, Dileman. And now contestants papasok na tayo sa K-Check paramian where each correct answer is worth 10 points. This is your chance to bank as many points as you can and take the all-important early lead. Let's begin! Vicky, how many sides does a parallelogram have? Four. K-Check. Charlene, what is the official currency of Japan? Yin. K-Check. Oka, Tony Stark is the real identity of which Marvel superhero? Iron Man. K-Check. Kato, what do you call the line segment that is twice the radius of a circle? Diameter. K-Check. Vicky, what is the official currency of Belgium, Slovenia and Spain? Euro. K-Check. Charlene, in what 1994 Disney film did Mufasa and Simba appear as title characters? Lanking. K-Check. Oka, how do you call a triangle with no equal or congruent sides? I'm sorry. Correct answer is K-Lean. Kato, in what country is the Yuan the monetary unit? China. K-Check. Vicky, which 2001 DreamWorks film stars and ogre who lives in a swamp? Shrek. K-Check. Charlene, how many sides does a decagon have? Ten. K-Check. Oka, what is the name of the currency of Singapore, Australia and Canada? Dollar. K-Check. And Kato, Buzz Lightyear is one of the main characters in what Disney Pixar film franchise? Toy Story. K-Check. And that's it for our first round? The K-Check Paramihan Round. And that's it for our first round? The K-Check Paramihan Round. Graby ang anong yan. Exciting close fight. Diba? Na-excite ako doon sa parang pak-pak-pak-pak. Ikaw masasagod mo lahat ng questions doon? Kuntilang siguro. Piling ko masasagod mo. Masyadong maraming pop culture. Hirap ako doon. Okay. Tingiatin kung mahihirapan si Prof. Marian doon. Prof. Marian may hirapan ka ba pagalong yung mga questions? Yung iba kaya, alam ko lahat ang mga Lion King yung mga ganyan, di ba? Mga generation ng mga Lion King. Generation ko yung Lion King, Lil Mermaid, right? So lahat yan. And Snow White. So lahat yan except yung scaling. Parang medyo na hirapan si Okado. Pero yung iba talagang ito yung talagang Paramihan talagang sila. Lahat madame ang masagod. Parang perfect. Almost, no? So may talagang ok, Vicky lang. Interesting. Lahat sila, interesting. Si Vicky ay grad student na. Yes pa. What degree? I'm taking my diploma in Urban and Regional Planning. Oh. So pag ba Urban and Regional Planning? You plan for the urban cities? What do you do? That's part of the scope. But it also has different tracks where it goes to, it can focus on environment, real estate planning, as well as government and, there was government and other, government works and systems, and another one is transport. And your background is architecture? Yes pa. Oh, ok. So you're involved with this Reboot Philippines. Anitong Reboot Philippines? So Reboot Philippines is a youth led advocacy. It is non-profit and a non-government organization that advocates for the just and democratic energy transition in the Philippines. Thank you. Very interesting. I want to search for Reboot Philippines. I didn't calculate carbon credits, because it's energy. Ok, baka interesado ka doan. Ako may interest ako kay OCA. So OCA, ano naman pag-eramdam na nasa presence ka na yung youngsters na kompetitors mo sa dito, sa atin? It makes me feel young for sure. Ay, ito kanina na sinasasasagot mo even yung mga pop culture references. Ano yung lang gagalingan? Ako ba ay exposed sa ganong culture? I have four kids who are very deep into pop culture, so I have to keep up with them. Ok, bonding experience yun na, OCA. Ok, marami salamat. At ngayon, ready nang bakayong lahat for our Publish and Round? Next here on... K-check! Tuloy pa rin ang ating karunungan check. Now, let's look at the scores of our competitors. This is very exciting. We actually have three people in first place, Vicky, Charlene, and Ock, and Kato. Garnered 30 points and they're followed very closely by OCA with 20 points. Ito yung pinakamabilis na round na ano ko. Sobrang exciting talaga. Parang ako talagang, kahit sino pali manalo at this point, di ba? Kasi sa round 2, mayro ng minus-mino, so it's going to be... Gusto magpustahan tayo kung sino manalo. Sige, mamaya-mayo. We're now going into K-check pabilisan. Buzz in first for the right to answer the question. Correct answers are worth 20 points. Pero sa round na ito, minus 10 points ang maling sagot. Kaya contestants, think before you press that buzzer. Let's begin! The first question is on current events. This trust replaced Boris Johnson as a prime minister of which country? OCA. Great Britain. Malirit. Charlene. United Kingdom. K-check. Next question. Casa Blanca is an exotic city while Rabat is the capital of which African? OCA. Maraho. K-check. Next question. Which team swept past King Whale Taipei to win the premier volleyball league invitational conference last August? OCA. Philippines. Malipo. Ang tamang sagot ay cream line. What is the name of Scottish dish made of Sheepheart? Charlene. Hagis. K-check. Which Filipino-American singer's debut at single was entitled Driver's License? Vicky. Olivia Rodrigo. K-check. One of the most popular martial artists in the movies which actor from Hong Kong starred in the film Kato. Jackie Chan. K-check. Which Russian scientist is known for formulating the periodic law and creating his version of the periodic table of elements? Charlene. Dimitri Menderib. K-check. The Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle accelerator is located underground... Cern. Malay. Switzerland. Malay. The Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle accelerator is located underground beneath the border of Switzerland and what other European country? The correct answer is France. Next question. What province in Kagayan Valley is named after a Spanish queen? Vicky. Isabella. K-check. Described by David Finkelstein in 1985 as a region of space for which nothing can escape. What do you call the cosmic phenomenon where light and time are... Kato. Black hole. K-check. Next question. If it is noon, 12 noon in New York in September, what time is it in the Philippines? Vicky. 12 noon. Malay. Oka. 1 am. Malay. Kato. 8 am. Malay. Spring forward, fall backward, 12 midnight. And the last question for this round. Diego is the name of the saber tooth tiger in which 2012... Vicky. Ice age. K-check. And that's it for our Publishan Round. And that's the end of our K-check Publishan Round. Let's have a points recap first. Now, first na, si Vicky siya kasi Charlene na may 80 points. Suzanod si Kato, na may 50 points. At si Sir Oka, na may 10 points. Napaka-electrify ng round na yon, di ba Prof May? Di ka ba na shock sa round na yon? Di naman. Magagaling silang lahat and I'm sure na hanggang sa last round ay very competitive pa din ito. Okay. May tanong ka ba sa mga contestants natin, Prof May? Para kay Charlene. Charlene, you are a fill major. Bakit fill ang kinuha mo sa college? Mahabang kwento po yan. Sige, bagyan mo kami na... Hindi naman kahabaan na sa gut. Originally po, first choice ko po yung CW. Tapos na tangga po ako sa CL. Tapos, imbis naman shift sa CW nilumipat po ako na linguistics. Tapos, bawal na po ako magshift tulit sa CW kasi parayas po yung department. Kaya, film na lang po. Okay. Mahabang ay interject sa team mo. Kamusta naman ang film? Nagugustuhan mo na siya ba? Nagugustuhan mo na ba siya ngayon? Napaka gastos po niya. Napaka gastos po niya kaya po ako nandito. Kaya siya nandito kasi ang gastos daw. Nagiipon siya ng... Pampilikula. Okay. Good luck siya yun at good luck siya mga contestants natin. Maraming salamat. Ikaw, Prof. May gusto kang matanong sa mga contestants? Hindi, pero bago ko i-tanong si Kato, pwede ba kung mag... magbigay lang ng comment kay Charlay, baka bad press naman yung film department. Sorry po. Baka ang Hamon sa film department paano sila magiging cost efficient para sa kanilang mga estudyante. Okay. So yung tanong ko ay para kay Kato, kung si Charlayn ay film major, ano yung kinokuwamong kursos sa UP Dilemat? Ngayon po ay isapuwa kung estudyante ng BS Community Nutrition. So, kadalasan yung mga estudyante ko na kumuhan ng Community Nutrition, tingin nila dun pre-med course. Ikaw ba, gusto mo bang maging doctor? Oh no. Anything but med. Anything but med. Yes. I plan on pursuing po, I plan on pursuing a research based track or public health track po. Okay. Gusto ko yung ganoan. Gusto ko yung ganoan. So, si Kato, pwede mag-build ng academic career sa College of Home Economics. Okay. Say good luck, Kato. Okay. Maraming salamat, Prof. Neal. So this time, our contestants will face their toughest challenge yet dailang ating ultimate pagalingan round. Susunod na, here on, K-Check! Welcome back. Now, let's look at the scores of our competitors. Wow, tay ang na-uuna. We have Vicky and Charlene with 80 points, followed by Kato at 50 points and then we have Oka with 10 points. I'm sure later on, talagang magahabulan pa tong mga tong ang the third round. Ang gusto ko sa round na ito kasi pwede pang homabol kahit sino. So wala pang definite winner kung baga. So malalaman natin kung sino ating K-Check ultimate pagalingan winner where correct answers are worth 30 points, wrong answers get a 15-point deduction. At para mas madagdagan ang kaalaman ang ating mga contestants at viewers sa round na ito sa mga professors ng ating panel of experts mang gagaling ang mga tanong. At the end of this round, malalaman natin kung sino ang tatang haling K-Check daily winners. Contestants. Let's begin! Prof Mayan, first question please. Biology. In natural selection, which determines what trait will be successful and propagate in the succeeding generations? Kato. Jeans. Malek. Vicky. DNA. Malek. Charlene. Dominant jeans. Malek. Okay, so the jeans will be affected by this. Organisms that are more adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and pass on the jeans to the next generation. So the correct answer is environment. It's environment. Correct. Prof Neil, next question. So which country in Europe has developed Spotify as one of the world's largest music streaming service? Vicky. Switzerland. Incorrect. Oka. Sweden. So bukod sa Spotify ang bansang ito ay maraming leading brands. Volvo, H&M, IKEA, Electrolux at Ericsson. Ang tamang sagot ay Sweden K-Check. Okay. Pupuntaan natin nga na Prof Neil. Prof Maylien. E. S. Errol dead as a pioneer of Philippine modern sculpture and his works are found all around the UP campus. Charlene. Toimimaw. Malik. Oka. Napolio Nabueva. K-Check. Si Napolio Nabueva ay maraming mga artworks na makikita around the UP campus kasama na supportals ng University Avenue sa harap ng business administration, sa harap ng faculty center, at sa UP Chapel. Okay. Maraming asya na pagnikot-ikot ka. Thank you Prof Maylien. Prof Marian. Okay. Simpty lang pero biology uleg. Name one egg-laying mammal. Kato. Platypus. Okay. So, most mammals don't lay eggs pero dalawa na lang yan nang talaga nang lalay ng eggs, akidna or platypus. K-Check. Prof Neil. Which province in Mindanao has a name which translates to English as Highlander or Mountain Dweller? Ito isang landlock province sa Mindanao. Malay-balay ang kabisera ng laloigang ito at ito ang home province ni Senate President Juan Miguel Subiri. Ang tamang sagot ay Bukidnon. Maraming salamat Prof Maylien. Ang yung tanong, please. In protest art, what do you call the artwork that is made intentionally to be destroyed or burned? Charlene. Effigy. K-Check. Tama. Effigy ang tawag sa artwork na sinusunog or dinit or sinisira para mag-communicate ng communal outrage o naglalagab, love, nagalit. Okay. Nakapag-burn ka na ba ng artwork na ito? Hindi naman. Pero marami sa mga kasamaan ko sa Fine Arts ang involved sa pagawa ng mga effigy. Okay. Thank you, Prof Maylien. Prof Maylien. Next question. Ayong mga diet conscious. In the market, wet market, we often hear the term white meat for poultry and fish and red meat for pork and beef. A certain protein is responsible for the color of the meat. Kato. Hemoglobin. Malé. I'll finish. The darker color of the meat means that this protein exist in high amounts in the cell. What protein is this? This is a dark red protein. Its main function is to supply oxygen to skeletal and cardiac muscles. Malapit na sa nang hemoglobin but it's myoglobin. Myoglobin. Ang hirap naman. Prof Maylien. Prof Neil. Tang twister. Okay. So, susunod ang tanong which country in Africa saw the killing of more than half a million tootsies by arm Hutu extremist. Charlene. Rwanda. Nagganap ang genocide sa bansang ito mula abril hanggang julio 1994. Nagging inspiration to sa maraming documentario at pelikula katulad ng pelikulang hotel Rwanda. Karamihan ng mga tao sa Rwanda ay mga Hutu ngunit ang may hawak sa ekonomi at politika ay mga tootsie. Ang tamang sagot ay Rwanda K. Karaming salamat. Prof Maylien. He is the first Filipino Muslim to be proclaimed national artist. Vicky. Abdulmari Imaw. K. Si Abdulmari Imaw ay isang tauso gatang kanyang sining ay reflection and celebration of his culture. Karaming salamat po. Prof Marian. Okay. Last question from me. During New Year's celebration, raw eggs are commonly seen in the hospital as a first aid treatment for possible cases of firecracker ingestion. And firecrackers normally contain metals like lead, copper, and titanium. And specifically, one of the proteins in egg white is responsible for the prevention of metal poisoning. What protein in the egg white is responsible for this said action? Mahabal ang yung intro, pero alam nyo ito. The answer is ovalbumin or albumin. Ang palayon. Prof Maylien. Ang daming tang twister questions wala kay ma Marian. Okay. So, susono na tanong what is the name of the person who launched Jollibee back in 1970? Oka. Tony Tan-Katyong. So, batid na rin ang lahat na isa ng malaking conglomerate ang Jollibee group, kasama na dyan yung Chow King, Greenwich, at maging yung franchise na Burger King. Ang tamang sagot ay Tony Tan-Katyong K-check. Marami, saramat, nakakagoto ang tanong na yan. Prof Maylien. Panguling tanong, who is the national artist who also served as director of various cultural institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, the Museum of Philippine Art, and the Design Center. Ang tamang sagot, ay C. Arturo Luz. So, hindi lang siyang mahusay na sculptor, pintor, collage artist, pero isa rin siyang mahusay na cultural manager at isa na yung gallery owner. Okay. Thank you so much, Prof Maylien. And that is it for K-check Ultimate Pagalingan. And that's it for K-check Ultimate Pagalingan. Congratulations to Charlene, our K-check daily winner with a final score of 110 points. We'll see Charlene again on Friday when she competes with our other daily winners. First spot in our semifinals. Thanks to Vicky, Oka, and Katok for joining and to the members of our panel of experts, Prof. Marian, Prof. Neil, and Prof. Maylien. This is Aimee, Sue Martinez. And I am Jonella Bore. Join us again tomorrow for another K-check!