 Ang karunungan ay kapangyarihan. And it's time once again to put that power to the test here on K-Check. Hello everyone, I am Jules Giang. At ako naman, P. E. Gavry Pancepcion and this is K-Check. Puli namin kayo in yung imbitahan for another season of teaching and learning. Patulay pa rin ang pagahanap natin ng mga gustong sanayin at palawakin ang brain power nila through competition. Alamin natin kung kaya nila ang brain workout na inihanda natin for them this season. Kaya samaan nyo kami until the final week of competition dahil may tatanghalin na naman na isang panibagong K-Check champion. Right? Apat nakontestans ang dadaan sa ating karunungan check sa araw na ito. Miguel is a student of Bulacan State University majoring in theater. He is also a playwright and a poet. Seb is a student of Bulacan State University. His interests include playing online games, choreographing, and freestyle dance. Particularly in walking and feb. Parang alam na nating may tata nangyentayong mga. Yes, sample. And of course, you have Rain as tourism student of UP Dileman. She loves watching TV and movie franchises like The Hunger Games and The Game of Thrones. And Alec is a student of Dela Sal University. He currently studies business management and his hobbies are playing instruments and photography. These four will be competing under the watchful eyes of today's K-Check panel of experts. First off, Professor Nils Antelyan, former chairperson of the UP Dileman Department of History. We also have Assistant Professor Marla Endriga from the Department of Biology of UP Manila. And last but not least, Professor To Austria of the College of Fine Arts, UP Dileman. At ngayon, contestants, good luck as we go into our first round. Get ready to buzz in. Your correct answers are worth 10 points each. Let's begin. Let's begin round one. Question number one. What do you call the decrease in areas where trees grow across the world that are lost for other uses such as agricultural crop lands, urbanization or mining activities? Alec. Deforestation. Deforestation is correct. K-Check. Question number two. What animal is referred to by the adjective canine? Alec. Dog. Dog is correct. K-Check. Question number three. What day of the week the Department of Education designate as the day to foster reading habits among learners starting January 2024? Wednesday. Is wrong. Friday is the correct answer. K-Check. Question number four. In astronomy, what planet in the solar system is closest to the sun? Rain. Jupiter. Malik. Alec. Uranus. Malik. Sam. Sottery. Ilang planets nalang nag-iwan. Malik. Miguel. Malik. You're only allowed one chance. Walang forever. The correct answer is Mercury. Question number five. On what island can you find Davao, Surigao and Kotabato? Alec. Mindanao. Mindanao is correct. K-Check. Question number six. In a compass, what direction is directly opposite? West. Alec. East. East is correct. K-Check. Question number seven. What chemical element has the symbol C-L? Clarine is correct. K-Check. Question number eight. In the calendar, in what month is half a year after December 15? Rain. June 15? The answer is correct. K-Check. Question number nine. Taken from the Italian word meaning above, what is the highest of the four standard singing voices? Soprano. Parang ako lang. Soprano. K-Check. Question number ten. Until math, guys, what is 26% of 50? Si Alec langyata ang gumagan ang buton. Alec. 20. Malay. Malay. Miguel. 32. Malay. 26% of 50 is 13. Question number 11. In sports and games, particularly darts. How many numbers are there in a standard dartboard as arranged by Brian Gamlin? Alec. 180. Malay. 240. Malay. Malay. Yes, Sam? 80. Malay. Mukang walang nagdadarts sa ating mga contestants, there are 20 numbers in a standard dartboard. Last but not least, question number 12. Which durable British singer-songwriter who first recorded songs in 1968? Alec. Elton John. Which durable British singer-songwriter who first recorded songs in 1968 teamed up for Cold Heart with Dua Lipa and Hold Me Closer with Britney Spears? Elton John is the correct answer. Kcheck. And that's it for our first round. Thank you so much, attorney Gabby. So after that round, we have Alec in the lead with 60 points followed by Rain at 20 points, Seb at 10 points, and Miguel with a lot of catching up to do. O sa ngayon, may tanong daw si Prof to, kay Sam. Parayo kaming na sa arts, a field of arts. May sinabi siya tungkol sa fem and walking and fem, face, style and dance. Pwede mo bang ibagi sa amin kung ano yung walking and fem? The floor is open. May walking po kasi is a form of, ano siya, general pusha na para puro kami ng pusha and poses po. Pero makaiba pusha sa boom. So ngayon ang papakita mo ay yung walking. Walking. Okay. Let's go. Let's go. Iitok trend natin yan. The K-check dance. Hai kaw naman. K-check. Okay. So mga may ako, kakausapin natin ibang mga contest times para siyepin mas makilalan natin sila. Pero bago yan, pag-ahandakan na muna natin lahat ang round two. Susodod na yan sa pagbabalik ng K-check. At tuloy pa rin ang ating karunungan check with Alec and the lead with 60 points, Rain at 20, Seb at 10 and Miguel with a lot of catching up to do at zero points. At meron din palang gustong impagawa si Professor Neil kaya Miggy. Ano ba yun, sir? Well, alam mo Miguel nung huling season, wala kami, hindi namin pinalampas ang mga makatang contestant. Dapat siya lang magpigay ng sample. Pwede bang pasample naman dyan? Pwede po ano, nag-susodot lang po ako ng tula pero babawa yung po ako kaya nalupo ako dito. Sorry naman palay. Sa rin ang parang gusto na... Pwede naman mga ilang lines lang, puwede. Ano lang po yun. Mahal, mga ganin lang po. One line na yun. Yun ay yung one line. Sapat na yung mahalo. At least, at least wala ng free pass. Salamat Miguel. Mas ma-exee pa sa haiku. Ang kanyang rena site today. So it's now 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. Round two. Let's begin. Question number one. Bong Junho won the US Academy Award for Best Director in 2020. Parasite. Parasite. Let me continue the question. The question actually is, what film did he direct that won as Best Picture that same year? The answer is Parasite. Kei chak. Question number two. On April 1942, in what Luzon Peninsula or province did the Allied forces surrender to the Japanese during World War II? The answer is Bataal. Nobody got the correct answer. Question number three. What term refers to the variety of life on earth at all its levels including terrestrial, marine, and desert ecosystems? Species. Species is malek. Anyone can steal? Nobody got the correct answer. The answer is Biodiversity. Question number four. What waterway that cuts through Central America connects the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean? Nobody got the correct answer. The answer is Panamakanal. Question five. Which Olympic champion won the gold medal in the women's 55 kilogram division at the 2022 Southeast Asian Games? Hydelindias. Hydelindias is correct. Kei chak. Question number six. What term literally means moving backward as in planets in astronomy or a melody in music? Nobody got the correct answer. The answer is Retroge. Question number seven. What doll did Ruth Handler introduce to the world in 1959? Malek. Barbie. Let me continue the question in 1959 that has sold over a billion pieces since. The answer is Barbie. Correct. Kei chak. Number eight. In basketball, what popular term is given to the quick attack to the basket after getting a defensive rebound or steal? Miguel. Layup is... Layup? Layup is Malek. Magulag the steal? Man? Okay. Sige ba siya answer? Turnover. Turnover is Malek. Okay. The correct answer should be fast break. Okay. Question number nine. Named after a spinning top in French, what do you call a machine for producing continuous power in which a rotor with veins is made to revolve by a fast moving flow of water or steam? Di pumasok. The answer is Turbide. No ba di ba taporek answer? Number ten. What human body part lends its name to the center of a storm or typhoon? I is correct. Kcheck. Number eleven. In music, what is the popular term for a group of four musicians, especially those with string instrument? Malek. Quartet. Quartet is correct. Kcheck. Last question. Number twelve. In physics, what is defined as the push or pull of an object that with mass causes it to change its velocity? Seb. Force. Force is correct. Kcheck. That ends our round number two. Now to find out how our contestants did after that round. We have Alec leading by 120 points, followed by Rain with 40 points, Seb with 30, and Miguel with a lot of catching up to do with negative 10. Pero, hindi patapos ang laban, ultimate pagalinga na sa pagbabalik ng Kcheck. And welcome back to Kcheck. Drop Marla. May tanong kadaw para kay Rain. Yes, Rain. You're a major, right? Yes. Can you tell me what your dream is? Ano bang balak mo with that degree under your belt? My dream is to travel the world with my family and my friends. Sounds wonderful. Thank you. Thank you so much, Rain. At, of course, isa pa natin contestant, si Alec. Sabi mo sa biomon na you play instruments, pero hindi mo nabagget ko anong instrument yun. Ano ba yun, Alec? Yung guitar. The guitar. Anong song ang favorite mong you play? Usually, mga rock song, pero this is one song I really like. It's called Say It Ain't So By Weezer. It's a rock song in the 90s. At, of course, balikin mo na natin yung scores ng ating mga contestants, ang ating ditarista, nasi Alec, ay leading with 120 points, si Rain na man with 40 points, si Seb with 30, and si Miguel with negative 10 at ahabol siya sa ating next round. Isn't that a holl and oud song? Say it isn't so. Isn't that a holl and oud song? It's different because it's a Say It Ain't So. Okay. YouTube natin. Tingin natin, Spotify natin. Anyway, rong ang aking iniisip. Pero sa round na to, correct answers are worth 30 points each at my 15 point deduction for wrong answers. At para mas alisto ang ating contestants sa ating panel of experts mga galing ang mga katanuman. All right. So good luck to all of you. Let's begin. This is K-Track Ultimate Pagalingan Round. Sir, Nail, go ahead. Yung unang panong sa anong panahon sa Kasaysayan ng Japan nagsimula ang tradition ng shogonate o shogonato. A, Asuchi Momoyama. B, Kamakura. C, Moromachi. D, Nara. I, Yahoy. Nakabata ang pangalan ng panahongito sa lugar kung saan matatagpoan ang himpila no-headquarters ng shogonato ang minamoto mula 1185 hanggang 1333. Ang tamang sagot ay letter B, Kamakura. Environmental science. What term refers to the long-term alteration in Earth's climate often attributed to human activities such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation? A, Global warming. B, Weather variability. C, Climate fluctuation. D, Climate change. E, El Niño phenomenon. Brain. D, Climate change. Such shifts can also be natural due to changes in the sun's activity or large volcanic eruptions. The correct answer is D, Climate change. K-check. Thank you. Doctor, go ahead. In the gestal psychology or gestal perception, these brain hemispheres deals with the visual and non-verbal information. It is holistic and spatial. Grouping information into holes as in in gestal based upon the relationships. A, Left brain hemisphere. B, Right brain hemisphere. C, Hypothalamus. D, Frontal lobe of the brain and E, All of the above. Brain. D, Frontal lobe of the brain. Malie. Alec. B, Right brain hemisphere. Right brain hemisphere is correct. K-check. What was the name of the domestic programs launched by U.S. President Lyndon Bains Johnson in the 1960s? A, Great society. B, New deal. C, New era. D, Republican rebirth. E, Vision 1970. Nakatuhon ang mga programa ni Pangulong Johnson upang matugunan ang kahirapan, ba-isulong ang kapaligiran at bapalaka sa mga proyekto sa kalusugan at kalunsuran. Ang tamang sagot ay letter A, Great society. What is the main component of the Earth's core? A, Iron. B, Nickel. C, Silicon. D, Oxygen. E, Lead. B, Nickel. Malie. A, Iron. Other elements that are found in the Earth's core include gold, cobalt, platinum, and sulfur. The correct answer is A, Iron. K-check. In the physical nature of life, these colors are considered primary colors. A, CMYK. B, Red, Yellow, and Blue. C, Red, White, and Blue. D, Red, Green, and Blue. E, None of the above. Alec, D, Red, Green, and Blue. Tama. Thank you, Prof. Neil. What year did the Philippine Revolution start or begin? A, 1872. B, 1892. C, 1896. Alec. B, 1892. Malie. A, Focomplepillin for mga pagpipiliyan. C, 1896. D, 1898. E, 1899. Bigel. A, 1872. Malie. Seth. Letter D. Malie. T, 1896. Pinungunahan ni Andres Bonifacio, ang Himagsikang Pilipino, lumawak ito sa iba-dibang parte ng bansa. Para sa lang sa kabatiran ng mga nakikinaig at nununod, 1872 pagpas lang sa Paring Gumbur sa 1892 tinatagang katipunan. 1898, taon na nagteklaran na kalayan. Ang tamang sagot ay letter C, 1896, K-check. Thank you. Rakhmarda. Which invasive plant species often found in tropical regions like the Philippines, is known for its rapid growth, dense thickets and ability to smother native vegetation. A, water hyacinth. B, jade vine. C, purple loose strife. D, Japanese knotweed. E, spider lily. Rain. B, jade vine. Malik. Seb. Letter A po. This floating plant has clusters of leaves with spongy stalks arising from a base of dark purple feathery roots. The correct answer is A, water hyacinth. K-check. Yung po yung marano sa paki-graver. Kofto. In the 16th century, Japan's feudal lord and chief imperial minister Toyotomi Hideyoshi admired so much these highly priced jars believed to preserve tea leaves better than any other earthen vessels because of its valid moon shape. These jars were actually made in the northern provinces in the Philippines. The Japanese referred to it as A, carwan. B, wabisabi. C, hizen. D, ruzon subo. I, ohashi. Subo in Japanese is jar. The Japanese cannot pronounce the sound of letter L. The correct answer is D, ruzon. As it, ruzon jar. Ruzon subo. Thank you. Kostil, go ahead. Pati ako ngayong kolang nalaman. Kailang ako mag-aral pan ng Philippine arts. Ito yung huling tanong para sa akin, mula sa akin, saanong panguluhan unang nakaboto ang kababaihan sa Pilipinas? A, Emilio Aguinaldo. B, Jose Laurel. C, Sergio Osmenia. D, Manuel Luis Quezon. I, Manuel Rojas. Hindi ko alam ko hugot lang yun. Hindi alam ng mga kabataang Pilipino kung kailan unang bumoto ang kababaihan sa bansa. Siya ay ang unang presidente ng Philippine Commonwealth. Siya din ay ang kimikilalang ama ng wikang kabansa. Unang bumoto ang kababaihan sa bansa ng 1937. Ang tamang sagot ay letter D, Manuel Luis Quezon. Mala. What is the term used to describe the period between exposure to the virus and the onset of symptoms of COVID-19? A, incubation period. B, contagious phase. C, symptomatic interval. D, infectious window. E, transmission point. Letter A po. On average, it lasts 5.6 days, but has been reported to be as quick as two days or as long as 12 days. This is the A incubation period. Kcheck. Thank you. Last question. This form is the three dimensions of length, width and depth. A, plane, B, line, C point, B volume, E form. Dili na, kakadali lang nito, no? Ito yung expanse ng access natin ng X, Y, saka Z. Ang tamang sagot ay volume. Letter D. All right. Thank you so much, Prof. To and to all our experts. Okay. That's it for Kcheck Ultimate Pagalingan. Congratulations to Alec, our Kcheck daily winner. We have a final score of 165 points. So we'll see him again on Friday when they compete with our other daily winners for a spot in our semifinals. And of course, thank you also to Miguel, Seb, and Rain for joining us and of course to our panel of experts. Wala pangan natin sila. Prof. Neal, Prof. Marla, and Prof. To. Once again, I'm Jules Guia. And I'm attorney Gavin Consumtion. Join us again tomorrow for another Kcheck.