 Ang karunungan ay kapangyarihan. Today, we're putting that power to the test here on... K-Check. Hello everyone, I'm attorney Gabby Concepcion. At ako naman si Jules Guyang for another episode of K-Check. Ang K-Check ay paras mangustong sanayin at palawakin ng brain power nila through competition. Ang tanong, kaya ba nang ating contestants ang brain workout na inihanda natin for them this season? Ang mga may kaya ng workout na yan ahabot hanggang final week of competition at isa sa kanila ang tatanghaling K-Check champion. Apat na contestants ang dadahan sa ating karunungan check sa araw na to at lahat sila ay estudyante ng result technological university. Unang-unang, we have Kirby. Kirby sa business administration student majoring in human resource management. His hobbies are movies, cycling, playing online games, and playing basketball. Maraming time tungin santo. Maraming time. Jamis, on the other hand, is taking BS accountancy and he has YouTube to thank for his improving skills on the guitar. He loves playing OPM songs and R&B. Yumi, on the other hand, is a budding entrepreneur who likes joining student organizations. And May's hobbies are reading books, watching movies, and playing the flute. These four will be competing under the watchful eyes of today's K-Check panel of experts. Firstly, we have Professor Glesy Atienza of the College of Arts and Letters from UP Dileman. Next, we have Professor Ricky Nelyas of the Institute of Chemistry from UP Dileman. And finally, we have Professor Luisa De Leon Bulinau, former chair of the Department of History also from UP Dileman. At ngayon, contestants, this is round one. So, get ready to buzz in and collect those points. But make sure you wait until you are acknowledged. Otherwise, you will forfeit that point. Correct answers are ten points each. Let's begin. Question number one. What common term is given to a transparent tank of water in which fish and other water creatures and plants are kept? Jamis. Aquarium. Aquarium is correct. K-Check. Question number two. What UAAP team has a blue high-flying mascot they refer to as the king? Yumi. Admo. Ateneo. Admo or Ateneo is correct. K-Check. Question number three. In astronomy, what is the second largest planet in our solar system which is also famous for having three main rings? May. Jupiter. Jupiter is wrong. Saturn. Saturn is correct. K-Check. Question number four. How many minutes are there in two and a half hours? Yumi. 160. 160 is wrong. Jamis. 150. 150 is correct. K-Check. Question number five. What sport is played by Los Angeles Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox? The correct answer is baseball. Question number six. What element, which is the most abundant metal in the human body, has the chemical symbol CA? Kirby. Calcium. Calcium is correct. K-Check. Question number seven. Which island in Indonesia is famous for Kuta, Jinbaran, Kangoo, and other beautiful beaches? The correct answer is Bali. Question number eight. In what southern country can you find the cities Auckland, Wellington, and Christ Church? Okay, umabot sa bell. May, what's your answer? Israel. Israel is wrong. Anyone can steal? The correct answer is New Zealand. Question number nine. Which among Santa Claus's reindeer had a very shiny nose? Kirby. Rudolph. Rudolph is correct. K-Check. Question number ten. In geometry, what is the area of a rectangle in square meters whose dimensions are six meters by eight meters? Yumi. Eight. Forty-eight is correct. K-Check. Question number eleven. In dentistry, what do you call one or the four hindmost molars in humans, which usually appear at about the age of twenty? Yumi, what's the answer? Wisdom tooth. Wisdom tooth or wisdom teeth is correct. K-Check. Sakit kyan, meron na kay lahat. Wala pa yung iba, okay? Okay, last question for this round. Question number twelve. Usually, colored red or rose. What hard and heavy wooded plant is the national tree of the Philippines? May. Nara. Nara is correct. K-Check. And that ends round number one. Baraming salamat, Jules. After that round, we have Yumi in the lead with forty points, followed by Jamis and Kirby who are tied at twenty points each. And of course, we have May with ten points. You, Kirby, we want to find out a little more about you. Why did you choose to major in human resource management? When I was in senior high school, I liked to manage people. And somehow, yung naging inspiration ko to take the course of human resource management. So, yun lang talaga. Managing people. Interesting. From managing people, managing the guitar naman. Okay. Si Jamis naman, yung naman Jamis, gano ka na baka katagal nag-aaral ng guitara? Almost four years' worth. And nakatulong ba ang pagpapanod mo ng YouTube para mas madevelop yung skills mo? Yes, po, yun lang na yung tutorial po nila. As mas, pag nagsmo po kasi yung flow ng chords nila. Mas na-enance mo rin po yung pagman isa ka nalang ko. But did you take formal lessons before that? Or purely, enrolled in the YouTube school of guitar playing? Yung ating ka pumarungo mag-guitar, din na-influence siya po ako. So, na-tulong ka rin yung ating means? Interesting. Thank you very much, contestants. But for now, we have to get ready because we are going into round two sa pagbabalik lang po ng K-check. Tuloy pa rin nang ating karunungan check. Bika po na tayo ng points, leading sa Yumi with 40 points. Tide naman with 20 points each, sinakurbi at james. At si May naman ay may 10 points. So, naglili talagang ngayon si Yumi. Pero tunong inaran natin siya. Why do you like joining student organizations? I like joining organizations since it is my passion to socialize with other people. Are there other organizations of you're a member of in RTU? Yes, po. Actually po, we are a member of a student council po in our school. And what about other, wala nang ibang mga like in music or drama or dress? Before, back when I was in high school, I am a member of dance group. Dance group. Talagang varied ang mga interest. Speaking of varied, yung next contestant natin si May ay may very interesting instrument na tinutugtob. Flute. So, bakit flute ang napiling mong instrumento, May? Actually, natutulong po ako sa church po namin. Nagflute po. Sinasabay po namin siya, ay yung melody sa violin po. N.P.A. Very interesting. Before, nung share ko lang. So, jantarin kami sa nang high school pati grade school. Diw turwantin kami. Recorder yung tawag namin doon. Pero sayo, recorder doon. Recorder. Pero hindi ka active sa church. Magpainspire ka sa ating mga contestants. And now it's time for round two. Contestants, get ready to buzz in but make sure to strategize at laging tandaan way to be called before you answer. Otherwise, you lose your chance to make points. Correct answers are worth 20 points each, but you lose 10 points if you answer incorrectly. So, let's begin. Let's begin the second round. Question number one. What constellation or horoscope sign is also known as the water bearer? Kirby. Aquarius. Aquarius is the correct answer. Kcheck. Question number two in elementary geometry. What adjective describes lines that form a 90-degree angle? Yumi. Right angle. The answer is wrong. The correct answer is perpendicular. Question number three. What demilovato song has a title that can be defined as a very tall building? Walang demilovato fan today, the answer is skyscraper. Is it familiar now? Yes. Question number four. What is the title of the movie starring Ingrid Bergman that is now a term meaning to manipulate someone by psychological means into questioning their own sanity? It's actually a very popular term now. The correct answer is to gaslight. Question number five. The longest mountain range in the Philippines runs over 500 kilometers from Cagayan down to Quezon in eastern Luzon. What is the name of this range? May. The answer is wrong. Jamis. Sheramadre. Sheramadre is the correct answer. Question number six. Also called a counting frame. Which calculating device usually made out of wood consists of a frame holding rods on which a specific number of beads are free to move? Kirby. Abacus. Abacus is the correct answer. Question number seven. What Filipino word refers to the spirit of communal unity, work and cooperation to achieve a particular goal? Kirby. Bayanihan. Bayanihan is the correct answer. And this also is often pictured as a group of people trying to move. Amy Pahat. So, okay, check. Question number eight. What is the name of the Islamic sacred book believed to be the word of God as dictated to Muhammad? Yes, May. Bible. The answer is wrong. Believed to be the word of God as dictated to Muhammad by the Archangel Kirby. Koran. Dictated to Muhammad by the Archangel Gabriel, written down in Arabic, is the Koran. The answer is correct. Kcheck. Question number nine. In flag football or American football, what do you call a score worth six points if a player carries the ball across the goal line or catches the ball within the opponent's end zone? Also, when a plane lands on the tarmac, the answer is a touchdown. Question number ten. In music, what do you call the leader of a performing group of a musician who wields a baton? Yes, May. Major. The answer is wrong. The leader of a performing group of musicians who wields a baton is a conductor. Question number eleven. In what Southeast Asian country is the Muslim ethnic minority group Rohingya living in fear in a Buddhist dominated state? The Rohingya group was in the news several years ago and up to the present and they live in Myanmar, also known formerly as Burma. Question number twelve. What date has been declared in Republic Act 10966 as a special non-working holiday because it is the feast of the Immaculate Conception? Yes, Yumi. June 12th. The answer is wrong. Jam. December 8th. December 8th is the correct answer. December 8th is the date of the feast of the Immaculate Conception. K-check. And that also ends our second round. Okay, so let's do a recap of points. Kirby is leading with 100 points followed by Jamis with 60 points. Yumi with 20 points and Simay, kaya mo pa ang habulin yan sa ating last round. Kasi hindi patapos po ang laban ultimate pagalingan round na dito sa pagbabalik lang. K-check. Welcome back to K-check. At this point, ang ating points to recap we have Kirby in the lead with 100 points followed by Jamis with 60. Yumi with 20. And May with negative 20. Pero meron pa tayong parating na ultimate pagalingan round. That's right. Kaya naman, let's go for those points and for the win. Remember, sa ating panel of experts magagaling ang mga katanungan. Dito, correct answers are worth 30 points each. At may 15-point deduction for wrong answers. Let's begin. So let's begin our pagalingan round with Prof. Glesy. Ano ang pambansang dahon ng Pilipinas. Letter A, malunggay. Letter B, ang palaya. Letter C, anahau. Letter D, kawayan. Letter E, silly. Yumi. A po, malunggay. Wrong answer. May. Anahau posi. The answer is anahau. K-check. Prof. Glesy. In the Earth's atmosphere, a layer shields life from harmful solar radiation. What is the name of this protective layer? A, troposphere. B, ozone layer. C, stratosphere. D, mesosphere. E, thermosphere. Kirby. B, ozone layer. The ozone layer is a region in the stratosphere that absorbs most of the sun's UV radiation protecting life on Earth. K-check. Bami silamat, Prof. P. Prof. Lu. For the category, World Geography. How many time zones does Australia have? Letter A, three. Letter B, four. Letter C, five. Letter D, six. Letter E, seven. Letter E. Australia has three time zones, Eastern, Central and Western. The correct answer is three. K-check. Man silamat, back to Prof. Glesy. Okay, second question ko. Saan matatagpoan ang cry of Pugadlawin Monument? Letter A, Ateneo de Manila Campus. Letter B, University of the East Campus. Letter C, Loyola Memorial Park. Letter D, UP Campus. And letter E, Balara Filters. Ang tamang sagot ay Letter D, UP Campus sa harap ng Vincent's Hall. Oh, 50. Math naman tayo. What is the value of five factorial? A, 120. B, 60. C, 20. D, 5. E, 15. You mean? A, 120. Five factorial is five times four times three times two times one which is equal to 120. K-check. Yun pala ang five factorial. Thank you, Prof. Glesy. In Philippine Geography. As of 2019, which region is the largest with an area of 29,620.9 km2? Letter A, Cagayan Valley. Letter B, Central Luzon. Letter C, Sock Sergeant. Letter D, Beagle Region. Or letter E, Mimaropa. The region of Mimaropa is composed of the provinces of Misamis, Marinduke, Romblon, and Palawan. The correct answer is Mimaropa. Round three with Prof Glesy. Sa arts ulit. Sino ang sikat na manggugukit ng comic strip na Slice of Life. Letter A, Larry Sabangan. Letter B, Larry Alcala. Letter C, Larry Dizon. Letter T, Larry Subasta. And letter E, Larry Mariano. You mean? Larry Mariano. Wrong answer. Anyone can steal? The correct answer is Larry Alcala. Letter B, Larry Mariano. Prof Glesy. Prof Ricky. Okay, sa physics naman tayo. In the world of electricity, what is the flow of electric charge coal? A, voltage. B, resistance. C, current. D, capacitance. And E, conductance. Curby. C, current. Electric current is the flow of electric charge typically measured in amperes. K check. Prof Glesy. A world history naman tayo. These historical events all happened in 1989 except letter A, the opening of the Berlin Wall. Letter B, the Velvet Revolution in the Czech Republic. Letter C, the Dissolution of the Soviet Union. Letter D, the Tiananmen Square protest. Letter E, the death of Emperor Hirohito. The correct answer is C, the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The dissolution of the USSR resulted in its 15 constituent republics gaining full independence on December 26, 1991. And for our last and final round of the Pagalingan round, Prof Glesy. Yes, ito alam nyo siguro. Sino ang kilalang babayeng rakista na nagpasikat sa mga awiti tulad ng nosibalasi, bonggahan at tal. Letter A, Kamuning. Letter B, Sampagita. Letter C, Kampupot. Letter D, Santana. Letter E, Kalachuchi. Kirby. Letter B, Sampagita. The correct answer is Letter B, Sampagita. Oy, rakista ka, siguro. K, check. Prof Ricky. Sa life sciences nungan tayo. During protein synthesis, the instructions from DNA are transcribed into RNA. What is the base of the pairs with adenine in RNA? A, thymine. B, guanine. C, cytosine. D, uracil. E, adenine. The correct answer is letter D, uracil. In RNA, uracil pairs with adenine during transcription. And for our last question for this round, Prof Lu. Philippine political history tayo. This is the oldest political party in the Philippines founded in 1907. Letter A, liberal party. Letter B, Partido Nacional Progresivo. Letter C, Nacionalista party. Letter D, Partido Federal. Letter E, Democratic party. Founded in 1907, the Nacionalista party or Partido Nacionalista is the oldest political party in both the Philippines and in Southeast Asia. The correct answer is C, Nacionalista party. And that's it for the Kcheck Ultimate Pagalingan round. Congratulations to Kirby. Our Kcheck daily winner with a final score of 190 points. We'll see Kirby again on Friday when he competes with our other daily winners for a spot in our semifinals. And we'd like to thank the other contestants, James, Yumi, and May. And to our members of the panel of experts, Prof. Glesy, Prof. Ricky and Prof. Lu. Maraming salamat po. Ako po, si Jules Guia. And I am attorney Gaby Concepcion. Join us again tomorrow for another round of Kcheck.