K-Check Season 4 Grand Finals na! Sino ang tatanghaling K-Check Grand Champion?

What a ride it [music] has been. After weeks of brain teasing battles, we're finally down to the wire. In just a few minutes, a brand new Kch Czech champion will be crowned. >> Our fantastic finalists have wowed us at every turn and prove they are worthy of the final four spotlight. So, buckle up, cheer loud, [music] and get ready to witness a fun-filled edge of your seat battle of wits. [music] >> And for the last time this season, we're putting that power to the test. Welcome everyone to the grand finals of KE. >> The end of this round is also the end of the competition for this season, and this will [music] reveal our K champion. Actually, [music] if you don't answer or if you answer it correctly, you will be the winner. But if you don't get this correctly, you will not be the winner. [laughter] Obviously, obviously. [laughter] And that's it for our key. We're still in shock in the studio right now. Congratulations to Chris. >> Congratulations to Brian. >> Congratulations to Ace. >> Congratulations to Carl. Contestants. Thank you so much. Join us again for our grand finals right here on >> G >> Check. [music] Hello everyone. Attorney Gabby Conception po Jules Gillang. >> Welcome to the grand finals of Kch Check. >> And now, please welcome our grand finalists. >> This mechanical engineering student with a literary [music] interest in a thrill has fought his way to our stage today with a combined score over the course of the season of 470 [music] points. Our first finalist is Chris. [cheering and applause] And this physics student with a love for Nordic media has impressed [music] at every level of our competition with a combined score this season of 1,080 points. Our all-time Kchek top scorer and second finalist is Carl. [applause and cheering] This industrial engineering student with a love of sports is here to play for the win. With a combined season score of 495 points, our third finalist is Brian. [cheering] [applause] And this mechanical engineering student and theater actor is ready to steal the show. Rounding out our season 4 grand finalist with a combined score of 630 points, here is Ace. [cheering] [applause] >> Congratulations, Olito. [music] But as always, these four will be under the watchful eyes of today's Kche [music] panel of experts. We have UP Dean Department of Arts Studies Chair, Assistant Professor Sophia Gillmo. [cheering and applause] And especially for the grand finals, we have retired math teacher, Mensa member, former TV quiz champion and Kchek's very own quiz master, Sir Ramon Lorenzi. [cheering and applause] And of course, Professor Emeritus Pacifina Joy Natividad of the UP Population Institute, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, UP Dean. [applause and cheering] Our dearest contestants, you know the drill. First round, which is also your first opportunity to earn points. So, buzz in, but wait till you're acknowledged before you answer. [music] effort. >> Let's begin. [music] >> This is round one. Question number one. In August 2025, who won the first ever esports World Cup chess tournament held in Saudi Arabia earning a 20 $250,000 grand prize. The correct answer is Magnus Carlson. Question number two, coined by Francis Galton. What is the name of the controversial movement aimed to improve the human race through selective breeding? Carl, >> eugenics. >> Eugenics is correct. Okay, check. Question number three, mental math. The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 51. What is the largest number, Carl? >> 19. >> 19 is correct. Okay, check. Question number four. Complete the proverb that dates back to the 16th century. Out of the frying pan and into the blank. Chris, >> fire. >> Fire is correct. Okay, check. Question number five. First released in 1991, what open-source operating system is symbolized by the penguin mascot named Tux? Chris >> Linux. >> Linux is correct. Okay, check. Question number six. Which Filipino author of Nini, the first Filipino novel, also played a key role as mediator in the 1897 pact of Byak Nabato Carl >> Emilio Asinto. >> Emiliointo is wrong. Anyone can answer. Correct answer is Pedro Paterno. Question number seven. Which Filipino American singer gained international [music] fame as the runner up of season 11 of American Idol in 2012? Carl. >> Jessica Sanchez. >> Jessica Sanchez is correct. Okay. Check. Question number eight. We need the full name here. Which Pakistani educator published Chris? >> Malala Yusf Zai. >> Let me proceed. Her personal memoir, Finding My Way, in 2025, more than a decade after becoming the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner. Malala Yusfsai is correct. Okay, check. Question number nine. Quick math. What is the quotient when 66 is divided by 2/3? Chris >> 99. >> 99 is correct. Okay, check. Question number 10. What name is shared by customizable charm bracelets, the alien moon in the Avatar films, and the mythological woman who opened a famous box? K. >> Pandora. >> Pandora is correct. K. Check. Question number 11. Which Filipino artist painted Una Bulakenya, a portrait of a woman from Bulakan which is currently on display at the Louv Abu Dhabi? Chris >> Vicente Malansala. >> Vicente Malansala is wrong. Ryan >> sizal >> sizal is wrong. Is >> Fernando Morso. >> Fernando Morso is wrong. Carl >> Victoria Dad >> that is wrong. The correct answer is Juan Luna. Last question for this round number 12. Which Grand Slam tennis tournament is played on hard courts at Flushing Meadows? Chris, >> US Open. >> US Open is correct. Hey, check. And that ends round number one. >> Thank you very much for that round, Jules. And after that first round, we have Chris in the lead with 50 points, followed by Carl with 40 points, Brian and Ace with a bit of catching up to do. So contestants, we're sort of halfway through the competition, but there is still much more to come. It will be well worth the wait because in the end, a new champion will be revealed. Welcome back to the grand finals of Kcheek. Points recap. Chris with 50 points, followed by Carl with 40 and Brian and Ace with a bit of catching up to do. And now it's time for round two. Remember, each correct answer is worth 20 points, but you lose 10 points if you answer incorrectly. As always, wait to be acknowledged before answering. >> Let's begin. >> Question number one. Which collection of ancient manuscripts named after a body of water? Yes, Carl. Dead Sea Scrolls, >> named after a body of water and discovered between 1947 and 1956, contains texts from nearly every book of the Hebrew Bible? Dead Sea Scrolls is the correct answer. [music] Kch check. Question number two, which English novelist born in 1775? Yes, Carl. >> Jane Austin. Jane Austin is celebrated for works like Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. [music] Jane Austin is the correct answer. Kch check. Question number three. Coined by US scientist David Andrews. What term is given to PAS or PFAS? The humanmade compounds that can persist in the environment for thousands of years. Chris >> microplastics. Microplastics is incorrect. Ace >> particulates. >> Particulates is also incorrect. The correct answer is forever chemicals. Question number four. Before becoming president, which general played a key role in suppressing several coup attempts against Corazon Aino's administration? Carl >> Fidel V Ramos. >> Fidel V Ramos is the correct answer. K check. Question number five. Which Grammyinning [music] pop stars 2025 hit The Subway features her on Yes, Chris. >> Chappelle Ron. Chappelle ran is featured on the video chasing her greenhaired ex through New York City's underground transit? Chappelle ran is the correct answer. Kch check. Question number six. Which iconic female Mexican artists museum opened in Mexico City in September 2025? Carl >> Fredao. >> Freda Kalo is the correct answer. [music] Kch check. Question number seven. mental math. This time a train travels 206 km in 3 hours. At the same speed, how many kilometers can it travel in 1 hour and [music] 30 minutes? Chris >> 103 km >> 103 is the correct answer. K check. Question number eight. What is the name of Saturn's largest moon which is even bigger than the [music] planet Mercury? Carl >> Titan. >> Titan is the correct answer. K check. Question number nine. What term now in the Cambridge English dictionary describes a woman who promotes 1950s [music] style gender roles and prioritizes home life over career. This term is the tread wife. Question number 10. In what multi-port discipline did Kira Ellis of the Philippines win the 2025 European Junior World Cup? >> Yes, Brian. >> Gymnastics. >> Gymnastics [music] is incorrect. The correct answer is in the triathlon. Okay. Question number 11. Which Filipino actress will have a statue [music] beside a train station in Ir celebrating her legacy in film and music? >> Yes. Ace. >> Nora Onor. Nora Anor is the correct answer. Kch check. Question number 12 and the last question for this round. Which Russian mystic who inspired? Yes. Ace >> Rasputin. >> Rasbutin inspired a 1978 disco hit song by Bony M. And he was accused of exploiting his spiritual gifts and was labeled a corrupting influence on the Russian royal family. Rasputin is the correct answer. Kch check. And that's it for this exciting second round. Thanks attorney for that round. Let's do a scores recap. Carl with 140 points, followed by Chris with 80, Ace with 30, and Brian with -10. Our ultimate round is next. K. [music] Welcome back to the grand finals of Kche points recap. Carl is leading with 140 points followed by Chris with 80 points, Ace with 30, and Brian with -10. The race to finish on top continues with our ultimate pagalingan route. But before we get to it, panel of experts contestants. Let's start with our arts expert, Professor Prof. Sophia Gillmo. Prof Sophie. Number one, don't forget to breathe. And number two, try to have fun. It's like just go for it. Hey, good luck to all of you. >> They're too stressed out to have fun. Resident quiz master sir Mon Lorenzo. >> Thank you very much attorney. Keep your cool prof. Try to breathe and then analyze the questions. Sometimes you can get the answers out of context. Good luck to all. Thank you. experience 40 years ago. 40 [laughter] years ago naman on national TV. Thank you, sir. And finally, social sciences expert Joy TV and remember this when you're like 50, 60 years old. That one time you were on TV on the grand finale finals. So, winners be like sermon champion. many years ago. And now for the last time this season, we move on to our ultimate pagalingan round. Here you know contestants correct answers are worth 30 points each 15 point deduction for wrong answers. In this round remember panel of experts. The end of this round is also the end of the competition for this season and this will reveal our key check champion. Good luck contestants. >> Let's begin. [music] >> Let's get this show on the road. Prof. Sophie. >> The Gawad Mandelikan Bayan Gamaba or National Living Treasures Award founded in 1992 is conferred to a person or group of artists recognized for their contributions to the Philippines intangible cultural heritage. Which of the following is not a Gamaba Award category? A. Ethnome medicine. B. Film. C. Folk architecture. D. Maritime transport. E. Leaving. D. Maritime transport. >> Malipo. A B. Film. >> Okay. Film is a category of the national artist award. So the correct answer is B. Film K checkalong from our resident quiz master sir Lorenzo. Which French philosopher developed an arithmetic triangle that makes it easy to find binomial coefficients? Carl, >> please Pascal. >> The choices are Albert Camu, Ba Pascal, Rene Deard, Walter, Dennis Dero. The correct answer is Bla1 Pascal. Who came up with the Pascal's triangle? Okay, check. >> Oh, everybody knew the answer to that sermon. Thank you very much, Prof. Joy. >> Okay. What does GPT in Chad GPT stand for? Is it a generative >> generative pre-trained transformer? >> Okay, let me finish. A generative pre-trained transformer. B generative pre-trained tool. C generative protocol trainer. D general procedural tool. E general patterns trainer. The correct answer is A. Generative pre-trained transformer. K check. Salamat Profoy. We're now on to our second round. Mhm. So, points recap. So, to start off our second round, Prof. Sophie, >> in classical architecture, an order defines the proportions and ornamentation of columns and intabures. Which order features a canthus leaves? A. Corinthian. B. Doric. C. French. D. Ionic. E. Tuscan. >> Chris. A. Corinthian. >> Um, aus leaves are those curly leaves found on the Corinthian order. K. Check. >> Thank you, Prof. Sophie. I actually saw Chris hesitating whether he was going to press the buzzer or not, but that gamble paid off. Back to sermon. >> Oh, this is in science. Which British chemist invented the safety [music] lamp? Safety lamp for miners and discovered sodium and potassium by you by using electrolysis. Is it A. Ernest Rutherford, B. John Dalton, C. Joseph Priestley, D. Frederick Saudi, or E. Humphrey Davyy, >> Chris >> C. Joseph Priestley. >> That is not correct. >> Carl E. Sir Humphrey Davyy. Sir Humphrey Davyy invented the Davy lamp which which saved countless miners lives in the 1800s by pre by preventing explosions. Okay checkmat sermon to end the second round prof joy. >> Thank you s sociology naman. Who coined the term sociological imagination? A was it Max Vber B. George Herbert me, Cight Mills, D. Herbert Spencer, or E. Irving Goffman. >> Carl C. Cight Mills. >> Cight Mills wrote the the promise of sociology and the sociological imagination. Yes. So, Cight Mills is the answer. K check. >> Okay. Partner, first half. Let's do a points recap. [music] In the lead pen, see Carl with 260 points, followed by Chris with 80, Ace with 60, and Brian with negative 10. Thank you very much, Jules. We're now done with the first half of our final round. We now move to the remaining half. Let's start it off with Prof Sophie. An example of Gothic revival architecture in the Philippines. With its construction completed in 1891, Blank is the only steel building church in the Philippines. >> Yes. >> San Augustine Church. >> Uh Malipo, I will continue. A Manila Cathedral. B. Miyagawa Church, Iloilo. C. St. Augustine Church, Manila. D. San Sebastian Church, Manila. E Santa Maria Church, Iloilosur. Chris B. Meow Church, Iloilo Malipo. >> Only Carl and Brian can answer Brian. >> A Manila Cathedral. >> Malipo. >> Carl, do you want to answer? No. [laughter] We respect that. This one is just in Manila. No, >> it's a No. Um, the steel was shipped all the way from Belgium and it's the San Sebastian Church, Manila. >> You should visit it sometime. >> Mhm. It's a beautiful church. Salamat Pro Sophie sermon. >> Oh, in math, grade 10 math. What are two arithmetic means between 10 and 100? A 30 and 80. B 25 and 75. C 40 and 70. D >> Marl >> 1470. >> To insert two arithmetic means between 10 and 100, get their difference, which is 90 divided by 3, that's 30. Add 30 to 10, you'll get 40. Add another 30, you'll get 70. 40 and 70k check. Salamat for that easy question. Profy. Which term refers to the violation of a society's formally enacted laws? A fwayquway. B Mores. C taboo. D crime. E sanction. Carl B. Crime. Oh, >> crime is the violation of a society's formally enacted laws. K checking prof. And we have one more round to go. That's right. Partner update rankings contestants. So see Carl Pina with 320 points followed by Chris with 65, Ace with 45, and Brian with negative 25. So we now enter our fourth and final round, the last round for the whole of this season. Prof Sophie Sophie. [laughter] Um, in cubism, subjects are analyzed, broken up, and reassembled in an abstract form. Which artist was known for developing the style called transparent cubism? A. Cesar Legospi, B. Jose Hoya, C. Juan Luna, D. Vicente Manala, E. Victoria Ades Chris Hoya Malipo. >> Anyone can answer Victoria Edes. >> Malipo. >> Only Carl and Brian can answer. Brian Cesar Legospi Malipo Carl. Carl Denton Sala. So he painted the Madonna of the slums. And now for the last easy question on our ultimate pagaling round for the season. >> Oh, this is in math. What is the smallest threedigit integer that is a multiple of 11? Chris >> 121. >> That is not correct. >> Is 111. >> That is not correct. >> Carl 110. >> 110 is the smallest threedigit integer. That is a multiple of 11. Okay. Check sermon prof joy. >> Okay. The last question in the whole season. Which philosopher is associated with the concept of the social contract? >> Carl for the win. >> Crusoe. >> Uh let me that is incorrect. Here are the choices. >> Chris Plato. >> That is also incorrect. >> Brian >> Sobratis. >> I'm sorry that's also incorrect. You don't want me to finish the choices? >> Go ahead. [laughter] >> Okay. Those choices are A. Plato, B. John Lockach, C. Emmanuel Kant, D. Friedri Nichi, or E. David Hume. >> Ace, John Lock. >> The answer is B. John Lock as in Hub's lock and result. So, K check. And that's it for our Kche Ultimate Pagan Round. Congratulations to [applause] Carr, our new Kche champion with the series highest grand final score of 365 points. Let's now call in Kcheek overall in charge of production and TVUP executive director, Professor [music] Emmeritus Grace Javier Alonso to award our Kch Cch champion Carl with a brand new laptop from Excel Technical Skills and Career Center Incorporated and TVUP and a trophy donated by VJ Alonso. [cheering] Congratulations [applause] finalists, Chris, Brian, and Ace. [applause] Thank you for joining KMRO panel of experts today, Prof. Sophie, Sir Ramon, Lorenzo, and Prof. Joy. Thank you so much. Thank you so much, sir. Jules Gia naman po attorney Gabby Conception. See you next time here on K Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. >> [music]