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The video captures the thrilling second semi-finals of K-Check Season 4, featuring four contestants competing to become the next grand finalist: Carl with a K, a physics student and top scorer; Carl with a C, an English Language Education major; Cal, a broadcast media alumnus aspiring to be a singer-songwriter; and Tony, a broadcast media student. The competition is overseen by a panel of experts including Assistant Professor Sophia Guillermo, retired math teacher and quizmaster Ramon Lorenzo, and Professor Emeritus Josefina Natividad. The first round consisted of ten-point questions covering diverse topics such as medical procedures, linguistics, geometry, history, biology, music, and literature, where Carl with a K dominated the leaderboard by correctly answering most questions, including identifying Marie Antoinette, Melchora Aquino, and the concept of a regular polygon.
As the contest progressed to the second round, the stakes increased with twenty-point questions for correct answers and a ten-point penalty for incorrect ones. The contestants faced challenges ranging from pop culture trivia about Disney movies and Blackpink songs to serious subjects like Nobel Peace Prize winners, French fashion designers, and geological terms. Carl with a K maintained his lead despite some errors, while other contestants like Tony and Cal managed to score points on questions regarding the movie Moana, Mother Teresa, and the Louvre Pyramid's architect I.M. Pei. The atmosphere was filled with laughter and light-hearted banter, particularly when the hosts teased Carl with a K for his exceptional performance and chronic online nature, highlighting the fun and competitive spirit of the show.
The final segment of the episode featured an "ultimate pagalingan" round with thirty-point questions per correct answer, testing the contestants on advanced topics like national artists, NBA MVPs, geography, logarithms, anthropology, and psychology. Carl with a K continued to demonstrate his extensive knowledge base, correctly answering questions about Francisco Coching's comic characters, Denisovans in genetics, the sample space in probability theory, and Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Although he made a few mistakes on math problems involving map scales and triangle angles, his consistent performance allowed him to accumulate a total score of 355 points by the end of the round.
Ultimately, Carl with a K emerged victorious from this intense competition, securing his spot as the second grand finalist for the season. His journey through the semi-finals showcased not only his vast general knowledge but also his ability to handle pressure and engage with the audience's humor. The episode concluded with high anticipation for the upcoming Friday showdown, where Carl will face the other grand finalists in a bid to win the coveted title of K-Check champion. This victory marks a significant milestone in his season, proving that his dedication to learning and his diverse interests have paid off on the biggest stage yet.
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And
it's time once again to put that power
to [music] the test here on K-Check.
>> [music]
>> Hello everyone, I'm Jules Guiang.
Concepcion with day two of our K-Check
semi-finals. [music]
In today's competition, we're looking
for our second grand finalist.
So join us until the end of the week to
find out who our next K-Check champion
will be.
First, we have Carl. Carl is a physics
student of UP Diliman and is our top
scorer for this season so far. In his
free time, he loves to watch and read
crime thrillers, most of which are from
the Nordic countries. Currently, he is
self-studying the German language and is
hoping to study in Germany in the future
as a graduate [music] student.
So now the man, Carl with a C, is a
fourth-year [music]
student from UP College of Education
majoring in English Language Education.
He has been [music] a K-pop fan since
2021 and loves to read books and to
sing. He's also a member of member of
various organizations, both academic and
special interest.
Next we have Cal. Cal is a BA Broadcast
Media Arts and Studies alumnus who loves
music. He aims to finally make bold
steps toward his dreams of becoming a
singer-songwriter.
His other interests includes TV, radio,
working out, and Pokémon.
And today's wild card is Tony, a
broadcast media arts and studies student
from UP Diliman. Her hobbies are
photography and sewing. She loves her
white Pomeranian named Kumi Marie.
>> These four will be competing under the
watchful eyes of today's K-Check panel
of experts. [music]
We have UP Diliman Department of Arts
Studies chair assistant professor Sophia
Guillermo.
Nandito then si retired math teacher,
Mensa [music] member, former TV quiz
champion and K-Check's very own
quizmaster Ramon Lorenzo.
And we have Professor Emeritus Josefina
Natividad of the UP Population
Institute, [music]
College of Social Sciences and
Philosophy, UP Diliman.
At ngayon contestants, handa na ba kayo
for our first round? Remember that in
this round correct answers are 10 points
each, so get ready to buzz in and
collect those points. It's time.
>> Let's begin.
This is round one. Question number one.
Which surgical procedure, whose name
comes from the Greek words for nose and
to shape,
>> Carl.
Rhinoplasty.
>> Let me proceed. Is performed to alter
the bridge, tip or nostrils of the nose?
You said rhinoplasty, that is correct.
K-Check.
Question number two.
Spanish and French are called Romance
languages because they descended from
which Carl?
>> Latin.
>> Let me proceed. From which ancient
tongue of the Roman Empire? Latin is
correct. K-Check.
Question number three. In geometry,
how do you describe a polygon having
equal sides and equal angles?
Tony.
>> Equilateral triangle.
>> Equilateral triangle is wrong.
Carl with a C, equilateral. Equilateral
is wrong.
Only Carl or Cal can answer. Carl.
>> a regular polygon
>> Regular polygon is correct. K check.
Question number four. Born an Austrian
arch- duchess, she became queen of
France, but was guillotined in 1793.
Carl with a C.
>> Marie Antoinette
>> Marie Antoinette is correct. K check.
Question number five.
What do you call the class of flowering
plants named for and distinguished by
having [music] one seed leaf within the
seed? Carl with a K.
>> monocotyledon
>> Monocotyledon or monocot is correct. K
check.
Question number six.
Which Icelandic singer
Carl with a C.
>> Björk
>> Björk is wrong. Proceed. Who performed
at the PICC in 2024
release or Carl?
>> Laufey
>> Let me proceed. Release her album A
Matter of Time in August 2025. Laufey is
correct. [music] K check.
Question number seven. Born in 1812.
Which female hero provided shelter to
Katipuneros?
Carl with a K.
>> Melchora Aquino
>> Let me proceed. In her home in
Balintawak for which she was deported to
Guam by the Spanish. Melchora Aquino or
Tandang Sora is correct. K check.
Question number eight.
Edgar Allan Poe
wrote a famous story. Carl with Carl?
>> To Kill a Mockingbird
>> That is wrong. Let me proceed. Wrote a
famous story involving a terrifying
blade descending like what swinging
object used in clocks?
Carl
>> pendulum
>> Pendulum correct. Okay, check.
Question number nine, quick math.
46 if is 50% of what number?
Carl with a K
>> 92
>> 92 is correct. Okay, check.
Question number
10
Perhaps the most famous gymnast of all
time
who won three gold medals? Tony
>> Simone Biles
>> Simone Biles is wrong.
Who won three gold medals at the 1976
Olympics for Romania?
The correct answer is Nadia Comaneci.
Question number 11
Which single whose title includes a
member of Blackpink peaked at number
five on the Billboard Global 2020 5?
Carl
>> Like Jennie
>> Like Jennie is correct. Okay, check.
Question number 12, which revolutionary
leader is the central figure in the
stage [music] production Ang Supremo a
musical? Carl with a C
>> Andres Bonifacio
>> Let me proceed a musical retelling his
life and struggles. Andres Bonifacio is
correct. Okay, check.
That ends round number one.
>> Thank you Jules for that very exciting
round and after that round we have Carl
with a K in the lead with 80 [music]
points followed by Carl with a C with 20
points and followed by Cal with no R
with 10 points and Tony with a bit of
catching up to do.
K-Chika
>> So, I'm going to have to put that on
again I see Carl with a K. The half of
the nominees from the semi-finalists I
suppose I can do what do they need to do
differently but I might have to secure
them spots the grand finals or equal
number of that to win a number
I will be willing to go back today and
history making the 430 points during the
first round of elimination but I don't
see Carl major seeker with a C major
yes 430
>> [laughter]
[laughter]
>> Okay, thank you Carl.
I don't know what I'm going to say to
Carl.
>> [laughter]
>> I don't know what I'm going to say to
Carl
430 points.
430
points Carl.
I'm so good at this Carl.
>> [laughter]
>> I'm so good at this
Carl.
Same preparation Carl from from the past
like before
I review the past episodes of K check.
Wow, season one. Yes Carl.
Wow. I don't know what to say to Carl.
I'm beside secondary education for major
in English minor in health education.
Okay.
So.
I don't know what to say to Carl
Carl with a K and Carl with a C.
I don't know what to say to Carl
with no R
Tony I'm going to tell
in the meantime I'm going to tell
in the round two I'm going to tell in
the round two Carl. K check
with a K with 80 points followed by Carl
with a C with 20 Carl with 10 and Tony
with zero at the moment.
K chika Okay, so Carl what has competing
in K check taught you about yourself? I
think that I am K check I am chronically
online you know what
>> [laughter]
>> I mean I've always just been interested
in learning
there's a certain kids magazine that I
kept reading
and then
into social media Tik Toks
all those interesting things about my
life
Okay
one way or another
I have a lot of experience with
towards your you know
be a singer songwriter Yes, but I think
so like I've said in my episode last
time
a lot of tool for songwriting I believe
you
taking the world in just learning from
everyone you meet everything you read
about and just
taking your own spin into it in a way so
you are attacking the world in general
>> [laughter]
>> but in the town of Shah usually
Koomi
like she is always eating
like it's not like Koomi
Uh, she's a Pomeranian.
Unlike your regular Pomeranian so many
like
bigger than me.
>> [laughter]
>> Hello.
the last time that you were here.
Actually
questions
one of the questions like I read
something about it was like I got again
>> [music]
>> because especially now because it's a
Yes, and now it's time for round two. So
contestants get ready to buzz in, but
make sure your strategies. Correct
answers are worth 20 points each, but
you lose 10 points if you answer
incorrectly. It's time.
Let's begin.
>> [music]
>> This is round two.
Question number one.
Featuring songs written by Lin-Manuel
Miranda.
Yes, Carl with a C.
>> Hamilton.
>> That answer is incorrect. Which 2016
Disney movie included the catchy tune,
Tony?
>> Moana.
>> Moana included the catchy tune anthem,
How Far I'll Go. The answer is correct.
K check.
Question number two. Awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1979,
which female missionary in Calcutta Yes,
Carl with a C.
>> Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
>> was canonized in 2016 by Pope Francis. K
check.
Question number three. Which French
fashion designer, once the head of Dior,
founded his own label in 1961 and became
known simply by the initials YSL?
Carl with a C.
>> Yves Saint Laurent.
>> Yves Saint Laurent is the correct
[music] answer. K check.
Question number four, in zoology, what
do you call the cylindrical body form of
certain cnidarians, such as sea anemones
and corals, as opposed to the
free-swimming medusa form?
The correct answer is polyp.
Question number five, popularized in
online communities, what word is
officially defined by the Cambridge
Dictionary as holding beliefs or
impressions that are not realistic?
Tony.
>> Delulu.
>> Delulu is the correct answer. K check.
Question number six, known as the poor
boy from Lubao, who served as vice
president under Carlos P. Garcia? Tony.
>> Diosdado Macapagal.
>> Diosdado Macapagal served as vice
president under Carlos P. Garcia before
becoming the ninth president of the
Philippines. The answer is correct. K
check.
Question number seven, SOS, a song with
a palindromic title, became a hit song
in 1975
by which singing group whose name is
also a palindrome?
Carl with a K.
>> ABBA.
>> ABBA is the correct answer. K check.
Question number eight, after a snap
election in 2025,
in which country did the Liberal Party,
under the leadership of [music] Mark
Carney, form a minority government
ending the long premiership of Justin
Trudeau?
Cal.
>> Canada.
>> Canada is the correct answer. K check.
Question number nine, which French
painter, considered the founder of
impressionism,
gave the movement Yes, Carl with a K.
>> Claude Monet.
>> Claude Monet gave the movement its name
through his work Impression, Sunrise. K
check.
Question number 10, first observed
through a telescope by Galileo in the
17th century, what dark, cooler regions
on the sun's surface appear and
disappear in roughly 11 year cycles?
Carl with a K.
>> Sunspots.
>> Sunspots is the correct answer. K check.
Question number 11, in math, how many
degrees is the third angle in a triangle
if the other two angles are 45° and 85°?
[music]
Carl with a C.
>> 35°.
>> 35 is incorrect. Carl with a K.
>> 50°.
>> 50° is the correct answer. K check.
Question number 12 and the last question
for this second round, which
London-based singer, discovered after
her bedroom track Coffee went viral?
Cal.
>> Beabadoobee.
>> Beabadoobee went viral, played to
Filipino fans in Manila both in 2022 and
2025.
The answer is correct. K check.
And that's it for our second round.
>> Thank you so much Attorney for that
round.
points. See Carl with a K and
with 160 points followed by Tony with
60, Cal with 50 and Carl with a C with
40.
>> K check.
>> [music]
[music]
>> Welcome back to Kate Check, an exciting
Kate Check today.
Let's take a break with the points
recap. We have Carl in the lead with 160
points followed by Tony with 60, Cal
with 50 points, and Carl with 40 points.
Correct answers are worth 30 points each
with a 15 point deduction for wrong
answers. Remember, I think final of
experts
for this multiple choice round we will
accept the answer itself or the letter
and answer but not the letter only. Now
more than ever, let's go for those
points and for the win.
Let's begin.
>> [music]
>> With 360
points available for our contestants.
>> Which national artist founded Teatro
Mulat ng Pilipinas and is known as the
grand dame of Southeast Asian children's
theater?
A. Daisy Avellana
B. Anton Juan De La Rama
C. Lucrecia Kasilag
D. Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio
E. Alice Reyes
>> Carl with a C.
>> B.
>> Anton Juan De La Rama
>> Malibu
>> Anyone can answer?
>> She taught at UP Diliman College of Arts
and Letters. and was conferred the title
of Professor Emeritus upon retirement.
She was the national artist was Amelia
Lapeña Bonifacio.
>> Maraming salamat Prof. Sophie
quiz master Sir Ramon Lorenzo.
>> Next question is in sports.
Who was voted as the most valuable
player for the 2024-25
NBA season? A, Jason Tatum. B, Shai
Gilgeous-Alexander.
C,
Nikola Jokic, D, Donovan Mitchell, or E,
Giannis Antetokounmpo.
>> Exactly.
>> The correct answer is Shai
Gilgeous-Alexander.
Who wants to lead the
the Oklahoma
City Thunder to the NBA title?
>> The rest of our audience.
Prof. Joy.
>> Which province in the Philippines
includes the southernmost island of the
Philippine archipelago?
>> Pearl.
>> Tawi-Tawi.
>> The answer is correct. K check. But
Saluag Island in Sibutu, Tawi-Tawi is
the southernmost island of the
Philippines.
>> Maraming salamat Prof. Joy. Now on to
our second round, Prof. Sophie.
>> More on national artists.
Which national artist for visual arts
created the characters Pedro Penduko,
Hagibis,
>> Carl.
>> Mars Ravelo.
>> Um mali po.
Um Pedro Penduko, Hagibis, Marabini, or
Marahas na Binibini,
and Sabas ang Barbaro.
A, Larry Alcala.
B, Fernando Amorsolo.
C, Benedicto Cabrera.
D, Francisco Coching.
E, Arturo Luz.
>> Carl.
D, Francisco Coching.
>> Um, Francisco Coching was known as the
king of comics, no? So, K check, Carl.
>> Okay.
>> Maraming salamat, Prof. Sophie.
Sir Mon.
>> Uh, next question is in math.
In logarithms, what is the logarithm of
1/2 to the base eight?
A, three. B, -3. C, 1/3. D, -1/3. E, -4.
>> Carl, with a K.
>> D, -1/3.
>> 8 to the 1/3 is 2.
So, 8 to the -1/3 is 1/2.
Okay, check.
>> Ang dali naman noon, Sir Mon. Wala bang
mas mahirap diyan?
>> [laughter]
>> Hirap-hirapan mo mamaya, ah. Maraming
salamat, Prof. Joy.
Ito naman ay anthropology.
What is the name of this group of
archaic humans who emerged about 7
370,000
years ago
during the Pleistocene epoch in Eurasia,
spreading throughout Eastern and
Southern Asia and parts of Melanesia
before disappearing about 30,000 years
ago, and whose whose genetic footprint
has been found in current populations in
Papua New Guinea and other Pacific
Islanders? Are they A,
Australopithecines?
B, Neanderthals?
C, Denisovans.
>> Carl?
>> C, Denisovans.
>> Let me finish.
D, Homo erectus. E, Homo habilis. The
answer is C, Denisovans. K check.
Well, the Denisovans are named after the
Denisova Cave, where the first fossils
were found. So, Denisovans is the first
ancient hominin species that is revealed
by genes alone, not by fossil
classification. They lived at the same
time as Neanderthals.
>> So, that was the end of our second
round, partner.
>> Correct. Let's do a score recap muna
dito sa half ng ating round. Si Carl
with a K pa rin ang nangunguna with 280
points, followed by Tony with 60, Cal
with 35, and Carl with 25.
>> But, it's just the end of the second
round.
>> Correct.
>> So, we still have the next half
>> with
>> 180 points.
>> 80 points. So,
pwede pa?
>> Pwede pa.
>> [laughter]
>> Okay.
Uh to begin our second half of our
ultimate pagalingan round, Prof. Sophie.
>> Since its completion in 1989,
the Louvre Pyramid has served as the
main entrance to the Louvre Museum in
Paris.
Who designed the Louvre Pyramid? A,
Frank Lloyd Wright.
B, I. M. Pei.
C, Le Corbusier.
D, Solomon R. Guggenheim. E, Zaha Hadid.
>> Um
yeah, I thought, well, it's a bit
controversial, no, in Louvre Pyramid
because it's so different from the
French Renaissance
actual museum, no? And the one who
designed the pyramid was I. M. Pei.
>> I don't know how I'm going to answer
>> so far
Prof. Sophie
quiz master with an easier question for
this round sermon
in probability theory what do you call
the set of all possible outcomes
>> Carl with a K
>> sample space
>> The sample space is the complete set of
all possible outcomes of a random
experiment. Okay, check.
>> Prof. Joy
What term describes a society ruled by a
small privileged upper class?
>> Carl with a K
>> oligarchy
>> Okay, the the choices are A democracy, B
plutocracy, C meritocracy, D theocracy,
and E oligarchy. And the answer is E
oligarchy. Okay, check.
I don't know about Carl [music] with a
K.
>> physics
>> [laughter]
>> So
So going into our last round Prof.
Sophie
>> I'm not sure if this is going to be
easy.
Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, and Long John
Silver were characters created by
A Lewis Carroll
B Charles Dickens
C Walt Disney
D Edgar Allan Poe E Robert Louis Steven
Stevenson
>> Carl
>> B Charles Dickens
>> Anyone can answer?
>> Louis Carroll
>> Only Tony or Carl can answer.
>> Tony
>> Edgar Allan Poe
>> Robert Louis Stevenson
>> I love John Silver.
Um it's a character from Treasure
Island. That was written by Robert Louis
Stevenson. Oh well, okay. Carl with
okay, no? Okay, check.
Maraming salamat.
>> Madali pa rin to ratio and proportion
lang. In mathematics, on a map, 1 cm
represents 50 km. If the distance
between two cities is 7.5 cm on the map,
what is the real distance? A, 125
km. B, 225 km. C, 200
>> D, 225 km.
>> That is not correct.
So, letter C, it's 275 km. D,
300 km. E, 375
km.
7.5
>> E, 375 km.
>> The real distance is 7.5 cm * 50
km per
cm. So, E is correct. 375
km. Okay, check.
>> Maraming salamat. And of course, the
very last question for today's
ultimate pagalingan round. Prof. Joy.
Which psychologist is known for the
hierarchy of needs?
>> Carl with a C.
>> Maslow
>> Okay, the choices are A, B.F. Skinner,
Erik Erikson, Abraha- Abraham Maslow.
Carl Rogers, Jean Piaget, and the answer
is C, Mas- Abraham Maslow K check.
>> And that's it for our K check ultimate
pagalingan round. Congratulations to
Carl, our second K check grand finalist
with a score of 355
points. We'll see Carl with a K again on
Friday when he competes with the other
grand finalists for the title of K check
champion.
>> [music]
>> for another round of
>> K check.
>> [music]
[music]