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The video features the ninth episode of Season 4 of "K-Check," a competitive quiz show hosted by Jose Gang and Attorney Gabby Concepcion, where four contestants from UP Diliman face off in a series of brain power challenges to determine the next champion. The competitors include Gabriel, an electronics engineering student with interests in politics and history; Rav, a geography major who enjoys spontaneous travel and high vantage points; Justin, also studying geography but preferring music collection and online games; and Wayne, a theater arts student and part-time actor known for his love of films and K-pop. They are judged by a panel of experts comprising Assistant Professor Sophia Gillmo from the Department of Arts Studies, Chemistry professors Nikki Nelius and Nandita Dinci, and former History Chair Louisa Deon Bolino, who guide them through three increasingly difficult rounds with escalating point values for correct answers and penalties for mistakes.
The competition begins with a standard round where contestants answer general knowledge questions ranging from pop culture to science, earning ten points per correct response while avoiding deductions for errors. Gabriel quickly establishes dominance by correctly identifying the musical "Les Misérables," the horror film "M3GAN," China as the location of Shandong province, and calculating fractions accurately, alongside answering trivia about mercury thermometers, ancient Kush in Africa, Olympic track lengths, pirates, Sherlock Holmes, Bulakan's historical figures, Earth's mantle, Barack Obama, and West Side Story. While Rav also performs well with answers like "junk" for a poor-quality boat or Chinese sailing vessel and Millie Bobby Brown as the actress behind Anola Holmes 4, Justin struggles significantly in this initial phase due to incorrect guesses on running track distances and other questions, leaving him far behind his peers by the end of the first round.
As the contest progresses into the second round, the stakes rise with twenty points for correct answers but a ten-point penalty for wrong ones, intensifying the strategic pressure on the participants. Gabriel continues his flawless run by answering correctly about modern pentathlon events, Beowulf as an epic poem against Grendel, summer seasons in different hemispheres, violins played by concert masters, Millie Bobby Brown again regarding Stranger Things and Anola Holmes 4, volleyball players Michelle Gumaba and others, the perimeter of a square with area forty, Crimea's annexation, Matilda the musical based on Roald Dahl's book, Thomas Edison as the inventor of the practical light bulb, Julius Caesar's assassination, Marie Curie discovering radioactivity, Woodrow Wilson leading during World War I, and sound waves requiring a medium. This perfect performance allows Gabriel to pull further ahead in the standings, while Rav maintains a strong second position despite some earlier slips, leaving Justin still trailing significantly behind as they approach the final round with ninety points remaining on the line.
In the ultimate round featuring multiple-choice questions worth thirty points each but fifteen-point deductions for errors, Gabriel secures victory by correctly identifying the laughing emoji named Word of the Year in 2015, Alfred Wegener's continental drift theory, Sputnik 1 as the first artificial satellite, eyeliner associated with ancient Egyptian makeup, atomic number defining protons, Amado V. Hernandez being acquitted after thirteen years for rebellion charges, and Bernardo Bertolucci directing The Last Emperor among other complex topics. Although Justin briefly takes the lead early in this round by correctly answering questions about radioactivity and US presidents, Gabriel's consistent accuracy ultimately sees him cross the finish line first with a final score of two hundred fifteen points, earning his title as the K-Check daily winner while Rav finishes third and Wayne fourth, setting up future competitions for semifinal spots.
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And [music] it's time once again to put
that power to the test here on K Check.
[music]
Hello everyone. I'm Jose Gang.
Attorney Gabby Conception and this is
Kche
>> competition man learning opportunity
Kche and as always
to take on our brain power challenges.
>> Stick with us until the final week of
this exciting competition to find out
who our next Kche champion will be.
Contestants
we have Gab. Gab is an electronics
engineering student from UP Dean. He
enjoys lifting weights, editing videos,
playing instruments, and reading
non-fiction. [music] He is a big fan of
OPM with particular bands or artists
like Razer Heads and Juan Carlos. So the
man we have Rav. Rav is a student of UP
Dean studying BS geography. He likes to
travel around spontaneously, usually
during the night. His hobbies include
watching traffic [music] and
experiencing views from high vantage
points. So naman we have Justin. Justin
is a secondyear student studying
geography also in UP dean. His hobbies
include listening to various music
[music] genres, collecting physical
media and playing online games. And
finally we have Wayne. Wayne is a
theater arts student from UP Dean. A
theater artist and a part-time actor.
[music] His hobbies are binge watching
films and TV series, biking and
listening to K-pop group Red Velvet.
These four will be competing under the
watchful eyes of today's K check panel
of experts. We have UP Dean Department
of Arts Studies Chair [music] Assistant
Professor Sophia Gillmo.
Nandita Dinci Chad technical panel
chairperson for chemistry and executive
director of the UP Intelligence System
Center, Professor Nikki Nelius of the UP
Dimman [music] Institute of Chemistry.
And last but not least, we have Louisa
Deon Bolino, former chair of the
department of history, [music] UP Dean.
Contestants, it's time for our first
round. Correct answers are 10 points
each. Get ready to buzz in and collect
those points.
>> Let's begin.
Question number one,
which musical based on Victor Hugo's
novel will have its songs like Do You
hear the people singing performed in
Manila in January 2026?
Wayne
>> Lay Misab
>> Lay Misab is the correct answer. Kch
check.
What is the title of the horror movie
about a killer AI doll that became a
viral hit in 2023?
Rav
>> Megan.
>> Megan is the correct answer. Kch check.
Question number three. In what country
can you find Shandong province where six
months worth of rain fell in just 5
hours in July 2025?
Wayne
>> Korea
>> Korea is incorrect.
Rav
>> China
>> China is the correct answer. K check.
Question number four. What is the
product of 2/3 and 35ths in lowest
terms?
>> Gab 20.
>> The answer is not acceptable.
Rav
>> two- fifth.
>> Two- fifths is the correct answer. K
check. Question number five. What
metallic element formerly used in
thermometers is now restricted?
>> Yes, Rav.
>> Mercury.
>> Mercury is now restricted due to its
toxic effects on the nervous system. The
answer is correct. K check.
Question number six. In history, the
kingdom of Kush was founded around the
Nile Valley in which continent? Rav
>> Africa
>> Africa is the correct answer. Kch
checked.
Question number seven. In the Olympic
Games, how many meters is the standard
oval running track in athletics?
>> Yes, Gav.
>> 100 m.
>> 100 m is incorrect.
>> Yes, Rav.
>> 1,00 m.
>> 1,000 is incorrect.
Justin,
>> is it 500 meters?
>> No, it's not.
[laughter]
>> I'm kidding. The answer is incorrect.
The standard oval running track in
athletics is 400 m long.
Question number eight. Blackbeard and
Jack Sparrow are both famous examples of
what kind of seafaring outlaws?
Gab.
>> Pirates. Blackbeard and Jack Sparrow are
pirates. K check. Question number nine.
Which fictional detective is the main
character in the books The Hound of the
Baskervilles and A Study in Scarlet?
Wayne
>> Sherlock Holmes.
>> Sherlock Holmes is the correct answer.
Kch Czech.
Question number 10. What central Luzison
province is the birthplace of Marcelo H.
Delpar and Francisco Balakas Rav?
>> Bulakan. Bulakhan is the correct answer.
Kch check.
Question number 11. Which 3,000
kilometer layer of the Earth is
responsible for tectonic plate [music]
movement?
>> Rav.
>> Crust.
>> Crust is incorrect.
>> Gab.
>> Mantel.
>> Mantel is the correct answer. K check.
Question number 12 and the last question
for this round. Which former senator
from Illinois served as president of the
United States from 2009 to 2017?
Justin
>> Barack Obama.
>> Barack Obama is the correct answer. Kch
check. And that's it for the first
round.
Salamat attorney for that round. Let's
do a scores recap.
S Rav with 60 points followed by Gab and
Wayne with 20 points each and Justin
10 points.
backgrounds.
So gab an non-fiction subject
usually po about politics and history.
Politics and history
horror and [laughter]
horror maybe horror and magic.
>> Magic.
Okay.
High vantage point
usually
How often do you do this? Uh,
>> pretty much
Boston. Wow.
[laughter]
Okay. Okay.
And
for round two
check
[music]
and before we proceed points [music]
recap, we have Rav in the with 60
points, followed by Gab and Wayne who
have 20 points each and Justin with 10
points.
attorney.
Okay.
[music]
Physical media.
>> Um, usually an music physical media. So,
I like collecting CDs.
I'm thinking of collecting vinyls.
vinyls that are you know vintage
artist.
Yeah. Okay.
So what do you think is the importance
of physical media
physical media? Everything's on the
internet now.
Sentimental value.
[snorts]
I'm listening to just one CD.
I'm imagining life. Wow.
CD
unlike now anything.
>> But when I listen to Justin speak,
Well, congratulations on your finding
something that makes you happy. Si Wayne
TV series and movies
currently
is Umbrella Academy season 4 and then
Superman and Fantastic 4.
Yes. Wow. May seasonal Umbrella Academy
season
part horror film or horror play.
>> So much horror today.
Okay,
Twain. And now it's time for round two.
Contestants, get ready to buzz in. But
in this round two, you need to make sure
that you strategize. Dial round. Correct
answers are worth 20 points each now,
but you lose 10 points [music] if you
answer incorrectly. Okay,
>> let's begin.
[music]
>> Question number one. What musical about
love amid gang wars in New York City
starred Rachel Zgler in a 2021 film
remake? Wayne,
>> Westside Story.
>> Westside Story is correct. Okay, check.
Question number two. What word may mean
something of poor quality or a Chinese
sailing boat?
The correct answer is junk. Question
number three. The Olympic discipline
modern pentathlon is a competition
featuring how many events? Ra
>> five.
>> Five is correct. Okay. Check.
Question number four. What is the title
of the old English epic poem about a
hero who battles the monster Grenle?
>> Beaywolf.
>> Let me proceed. Monster Grenle,
Grenell's mother and a dragon. You said
Beaywolf. That is correct. Okay, check.
Question number five. What season of the
year starts July in Japan but December
in New Zealand?
Justin
>> summer.
>> Summer is correct. Okay, check.
Question number six. In music, which
instrument held under the chin does the
concert master of an orchestra usually
play? Wayne,
>> violin.
>> Violin is correct. Okay, check.
Question number seven. Which actress
played the title role in the 2020 film
Anola Holmes four years after starring
in the series Stranger Things? Justin
>> Millie Bobby Brown.
>> Millie Bobby Brown is correct. Gay
check. Question number eight. Michelle
Gumaba, Mila Pablo, and Milen Pat are
known athletes in what team sport? Ram.
>> Volleyball.
>> Volleyball is correct. Okay, check.
Question number nine in geometry. A
square has an area of 40 square inches.
How many inches is its perimeter?
The correct answer is 25.3. Question
number 10. What is the name of the
historic region and peninsula that
Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014?
Crimea
>> Crimea is correct. Okay, check.
Question number 11.
Which 2022 musical film remake that
featured Emma Thommpson as Miss Trunch
Bowl was based on a road doll book about
a gifted girl with telekinetic powers?
Wayne
>> Matilda.
>> Matilda is correct. or Matilda the
musical. Okay, check.
Last question for this round number 12.
What ancient game of strategy has
openings like the Sicilian defense?
Gab,
>> chess.
>> Chess is correct. Okay, check. And that
ends round number two.
Ranking contestants. Ravis in the lead
with 100 points, followed very closely
by Gab and Wayne with 80 points each and
Justin with 50.
Welcome back to K Check perforce proceed
another points recap. Rav is in the lead
with 100 points followed by Gab and
Wayne who have both 80 points each and
Justin with 50 points.
Ultimate
round panel of experts
and correct answers are worth 30 points
each at my 15 point deduction for wrong
answers. For this multiple choice round,
we will accept the answer itself or the
letter and answer but not the letter
only. So let's go for those points and
for the win.
>> Let's begin.
So ultimate round. First question from
Prof. Sophie.
>> In popular culture,
what emoji was named word of the year by
Oxford dictionaries in 2015?
A. Eggplant.
B. Face with tears of joy.
C. Red heart. D. Rolling on the floor
laughing. E. Thumbs up.
>> Wayne
>> D. Rolling on the floor laughing.
>> Um, that was the third most popular
>> Justin. Um, Face with Tears of Joy.
>> Um, Face with Tears of Joy was the most
popular landing at that place. No, at
the Oxford dictionary. Um, K check.
>> Thank you, Ralph Freaky. Go ahead.
Alfred Vegner in 1912 proposed which
theory that was initially rejected but
later accepted in geology?
>> Um continental drift theory
>> A. Plate tectonics, B. Seafloor
spreading, C continental drift, D
isostasy,
E subduction.
Begner suggested continents were once
joined and drifted apart. A theory
confirmed decades later by evidence from
plate tectonics. The correct answer is
letter C. K check.
>> So early on in our ultimate pagalingan
round, Justin is now in the lead with
110 points, followed by Rav with 100,
Gab and Wayne. Gab with 80 points, and
Wayne with 65. Okay, Prof. Lou, go
ahead.
>> Okay. History of technology to what was
the first artificial satellite launched
into space in 1957?
A. Voyager 1. B. Sputnik 1. C. Hubble.
D. Apollo 11. E. Explorer 1.
>> RAV.
>> Voyager 1. That's incorrect. Sorry.
>> Yeah.
>> Sputnik one.
>> The first artificial satellite was
launched by the Soviet Union on October
4, 1957.
The launch of Sputnik one marked the
beginning of the space race. The correct
answer is B. Sputnik one. Okay. Check.
>> Mhm. And at the end of the first round,
Gab and Justin are tied for first place
with 110 points each, followed by Rav
with 85, Wayne with 65 points.
>> And three rounds simul
Sophie, go ahead.
>> In ancient Egypt, both men and women
wore makeup and the wealthy were even
buried with their cosmetic boxes.
What makeup do we associate most with
ancient Egypt?
>> Justin,
>> is it eyeliner?
>> I'll continue with the options. A,
bronzer. B, eyeliner. C, foundation. D,
lipstick. E, rouge. The correct answer
is E. B, eyeliner. K, check.
Thank you, Rafrey. Go ahead.
Nang. What term describes the number of
protons in an atom's nucleus?
A mass number? B isotope.
C atomic number.
>> Gab atomic number.
>> D charge number. E electron count. The
atomic number defines an element's
identity. Hydrogen is always one. Carbon
is six and so on. The correct answer is
letter C. Atomic number K check.
>> Thank you. R flu. Go ahead.
>> Isaong history of technology. Who is
credited with inventing the light bulb?
>> Gab.
>> Thomas Edison.
>> Uh, red. Let me read the choices. A.
Nicola Tesla. B. Albert Einstein. C.
Thomas Edison. B. Alexander Graham Bell.
E. Benjamin Franklin. Though many
contributed to its development, Edison
patented the practical and long-lasting
electric light bulb in 1878. Kch check
attorney. So I guess mag scores recapit.
>> Oh, and this is the end of the second
round. At the end of the second round,
Gab is now in the lead with 170 points,
followed by Justin with 140 points,
followed by Rav in third place with 85
points. and Wayne with 65 points.
>> So we still have
>> 180 points to go.
>> So gagalo pa.
>> Yes.
>> Third round. Prof. Sophie, go ahead.
>> Which writer and labor leader was jailed
for rebellion with murder, arson, and
robbery, but was acquitted 13 years
later?
A. Dinoa.
B. Isabella de loses.
C. Amado V. Hernandez. D. Benito
Lumbber. E. Jose Maria Cissson.
Um, actually they all went to jail at
some point in their lives. But the one
who was acquitted 13 years later was
it's a very it's a milestone in no in
law history. No, I'm telling you. Um
[laughter]
it's Sam Vie Hernandez who later went on
to become national artist for
literature.
>> Thank you Prof. Sophie Proficky. Go
ahead.
>> Which wave type requires a medium to
travel through?
A light
>> cab sound waves.
>> B radio C sound. D. X-ray. E. Gamma.
Sound waves can travel in a vacuum. They
need air, water, or solid material to
propagate. The correct answer is C.
Sound K. Check.
>> Thank you. Ru. Go ahead.
>> Okay. Exciting, huh? World history to
which famous Roman leader was
assassinated?
>> Gab Julius Caesar.
>> Let me continue the question. Uh, which
famous Roman leader was assassinated in
44 BC? The choices are A. Julius Caesar,
B. Agusto Cesar, C. Nero, D. Caligula,
E. Marcos Aurelius. This Roman general
and statesman led the Roman armies in
the GIC wars and subsequently became
dictator from 49 BC until his
assassination in 44 BC. The sudden death
of Julius Caesar led to the demise of
the Roman Republic and the rise of the
Roman Empire. That is correct. Gab K
check.
>> And we're off to our last round.
>> Yes. And after the end of the third
round, Gab is in the lead with 230
points, followed by Justin with 140
points, and followed by Rav with 85
points and Wayne with 65 points. 90
points left for this round. Prof Sophie,
go ahead.
>> Um, this one is for the film buffs.
The epic biopic Yang Hisan premiered at
the 1952 Venice Film Festival where it
was cited for outstanding technical
achievement. Who was its director?
A. Bernardo Bertoi
B. James Cameron C. Manuel K D. Says
you'll be the mill E. Akira Korosawa
Filipino
epic biopic.
Um he directed it and starred in it as
Genghisan wrote the screenplay, produced
it and is none other than Manuel Kee.
Thanks Prof. Sophie Proficki for your
last question.
>> In 1896,
who accidentally discovered
radioactivity
while working with photographic plates
and uranium salts? A Henry Beckel
B. Marie Cury
>> Gab Marie Curry
>> sorry Malle
C. Velheim Ranchen
D. Neilsbor
e rudder.
Beckerel's discovery of natural
radioactivity led to decades of research
into nuclear science and medicine. The
correct answer is letter A. Thanks
Profrey. For the last question.
Okay.
is a US history. Which US president led
the country during World War I? The
choices are A. Franklin Roosevelt, B.
Woodro Wilson, C. Harry Truman, D.
Dwight Eisenhower, E. Theodore
Roosevelt.
On July 10, 1919, the president of the
United States for the first time since 8
1789 personally delivered the Treaty of
Versailles to the US Senate. This treaty
that ended World War I and established
the League of Nations was handed over by
Woodro Wilson, the president during
World War I. Correct answer is B. Woodro
Wilson.
And that's it for our Kche Ultimate
Pagaling. Congratulations to Gav, our
KCH daily winner with a final score of
200 15 points. We'll see you again
tomorrow when you compete with our other
daily winners for a spot in our
semifinals. Magallay Gab Gabby
[laughter]
and
Kavak
Wayne for joining us today. It was such
an [music] exciting round today. And of
course to the members of our panel of
experts, Professor Sophia, Professor
Ricky, and Professor Lou. This has been
attorney Gabby Conception,
>> and I'm Jules Guillang. Join us again
tomorrow for another
>> K check. [music]
Heat.