Korean Cinema
21st Century Events
The Korean Peninsula
K-Pop
Korean Mythology
100
This movie is the first Korean film to win an Academy Award.
What is Parasite (2019)?
100
This South Korean streaming hit became Netflix's most-watched series ever upon its 2021 release.
What is Squid Game?
100
Because the peninsula's main mountain range is skewed toward the East Sea, this "Major River" flows west through a capital city and into the Yellow Sea.
What is the Han River (한강)?
100
This K-Pop term refers to the youngest member of a group.
What is maknae?
100
These female shamans guide souls and communicate with spirits. They are also referenced in the popular Netflix movie K-Pop Demon Hunters (2025).
Who are the mudang?
200
This film director is the only Korean to have won the Academy Award for Best Director.
Who is Bong Joon-ho?
200
South Korea hosted this winter sporting event in PyeongChang in 2018.
What are the Winter Olympics?
200
Shaped entirely by basalt, this volcanic island is home to over 300 parasitic cones known as Oreum. It is defined by its "Sam-da" (Three Abundances) – wind, women, and stones – the latter of which are carved into iconic "grandfather" statues that dot the rugged terrain.
What is Jeju-do (제주도)?
200
This award show is abbreviated as MAMA.
What is Mnet Asian Music Awards?
200
In the Dangun myth, the founding myth of the first Korean dynasty, this rival animal to the bear failed to become human because it couldn't complete the cave trial, where the Lord of the Heaven, Hwanung, challenged the bear and this animal to eat only mugwort and garlic for 100 days in a cave in order to become human.
What is the tiger?
300
This decade is considered to be the Golden Age of Korean cinema.
What is the 1960s?
300
In 2022, a deadly crowd crush in this Seoul neighbourhood during Halloween festivities killed over 150 people.
What is Itaewon?
300
This region is known for its unique biodiversity and untouched nature. The region is home to 82 endangered species (such as the Amur leopard and the red-crowned crane), which is almost 40% of all endangered species living in South Korea.
What is the DMZ (Demilitarised Zone)?
300
This second-generation idol has been referred to as "Nation's Little Sister" and "Queen of K-Pop."
Who is IU?
300
This kingdom founded by Dangun is considered to be the first Korean state. The name is similar to another, later, Korean dynasty (of 1392-1897).
What is Gojoseon?
400
This 1960 melodrama, called "the Citizen Kane of Korean cinema" by Bong Joon-ho, is often viewed as the best Korean movie of all time.
What is The Housemaid (1960)?
400
South Korea passed the "Anti-Leaflet Law" in 2020, criminalising the sending of these items into North Korea, which activists had used for decades.
What are balloons (carrying leaflets/USB drives/money)?
400
This city is central to the peninsula's modern politics and economy, yet its roots run deep – it's among Korea's oldest, founded in 1122 BC. It later served as the capital of Gojoseon and Goguryeo, and as a secondary capital of Goryeo.
What is Pyeong-yang (평양)?
400
This fandom name of a group shares its name with a unit of mass.
What is CARAT?
400
In Korean folklore, these spirits wield magical clubs and love playing tricks on humans. This mythological character also became the main character of a 2016 drama.
What is dokkaebi, or the goblin?
500
This electronics company became the first chaebol to finance a film in South Korea.
What is Samsung (Marriage Story (1992))?
500
South Korea's fertility rate hit a record low of approximately this number in 2023, the lowest in the world.
Fertility rate = no. of children a woman will have during their lifetime.
Error margin of 0.2 is accepted.
What is 0.72?
500
This plant from the hibiscus family is native to East Asia, but today it is also found in ornamental gardens. Its closest relative in Estonian nature is the small-leaved linden (Tilia cordata or harilik pärn). This plant is even mentioned in the South Korean national anthem and depicted on the South Korean coat of arms.
What is Mugunghwa (무궁화), or Rose of Sharon, or the Korean rose?
500
This social-media famous group is the first hard-of-hearing K-Pop boy group.
Who is Big Ocean?
500
This mountain is believed to be a sacred site, where gods descend to earth. According to North Korean propaganda, Kim Jong-il, father of the current leader Kim Jong-un, was born in a secret guerrilla camp on that mountain in 1942, marked by a bright star and a double rainbow.
What is Mount Paekdu?
