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100

This is the capital of South Korea.

What is Seoul?


100

After this war, the Soviets occupied the area of Korea north of the 38th parallel and the U.S. occupied the area to the south of this parallel. 

What is World War II?

100

This is the type of currency used in South Korea.

What is won?

100

This is South Korea's national dish and most popular side dish.

What is kimchi?

100

KPOP stands for this. 

What is Korean Pop?

200

This the border that separates North and South Korea.

What is the DMZ?

200

This is the year when the Korean war started.

What is 1950?

200

South Korea has this type of government. 

What is a democratic republic?

200

It is standard to ___ when greeting each other in South Korea.

What is bow?

200

This group was the first K-pop group to present at the Grammy Awards.

Who is BTS?

300

This is South Korea's second-largest city. 

What is Busan?

300

This is the date of Korean Independence Day.

What is August 15?

300

This is where the president lives.

What is the Blue House?

300

This is the traditional Korean clothing.

What is Hanbok?

300

This is the slang word to mean the favorite person in a KPOP group.

What is bias?

400

Korea is this type of landmass.

What is a peninsula?

400

This country colonized South Korea.

What is Japan?

400

This is the number of voting provinces in South Korea.

What are nine provinces?

400

The four symbols on the South Korean flag stand for these 4 things. (Extra 100 points if you know what the Korean word for these symbols are.)

What is heaven, earth, water, and fire? 

These four symbols are called Kwae. 

400

This is the major South Korean music awards ceremony presented annually by entertainment company CJ E&M.

What is MAMA (Mnet Asian Music Awards)?

500

The body(s) of water that border South Korea.

What is the East Sea? 

What is the Yellow Sea?

500

There were __ main dynasties/kingdoms in Korea. (Extra 100 pts for every dynasty/kingdom named)

What are three? 

Dynasties: Silla, Goguryeo, Baekje

500

This is the president of South Korea. 

Who is Moon Jae In?

500

These are the two types of informal and formal forms of speech in the Korean Language. (250 points for each.)

What is Banmal and Jondaemal?

500

The first KPOP album was released in this year.

What is 1925?