Food
Culture
Geography
Misc.
100
Unlike its East Asian neighbors China and Japan who use wooden chopsticks, Koreans use chopsticks made of _____.
Metal
100
What is Korean Pop music called?
K-Pop! Can you name some K-Pop bands?
100
South Korea is connected to what country?
North Korea
100
What is as normal as going to the dentist in South Korea?
a) getting a tattoo
b) going to a fortune teller
c) getting plastic surgery
c) getting plastic surgery
200
Koreans eat _____ soup on their birthday…(this is found in a lot of the snacks we had today)
Seaweed!
200
Does South Korea celebrate Lunar New Year?
Yes, the Lunar New Year is usually in January or February. Do you know your Lunar Year Animal?
200
What Continent does South Korea live in?
Asia
200
This martial art: _______ "the way of the fist and foot," originated in Korea.
Taekwondo
300
True or False: Rice was once used as currency.
Koreans love bap or rice. It’s central to Korean cooking that it’s hard to believe that it used to be seen as a luxury. In the kingdom of Silla, the value of rice was so high that it was used to pay tributes and taxes. Even the farmers who produced it couldn’t eat it.
300
True or False: South Korean Women Have Three Variety Of Haircuts.
True: South Korean women have only around three various haircuts to choose from, and their age and marital status determine them. If a girl has long hair, she is single; if she has a short haircut, she has recently married; and older women have perms.
300
True or False: South Korea is made up of 1 mainland and 1 island.
False! South Korea Consists Of More Than 4000 Islands!
300
This breed of Tiger lives in Korea and is highly endangered.
Siberian Tiger.
400
Kimchi, is a traditional Korean side dish of salted and fermented vegetables, such as napa cabbage and Korean radish. Can you think of other fermented foods?
Cultured milk and yoghurt, wine, beer, cider, tempeh, miso, kimchi, sauerkraut
400
True or False: Most Koreans can Speak Korean and English.
Children learn Korean and English in school and most people speak English fairly well.
400
Seoul is a HUGE City, it is the largest city in South Korea by a landslide. It’s the capital city with ___ million people living within the city limits.
25 million!! For reference, the whole state of Colorado has about 6 million people.
400
True or False:
South Koreans are one year old when born.
True! One of the unique facts about Koreans is that they’re automatically one year old at birth. A newborn baby is considered one year old in South Korea.
500
True or False: Koreans eat live Octopus?
True!
500
What colors are in the flag of South Korea?
500
South Korea is a mountainous country, with about __% of the land covered by hills and mountains. Nam-san or Nam mountain overlooks the capital city of Seoul.
70%!
500
True or False: Many Koreans have Tetraphobia, the fear of the number 4.
True! 4 is an unlucky number. Therefore, in elevators, you’ll often see floors 1, 2, 3, and F.