South Korea occupies the southern half of the Korean Peninsula in East Asia.
This quiz asks 20 questions about Korean food, symbols, places, history and famous people.
One run asks 20 questions from a bank of 40, so two runs do not ask the same set.
How to play
- Each round shows one question and four answers. Tap the answer you think is right.
- You have three lives. Each wrong answer costs one life.
- After each answer, the game shows a short explanation of the right answer.
- The quiz saves your best score and best time.
What counts in this quiz
- The bank holds 40 questions about South Korea: food, drink, symbols, geography, history, film, music, people, nature, science, business, sport, language, culture, money.
- Every question has exactly one right answer among the four options.
What's not included, and why
- Facts that change with the news are not in the bank. The quiz asks no questions about sitting politicians or the rankings of today.
- Questions that need a map, such as naming every region of South Korea, live in the map quizzes.
Good to know
- King Sejong introduced the Hangul alphabet in the 15th century, and Korea marks it with a national holiday.
- The Jikji, printed in Korea in 1377, is the oldest surviving book printed with movable metal type.
- Jeju Island grew from a volcano, and its lava tubes are a World Heritage Site.
- Kimchi comes in hundreds of regional varieties.