Quiz on Korea is a South Korean television game show organized as part of an annual international public diplomacy program by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea and KBS television. The quiz tests participants general knowledge of Korea. Quiz on Korea aims to help spread Hallyu, the "Korean Wave".
Overview Preliminary domestic rounds are held within selected countries and national winners receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Korea to represent their country in the final round in Korea. The representatives are taken on a week-long guided tour around Korea. The final round is filmed at KBS studios in Seoul and broadcast on KBS as a special program for the Chuseok holidays, which generally fall in September or early October. It is also aired by KBS World for some 200 million people in 88 countries around the world to watch. Since its inception the grand prize for the overall winner has been a brand new Hyundai car.
Eligibility Foreign nationals who speak Korean and/or English. Individuals and his/her immediate families shall not be of Korean nationality or ethnicity.
Format Three sudden-death multi-choice rounds are held, with the winner of each round progressing to a fourth and final round.
First Quiz on Korea Twenty three countries were invited to participate to mark anniversaries of diplomatic relations.
+ List of participating countries Country Representative Displayed name Lilith-Isa Samer릴리트 Gunel Nuraddinova규넬 Samia Shamim 사미아 Alesia Nelep알레샤 Marc Lacoste Tremblay 마크 Zeng Shibo수빈 Isabel Rincon이사벨 Katherine Arburola 케터린 Veronica Maria Hernandez Padron 베로니카 Nancy Awad Ahmed낸시 Maria Jose Carranza마호 Liliana Maribel Arroyo Gramajo릴리아나 Nir Roiter 니르 Mussabekova Gaukhar가우하라 Rachida Benabbou 라시다 Micaela Moreno 미카 Marie Diaz-Gomez마리 Maryam Alseini 마리암 Ulrich Gysel울리 Surkhova Farzona파르조나 Tamar Herman 타마르 Erdanova Hulkar 홀카르 Vo thi Lan da 란다
The final was held on August 31, 2012, and was broadcast on KBS1 on September 30 during Chuseok.
The MCs were: Shin Dong-yup, a comedian, , a KBS announcer, Sooyoung, a K-pop star from the girl group Girls' Generation.
Entertainment between rounds was provided by: KARA - "Pandora" EXO-K - "Mama"
The overall winner of Quiz on Korea was Hulkar Erdonova, a student from Uzbekistan.
Second Quiz on Korea Thirty countries participated. The final of the second Quiz on Korea was held on August 31, 2013, and was broadcast on KBS 1 on September 19 during Chuseok. + List of participating countries Country Representative Displayed name Nicola Hoff 니콜라 Md Harun Or Rashid하룬 Kurt Jackie Van Vlaenderen꾸르트 Emilly Mie Da Silva Takahashi에밀리 Buntheng Chheav분테잉 Marie Eve Dicaire마리 Minor Eduardo Quesada Grosso마이노르 Paloma Roser Martinez Vasquez팔로마 Mahasen Mohamed Gad마하센 Ravi Shankar Choudhary 라비 Ade Triana Lolitasari룰리 Alana Mary Obrien앨라나 Mor Abutbul모르 Yasmeen Husamkhale Awwad야스민 Sara Essouar사라 Michael Christopher Smith마이클 Lili Xie사려려 Hafiz Muhammad Aslam아슬람 Gabriel Mercado Melgarejo가브리엘 Hirtenfelder Oliver올리버 Honore Hirwa호노르 Hana Ticha하나 Imran Rashid Hafeez임란 Nazira Benazirova나지라 Berkay Paylar베르카이 Clara Kagoya클레라 Tirenioluwa Ojurereoluwa티레니 Steven Luu스티븐 Khilolakhon Kholiddinova힐롤라 Han Quynh Anh Le아인 The MCs were: Lee Hwi-jae, a comedian, , a KBS announcer, and Jae Kyung, a K-pop star from the girl group Rainbow.
Entertainment between rounds was provided by: Crayon Pop - "Bar Bar Bar" () B.A.P - "Badman" KARA - "Runaway"
The overall winner of the second Quiz on Korea was Michael Smith from New Zealand.
Third Quiz on Korea Twenty-one countries participated. The final of the third Quiz on Korea was held on September 5, 2014, and was broadcast on KBS 1 on September 9 during Chuseok. + List of participating countries Country Representative Displayed name Bilguun Gantsereg빌궁 Dianne Young다이앤 Akzira Abuova악지라 Shaghayegh Vezvaei샤거옉 Stuart Thomas스튜어트 Hessa Alhemein헤싸 Chhavi Sahal샤비 Jianrong Liu유건용 Evelyn Castellanos에볼린 Zulhilmi Zamir줄힐미 Jarne Byhre야네 Tania Perez타니아 Hussah Alzoghaib후싸 Catalina Arias Vanegas카타리나 Shirley Yeh셜리 Hiko Paschke힐코 Joana da Silva주아나 Radostina Peycheva라도스티나 Su-mei Tan진수미 Theint Tun떼잉 Monika Olszynska모니카
References
External links Official website Summary of first Quiz on Korea (in Korean) Newsclip of second Quiz on Korea Promotional video of Quiz on Korea