Quiz of God () is a South Korean television series broadcast on cable channel OCN. It was the first medical/forensic crime investigation drama to air in Korea. The series follows genius but eccentric neurosurgeon and forensic doctor Han Jin-woo (played by Ryu Deok-hwan) and his team as they solve suspicious deaths and unravel mysteries involving rare diseases.

The title refers to a local saying that rare diseases are like quizzes God gives to humans so as not to become too arrogant. The first season dealt mostly with inherited rare diseases including porphyria, phenylketonuria, muscular dystrophy, Guillain–Barré syndrome, reflex anoxic seizures and Savant syndrome. Fabry disease, Kleine–Levin syndrome and congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis were featured in the second season.

Series overview

Cast Main Ryu Deok-hwan as Jin-woo Han, neurosurgeon and forensic doctor Yoon Joo-hee as Kyung-hee Kang, detective Choi Jung-woo as Kyu-tae Jang Park Joon-myun as Young-shil Jo, medical examiner Kim Dae-jin as Seong-do Kim, forensic scientist Ahn Nae-sang as Tae-shik Bae Lee Donghae as Han Shi-woo Kim Jae-kyung as Im Tae-kyung Yoon Bo-ra as Jung Seung-bin Park Hyo-joo as Moon Soo-an Kim Jaewon as Hyeon Sang-pil

Recurring Park Da-an as Go Yoon-jung Kim Geon-woo as Nam Joo-nam Chu Seung-wook as Park Seung-wook Park Ji-a as Seo Yeon-joo Ahn Yong-joon as Jung Ha-yoon Lee Seol-hee as Min Ji-yool Kim Se-hyun as Cha Woo-bin Lee Ha-rin as Lee Young-eun Park Hee-von as Lee Ran Han Seo-jin as Yoo So-yi Kang Sung-pil as Nam Ki-yong Han Seung-hyun as Gu Doo-jin Seo Yoo-jung as Shin Yeon-hwa Yoon Jin-young as Jo Il-yeob Choi Go as Han Jin-woo Kim Jun-han as Kwak Hyeok-min Han Ji-wan as Hong Na-yeo Kwon Eun-soo as Kim Han-sook Go Geon-han as Kang Soo-ha's son Kim Ki-doo as Nam Sang-bok Yoo Jung-rae as Lim Si-hyun

Guest appearances

Kim Seung-yeon as psychic Kim Tae-woo as Jae-seok (ep. 1) Kim Byung-ok as entertainment company CEO (ep. 2) Park No-shik as Choi Kyung-ho (ep. 3) Lee Ji-eun as Hong Seong-mi (ep. 3) Lim Hwa-young as Yeo-rang (ep. 4) Im Je-no as Joon-seo (ep. 5) Jung Eun-pyo as gynecologist (ep. 6) Lee Dal-hyung (ep. 7) Seo Ji-seung as Shi-eun (ep. 8) Ahn Yong-joon as Jung Ha-yoon (ep. 9–10) Yoo Hae-jung as Eun-ok, abused child

Choi Sang-hak Han Yeo-wool Han Yeong-gwang as Lee Kyeong-seok Lee Kyeong-in as Deok-hoon Seo Han-gyeol Lee Han-wi as chief of police Kim Jong-seok Kim Jeong-gyoon Kang Seong-min as Jang in-ho (ep. 3) Oh Kwang-rok as Boss Lee Il-hwa as Hwang Kyu-ri (ep. 5) Jeon Moo-song as a priest (ep. 12) Park Dae-won

Yoo Jae-myung as Anesthesiologist Lee Park Jae-jung as Park Jong-min Kim Ga-eun as Yoon So-jung Hong So-hee as Shin Hee-soo Jung Joon-won as Woo-ram (ep. 4) Alexander Lee as Lee Han-seo (ep. 6) Yang Ohn-yoo as young Han-seo (ep. 6) Choi Ah-ra as Chae-kyung Go Kyung-pyo as Seo In-gak (ep. 10–12) Kang Bit Moon Ji-young as Mi-kyung Yoon Joo-hee as Kang Kyung-hee (ep. 12)

Lee Yoo as Min Ji-hee Lee Do-yeon as Da-mi Jang Seung-jo as Lee Jae-joon Lee Soo-yong as Park Jung-wook/Panna Nuen Cho Hye-jung as Jung Mi-hyang (ep. 1) Kim Jin-geun as Mi-hyang's father (ep. 1) Lim Yoon-ho as Ko Kyung-han (ep. 2) Park Min-ji as Park Ha-young (ep. 2) Song Ji-hyun as Ahn Hee-yeon (ep. 3) Hwang Seung-eon as Ahn Hyo-yeon (ep. 3) Choi Tae-hwan as Lee Soo-yong (ep. 4) Han Ki-won as Hong Ki-joon (ep. 4) Kim Heung-soo as Lee Jong-seok (ep. 5) Baek Bong-ki as Lee Hwan-seung (ep. 6) Kwon Eun-soo as Kim Han-sook (ep. 6) Jang Kyung-yeob as Lee Jong-hyuk (ep. 7) Seo Woo-jin as Kang Do-jin (ep. 7) Ji-soo as Kim Eun-shil (ep. 7) Sung Doo-sub as Lee Chul-min (ep. 8) Jang Se-hyun as Lee Woo-min (ep. 8) Jung So-young as Choi Seo-yeon (ep. 9) Kim Bo-mi as Go Gil-nyeo (ep. 10) Choi Ho-joong as Park Chan-hyung (ep. 10) Yang Geum-seok as Jang Hae-won, Jin-woo's mother (ep. 10–12) Choi Cheol-ho as Seo Sang-woo (ep. 11–12)

Lee Sang-yi as Park Jae-sung (ep. 1,2) Lee Young-sook as Kim Soo-soon, Jae-sung's mother (ep. 2) Jung Myung-joon as Min Byung-tae (ep. 1,2) Kim Kyung-min as Jung Chang-man (ep. 2) Baek Su-ho as Im Doo-yeon (ep. 3,4) Jo Seung-yeon as Lee Jae-hyung (ep. 4) Park Se-hyun as Lee Ji-eun (ep. 4) Kim Dong-bum as Huh Sang-chan (ep. 3,4) Tak Woo-seok as Yoon Hyun-jong (ep. 5,6) Seo Yu-jeong as Shin Yeon-hwa (ep. 5,6) Han Seung-yong as Hwang Kyung-chul (ep. 5,6) Shin Young-eun as Yoon Se-eun (ep. 5,6) Jang Won as Kwon Young-pil (ep. 5,6) Hong Ji-young as Nam Sang-bok's sister (ep. 7,8) Yang Joo-ho as Nam Sang-bok's brother-in-law (ep. 7,8) Im Yoo-sung as Kim Seo-joon, Nam Sang-bok's nephew (ep. 7,8) Jeon Se-hyeon as Ra Hee-young (ep. 7,8) Oh Yoo-jin as Lee Eun-soo (ep. 7,8) Jang Won-hyuk as Yang Oh-soo (ep. 8) Jung Hye-rin as Oh Soo-young (ep. 8) Kang Jae-min as Shin Sun-woo (ep. 9,10) Jung Woo-young as Lee Young-rak (ep. 9,10) Choi Young-woo as Jeon Du-yeop (ep. 10) Kim Do-kyung as Ha Yoon-woo (ep. 10)

Character appearances Character Portrayed by Series Season 1(2010) Season 2(2011) Season 3(2012) Season 4(2014) Season 5(2018) Main Han Jin-woo Ryu Deok-hwan colspan="5" Kang Kyung-hee Yoon Joo-hee colspan=2 colspan=2 Jang Kyu-tae Choi Jung-woo colspan=3 colspan=2 Jo Young-shil Park Joon-myun colspan=5 Kim Seong-do Kim Dae-jin colspan=3 colspan=2 Bae Tae-shik Ahn Nae-sang colspan=2 colspan=2 Han Shi-woo Lee Donghae colspan=3 Im Tae-kyung Kim Jae-kyung colspan=3 Jung Seung-bin Yoon Bo-ra colspan=4 Moon Soo-an Park Hyo-joo colspan=4 Hyeon Sang-pil Kim Jaewon colspan=4 Recurring Go Yoon-jung Park Da-an colspan=4 Nam Joo-nam Kim Geon-woo colspan=4 Park Seung-wook Chu Seung-wook colspan=2 colspan=3 Jung Ha-yoon Ahn Yong-joon colspan=3 Min Ji-yool Lee Seol-hee colspan=2 Cha Woo-bin Kim Se-hyun colspan=3 Lee Young-eun Lee Ha-rin colspan=3 Lee Ran Park Hee-von colspan=2 colspan=2 Yoo So-yi Han Seo-jin colspan=2 colspan=2 Nam Ki-yong Kang Sung-pil colspan=3 Gu Doo-jin Han Seung-hyun colspan=3 Jo Il-yeob Yoon Jin-young colspan=3 Kwak Hyeok-min Kim Jun-han colspan=4 Nam Sang-bok Kim Ki-doo colspan=4 Lim Si-hyun Yoo Jung-rae colspan=4

Episodes

Season 1 (2010) Original broadcast date TitleRare Disease 1 October 8, 2010 Dracula's Tragedy ()Porphyria 2 October 15, 2010 The Lost City of Idols ()Guillain-Barré Syndrome 3 October 22, 2010 Assassin ()Lipodysthrophy / Highlander Syndrome 4 October 29, 2010 God's Daughter ()Muscular Dystrophy 5 November 5, 2010 Protein Tracer ()Phenylketonuria 6 November 12, 2010 Fan Death ()Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome 7 November 19, 2010 Paper Doll ()Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome 8 November 26, 2010 Last Present ()Reflex Asystolic Syncope 9 December 3, 2010 Thanatos (Part 1) ()Aquagenic Urticaria / Evans Syndrome 10 December 10, 2010 Thanatos (Part 2) ()Williams Syndrome

Season 2 (2011) Original broadcast date TitleRare Disease 1 June 10, 2011 Wrist Cutting Syndrome (Part 1) ()Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia 2 June 17, 2011 Wrist Cutting syndrome (Part 2) ()\ 3 June 24, 2011 Elephant Man ()Von Recklinghausen Disease 4 July 1, 2011 Lovesick (Lovesick)Long QT Syndrome 5 July 8, 2011 The Definition of Psychopath () 6 July 15, 2011 Maniac () 7 July 22, 2011 A Bomb in My Ears () 8 July 29, 2011 White () 9 August 5, 2011 Blood Sale () 10 August 12, 2011 Monster () 11 August 19, 2011 The Last Sacred War (Part 1) () 12 August 26, 2011 The Last Sacred War (Part 2) ()

Season 3 (2012) Original broadcast date Title 1 May 20, 2012 Unidentified Organism () 2 May 27, 2012 Hospice () 3 June 3, 2012 CRPS (CRPS) 4 June 10, 2012 Pits of Hell () 5 June 17, 2012 Death Mask () 6 June 24, 2012 Congressman Lee's Murder () 7 July 1, 2012 Toxic Drama (Toxic Drama) 8 July 8, 2012 Spirits of the Dead () 9 July 15, 2012 Han Jin-woo Syndrome () 10 July 22, 2012 Synapse () 11 July 29, 2012 Phantom in the Brain (Part 1) () 12 August 12, 2012 Phantom in the Brain (Part 2) ()

Season 4 (2014) Original broadcast date Title 1 May 18, 2014 Scarlet Tears () 2 May 25, 2014 Angel's Nails () 3 June 1, 2014 Serpentine Dance () 4 June 8, 2014 One Warm Day () 5 June 15, 2014 Dead Man Walking () 6 June 22, 2014 Modern Times () 7 June 29, 2014 X (X) 8 July 6, 2014 Superman () 9 July 13, 2014 The Pianist's Lover () 10 July 20, 2014 God's Proxy () 11 July 27, 2014 Goodbye Moebius (Part 1) () 12 August 3, 2014 Goodbye Moebius (Part 2) ()

Season 5: Reboot (2018–2019) Original broadcast date Title Ratings AGB Nielsen (Seoul) 1 November 14, 2018 The Fire Demon () 2 November 15, 2018 2.566% 3 November 21, 2018 Mad World () 2.009% 4 November 22, 2018 2.215% 5 November 28, 2018 Hope for Heaven () 2.178% 6 November 29, 2018 2.259% 7 December 5, 2018 The New Narcissism () 2.126% 8 December 6, 2018 2.352% 9 December 12, 2018 A Single Moon () 2.096% 10 December 13, 2018 2.610% 11 December 19, 2018 Remember (Remember) 2.428% 12 December 20, 2018 2.509% 13 January 2, 2019 Just... (Just...) 2.007% 14 January 3, 2019 2.233% 15 January 9, 2019 Only One (Only One) 2.184% 16 January 10, 2019 Average

International broadcast The first three seasons aired in Japan on BS-Japan, and the fourth season aired on DATV starting from December 16, 2014.

It latter confirmed to be remake as Quiz From God for Amazon Prime Video.

Notes

References

External links

Quiz of God – Season 3 official website

Quiz of God – Season 4 official website

Quiz of God – Season 5 (Reboot) official website