Quiz on Korea


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.
CountryRepresentativeDisplayed name
Austria

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.
CountryRepresentativeDisplayed name
Austria

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.
CountryRepresentativeDisplayed name
Mongolia