Quiz on Korea

Quiz on Korea
퀴즈 온 코리아
FrequencyAnnual
LocationsFinals held in Seoul, South Korea
Inaugurated2012 (2012)
AreaWorldwide
Websitehttps://www.newearthblockchain.com/quiz/

Quiz on Korea is a South Korean television game show organized as part of an annual international public diplomacy program[1] 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".[2]

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[3] 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.[4] Since its inception the grand prize for the overall winner has been a brand new Hyundai car.[5][6]

Eligibility

  • Foreign nationals who speak Korean and/or English.[7]
  • Individuals and his/her immediate families shall not be of Korean nationality or ethnicity.[8]

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.[9]

List of participating countries
CountryRepresentativeDisplayed name
AustriaLilith-Isa Samer릴리트
AzerbaijanGunel Nuraddinova규넬
BangladeshSamia Shamim[10]사미아
BelarusAlesia Nelep알레샤
CanadaMarc Lacoste Tremblay[11]마크
ChinaZeng Shibo수빈
ColombiaIsabel Rincon이사벨
Costa RicaKatherine Arburola[12]케터린
Dominican RepublicVeronica Maria Hernandez Padron[13]베로니카
EgyptNancy Awad Ahmed낸시
El SalvadorMaria Jose Carranza마호
GuatemalaLiliana Maribel Arroyo Gramajo릴리아나
IsraelNir Roiter[14]니르
KazakhstanMussabekova Gaukhar가우하라
MoroccoRachida Benabbou[15]라시다
ParaguayMicaela Moreno[16]미카
PanamaMarie Diaz-Gomez마리
Saudi ArabiaMaryam Alseini[17]마리암
 SwitzerlandUlrich Gysel울리
TajikistanSurkhova Farzona파르조나
United StatesTamar Herman[18]타마르
UzbekistanErdanova Hulkar홀카르
VietnamVo thi Lan da란다

The final was held on August 31,[9] 2012, and was broadcast on KBS1 on September 30 during Chuseok.

The MCs were:

Entertainment between rounds was provided by:

The overall winner of Quiz on Korea was Hulkar Erdonova,[21][22] a student from Uzbekistan.[23]

Second Quiz on Korea

Thirty countries participated.[24] The final of the second Quiz on Korea was held on August 31,[24] 2013, and was broadcast on KBS 1 on September 19[24] during Chuseok.

List of participating countries
CountryRepresentativeDisplayed name
AustriaNicola Hoff니콜라
BangladeshMd Harun Or Rashid하룬
BelgiumKurt Jackie Van Vlaenderen꾸르트
BrazilEmilly Mie Da Silva Takahashi에밀리
CambodiaBuntheng Chheav분테잉
CanadaMarie Eve Dicaire마리
Costa RicaMinor Eduardo Quesada Grosso마이노르
Dominican RepublicPaloma Roser Martinez Vasquez팔로마
EgyptMahasen Mohamed Gad마하센
IndiaRavi Shankar Choudhary라비
IndonesiaAde Triana Lolitasari룰리
IrelandAlana Mary Obrien앨라나
IsraelMor Abutbul모르
JordanYasmeen Husamkhale Awwad야스민
MoroccoSara Essouar사라
New ZealandMichael Christopher Smith마이클
ChinaLili Xie사려려
PakistanHafiz Muhammad Aslam아슬람
ParaguayGabriel Mercado Melgarejo가브리엘
South AfricaHirtenfelder Oliver올리버
RwandaHonore Hirwa호노르
SlovakiaHana Ticha하나
 SwitzerlandImran Rashid Hafeez임란
TajikistanNazira Benazirova나지라
TurkeyBerkay Paylar베르카이
UgandaClara Kagoya클레라
United KingdomTirenioluwa Ojurereoluwa티레니
United StatesSteven Luu스티븐
UzbekistanKhilolakhon Kholiddinova힐롤라
VietnamHan Quynh Anh Le아인

The MCs were:

Entertainment between rounds was provided by:

The overall winner of the second Quiz on Korea was Michael Smith from New Zealand.[28][29]

Third Quiz on Korea

Twenty-one countries participated.[30] The final of the third Quiz on Korea was held on September 5, 2014, and was broadcast on KBS 1 on September 9[30] during Chuseok.

List of participating countries
CountryRepresentativeDisplayed name
MongoliaBilguun Gantsereg빌궁
PhilippinesDianne Young다이앤
KazakhstanAkzira Abuova악지라
IranShaghayegh Vezvaei샤거옉
New ZealandStuart Thomas스튜어트
UAEHessa Alhemein헤싸
IndiaChhavi Sahal샤비
ChinaJianrong Liu유건용
GuatemalaEvelyn Castellanos에볼린
MalaysiaZulhilmi Zamir줄힐미
NorwayJarne Byhre야네
UruguayTania Perez타니아
Saudi ArabiaHussah Alzoghaib후싸
ColombiaCatalina Arias Vanegas카타리나
United StatesShirley Yeh셜리
GermanyHiko Paschke힐코
PortugalJoana da Silva주아나
BulgariaRadostina Peycheva라도스티나
SingaporeSu-mei Tan진수미
MyanmarTheint Tun떼잉
PolandMonika Olszynska모니카

References

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  2. ↑ "Overseas quiz games aim to help spread Hallyu". The Korea Herald. 2012-02-13.
  3. ↑ "Final Round of Quiz on Korea Hosted by KBS". Korean Broadcasting System.
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  15. ↑ "Testez vos connaissances sur la Corée". Korean Broadcasting System. Archived from the original on 2014-01-13. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
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