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Quiz on Korea

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]

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

Overview

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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

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  • 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

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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

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Twenty three countries were invited to participate to mark anniversaries of diplomatic relations.[9]

List of participating countries
Country Representative Displayed name
  Austria Lilith-Isa Samer 릴리트
  Azerbaijan Gunel Nuraddinova 규넬
  Bangladesh Samia Shamim[10] 사미아
  Belarus Alesia Nelep 알레샤
  Canada Marc Lacoste Tremblay[11] 마크
  China Zeng Shibo 수빈
  Colombia Isabel Rincon 이사벨
  Costa Rica Katherine Arburola[12] 케터린
  Dominican Republic Veronica Maria Hernandez Padron[13] 베로니카
  Egypt Nancy Awad Ahmed 낸시
  El Salvador Maria Jose Carranza 마호
  Guatemala Liliana Maribel Arroyo Gramajo 릴리아나
  Israel Nir Roiter[14] 니르
  Kazakhstan Mussabekova Gaukhar 가우하라
  Morocco Rachida Benabbou[15] 라시다
  Paraguay Micaela Moreno[16] 미카
  Panama Marie Diaz-Gomez 마리
  Saudi Arabia Maryam Alseini[17] 마리암
   Switzerland Ulrich Gysel 울리
  Tajikistan Surkhova Farzona 파르조나
  United States Tamar Herman[18] 타마르
  Uzbekistan Erdanova Hulkar 홀카르
  Vietnam Vo thi Lan da 란다

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

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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
Country Representative Displayed name
  Austria Nicola Hoff 니콜라
  Bangladesh Md Harun Or Rashid 하룬
  Belgium Kurt Jackie Van Vlaenderen 꾸르트
  Brazil Emilly Mie Da Silva Takahashi 에밀리
  Cambodia Buntheng Chheav 분테잉
  Canada Marie Eve Dicaire 마리
  Costa Rica Minor Eduardo Quesada Grosso 마이노르
  Dominican Republic Paloma Roser Martinez Vasquez 팔로마
  Egypt Mahasen Mohamed Gad 마하센
  India Ravi Shankar Choudhary 라비
  Indonesia Ade Triana Lolitasari 룰리
  Ireland Alana Mary Obrien 앨라나
  Israel Mor Abutbul 모르
  Jordan Yasmeen Husamkhale Awwad 야스민
  Morocco Sara Essouar 사라
  New Zealand Michael Christopher Smith 마이클
  China Lili Xie 사려려
  Pakistan Hafiz Muhammad Aslam 아슬람
  Paraguay Gabriel Mercado Melgarejo 가브리엘
  South Africa Hirtenfelder Oliver 올리버
  Rwanda Honore Hirwa 호노르
  Slovakia Hana Ticha 하나
   Switzerland Imran Rashid Hafeez 임란
  Tajikistan Nazira Benazirova 나지라
  Turkey Berkay Paylar 베르카이
  Uganda Clara Kagoya 클레라
  United Kingdom Tirenioluwa Ojurereoluwa 티레니
  United States Steven Luu 스티븐
  Uzbekistan Khilolakhon Kholiddinova 힐롤라
  Vietnam Han Quynh Anh Le 아인

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

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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
Country Representative Displayed name
  Mongolia Bilguun Gantsereg 빌궁
  Philippines Dianne Young 다이앤
  Kazakhstan Akzira Abuova 악지라
  Iran Shaghayegh Vezvaei 샤거옉
  New Zealand Stuart Thomas 스튜어트
  UAE Hessa Alhemein 헤싸
  India Chhavi Sahal 샤비
  China Jianrong Liu 유건용
  Guatemala Evelyn Castellanos 에볼린
  Malaysia Zulhilmi Zamir 줄힐미
  Norway Jarne Byhre 야네
  Uruguay Tania Perez 타니아
  Saudi Arabia Hussah Alzoghaib 후싸
  Colombia Catalina Arias Vanegas 카타리나
  United States Shirley Yeh 셜리
  Germany Hiko Paschke 힐코
  Portugal Joana da Silva 주아나
  Bulgaria Radostina Peycheva 라도스티나
  Singapore Su-mei Tan 진수미
  Myanmar Theint Tun 떼잉
  Poland Monika Olszynska 모니카

References

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