Quiz on Korea

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Quiz on Korea
퀴즈 온 코리아
Official Quiz on Korea logo.jpg
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Finals held in Seoul, South Korea
Inaugurated2012 (2012)
AreaWorldwide
Website https://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]

Contents

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

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
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Lilith-Isa Samer릴리트
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan Gunel Nuraddinova규넬
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh Samia Shamim [10] 사미아
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Alesia Nelep알레샤
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Marc Lacoste Tremblay [11] 마크
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Zeng Shibo수빈
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Isabel Rincon이사벨
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica Katherine Arburola [12] 케터린
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic Veronica Maria Hernandez Padron [13] 베로니카
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Nancy Awad Ahmed낸시
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Maria Jose Carranza마호
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala Liliana Maribel Arroyo Gramajo릴리아나
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Nir Roiter [14] 니르
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Mussabekova Gaukhar가우하라
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Rachida Benabbou [15] 라시다
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay Micaela Moreno [16] 미카
Flag of Panama.svg Panama Marie Diaz-Gomez마리
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Maryam Alseini [17] 마리암
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Ulrich Gysel울리
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan Surkhova Farzona파르조나
Flag of the United States.svg United States Tamar Herman [18] 타마르
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan Erdanova Hulkar홀카르
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Vo 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
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Nicola Hoff니콜라
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh Md Harun Or Rashid하룬
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Kurt Jackie Van Vlaenderen꾸르트
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Emilly Mie Da Silva Takahashi에밀리
Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia Buntheng Chheav분테잉
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Marie Eve Dicaire마리
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica Minor Eduardo Quesada Grosso마이노르
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic Paloma Roser Martinez Vasquez팔로마
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt Mahasen Mohamed Gad마하센
Flag of India.svg India Ravi Shankar Choudhary라비
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Ade Triana Lolitasari룰리
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Alana Mary Obrien앨라나
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Mor Abutbul모르
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan Yasmeen Husamkhale Awwad야스민
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco Sara Essouar사라
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Michael Christopher Smith마이클
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Lili Xie사려려
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Hafiz Muhammad Aslam아슬람
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay Gabriel Mercado Melgarejo가브리엘
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa Hirtenfelder Oliver올리버
Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda Honore Hirwa호노르
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia Hana Ticha하나
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Imran Rashid Hafeez임란
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan Nazira Benazirova나지라
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Berkay Paylar베르카이
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda Clara Kagoya클레라
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Tirenioluwa Ojurereoluwa티레니
Flag of the United States.svg United States Steven Luu스티븐
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan Khilolakhon Kholiddinova힐롤라
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Han 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
Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia Bilguun Gantsereg빌궁
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Dianne Young다이앤
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Akzira Abuova악지라
Flag of Iran.svg Iran Shaghayegh Vezvaei샤거옉
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Stuart Thomas스튜어트
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg UAE Hessa Alhemein헤싸
Flag of India.svg India Chhavi Sahal샤비
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Jianrong Liu유건용
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala Evelyn Castellanos에볼린
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Zulhilmi Zamir줄힐미
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Jarne Byhre야네
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Tania Perez타니아
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Hussah Alzoghaib후싸
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia Catalina Arias Vanegas카타리나
Flag of the United States.svg United States Shirley Yeh셜리
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Hiko Paschke힐코
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal Joana da Silva주아나
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Radostina Peycheva라도스티나
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Su-mei Tan진수미
Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar Theint Tun떼잉
Flag of Poland.svg Poland Monika Olszynska모니카

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