Quiz on Korea

Quiz on Korea
퀴즈 온 코리아
Frequency Annual
Location(s) Finals held in Seoul, Republic of Korea
Inaugurated 2012 (2012)
Area Worldwide
Website
www.quizonkorea.kr

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 (Korean Thanksgiving) holidays. 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
Country Representative Displayed 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
 USATamar Herman[18] 타마르
 UzbekistanErdanova Hulkar 홀카르
 VietnamVo thi Lan da 란다

The final was held on August 31,[19] 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,[22][23] a student from Uzbekistan.[24]

Second Quiz on Korea

Thirty countries participated.[25] The final of the second Quiz on Korea was held on August 31,[26] 2013, and was broadcast on KBS 1 on September 19[27] during Chuseok.

List of participating countries
Country Representative Displayed name
 AustriaNicola Hoff 니콜라
 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 Choudhary 라비
 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
 USASteven 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.[31][32]

Third Quiz on Korea

Twenty-one countries participated.[33] The final of the third Quiz on Korea was held on September 5, 2013, and was broadcast on KBS 1 on September 9[34] during Chuseok.

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

References

  1. ↑ "Global Quiz Show, "Quiz on Korea," to Take Place". Korea.net.
  2. ↑ "Overseas quiz games aim to help spread Hallyu". The Korea Herald.
  3. ↑ "Final Round of Quiz on Korea Hosted by KBS". Korean Broadcasting System.
  4. ↑ http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/press/pressreleases/index.jsp?menu=m_10_20&sp=/webmodule/htsboard/template/read/engreadboard.jsp%3Fboardid=302%26typeID=12%26tableName=TYPE_ENGLISH%26seqno=312709
  5. ↑ http://ind.mofa.go.kr/english/as/ind/mission/notice/20130523/1_51643.jsp?menu=m_10_10
  6. ↑ http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=59918
  7. ↑ http://londonkoreanlinks.net/2013/06/16/win-the-uk-quiz-on-korea-and-fly-to-seoul-to-appear-on-kbs/
  8. ↑ http://www.kccla.org/english/calendar_view.asp?cid=2362&imonth=4&iyear=2012
  9. ↑ http://www.mofat.go.kr/webmodule/htsboard/template/read/engreadboard.jsp?boardid=302&typeID=12&tableName=TYPE_ENGLISH&seqno=311386
  10. ↑ "Quiz on Korea concludes". The Daily Star.
  11. ↑ "Quiz on Korea – Result Announcement". MOFA.
  12. ↑ http://daehanmingukandme.blogspot.co.nz/2013/07/quiz-on-korea-contest.html
  13. ↑ "Quiz on Korea 2012". Kidasu Fan Club.
  14. ↑ http://story.mofat.go.kr/mofatstory.do?seq=17294
  15. ↑ "Testez vos connaissances sur la Corée". Korean Broadcasting System.
  16. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSdF_VHehvA
  17. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_kfcikDj64
  18. ↑ "MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE STUDENT WINS NATIONAL "QUIZ ON KOREA" CONTEST". The City University of New York.
  19. ↑ http://www.mofat.go.kr/webmodule/htsboard/template/read/engreadboard.jsp?boardid=302&typeID=12&tableName=TYPE_ENGLISH&seqno=311386
  20. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUrnUh2CwB0
  21. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6y9UFkijvU
  22. ↑ http://www.kofice.or.kr/c30_correspondent/c30_correspondent_02_view.asp?seq=8690&page=1
  23. ↑ http://www.uzdaily.com/articles-id-22967.htm
  24. ↑ http://www.abu.org.my/Latest_News-@-Student_from_Uzbekistan_wins_Quiz_on_Korea.aspx
  25. ↑ http://www.mofat.go.kr/webmodule/htsboard/template/read/engreadboard.jsp?typeID=12&boardid=302&seqno=312709
  26. ↑ http://www.mofat.go.kr/webmodule/htsboard/template/read/engreadboard.jsp?typeID=12&boardid=302&seqno=312709
  27. ↑ http://www.mofat.go.kr/webmodule/htsboard/template/read/engreadboard.jsp?typeID=12&boardid=302&seqno=312709
  28. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTGrZTWW0mw
  29. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6Yzgxk2s2I
  30. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_fRmB8hKbY
  31. ↑ http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/the-wellingtonian/9290354/Kiwi-strikes-it-big-on-Korean-quiz-show
  32. ↑ http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/article/?id=34301
  33. ↑ http://www.mofat.go.kr/webmodule/htsboard/template/read/engreadboard.jsp?typeID=12&boardid=302&seqno=314209
  34. ↑ http://www.mofat.go.kr/webmodule/htsboard/template/read/engreadboard.jsp?typeID=12&boardid=302&seqno=314209

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