456 players. 6 games. One way out. Think you know every detail of Netflix's 2021 phenomenon? Prove it.
Korean children's games turned deadly. Characters, rules, plot twists and details that most people missed. Only real fans score 10/10.
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Released in September 2021, Squid Game became Netflix's most-watched series at the time within weeks. Written and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, it follows 456 people in debt who compete in deadly versions of Korean children's games for a prize of 45.6 billion won.
This quiz covers the characters, the games, the reveals and the details that only attentive viewers will have caught.
All ten easy level questions, with the answer and the reasoning behind it.
Correct answer: A Korean children's rhyme about a flower
A rhyme about a flower blooming, the Korean version of Red Light, Green Light.
Correct answer: A huge cash prize
A huge cash prize, which grows each time a player drops out.
Correct answer: A giant piggy bank
A giant piggy bank, filling up with money each time somebody dies.
Correct answer: Circle, triangle, star, umbrella
Circle, triangle, star, umbrella, and everyone would like not to get the umbrella.
Correct answer: Oh Il-nam
Oh Il-nam, player 001, who has rather more to tell than he lets on.
Correct answer: Gambling on horse races
Gambling on horse races, usually with his mother's money.
Correct answer: In coffins tied with a ribbon
In black coffins tied with a pink ribbon, like some terrible present.
Correct answer: Vote on it
Vote on it. The games can end if a majority agrees, which is how the show gets more chilling.
Correct answer: Park Hae-soo
Park Hae-soo, who is also the voice of reason, for a while.
Correct answer: The Squid Game
The Squid Game itself, a children's game from Gi-hun's old neighbourhood.
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Correct answer: 456
456 numbered participants take part in the games. The number 456 is also the protagonist Seong Gi-hun's number, and the prize money is 45.6 billion Korean won.
Correct answer: Red Light, Green Light
Red Light, Green Light is the first game. Players must freeze when the giant doll turns its head, or face immediate elimination. The opening sequence became one of the most iconic scenes in television history.
Correct answer: 456
Seong Gi-hun wears number 456, the last number and the total number of participants.
Correct answer: Oh Il-nam
Oh Il-nam appears to be a frail old man with a brain tumour. He is later revealed to be the founder of the games, one of the most discussed twists in the series.
Correct answer: Dalgona
Dalgona, a caramelised sugar candy, must be cut into a precise shape without breaking it. The challenge sparked a global trend, with millions of people recreating it at home. Dalgona was relatively unknown outside Korea before the show.
Correct answer: Hwang Dong-hyuk
Hwang Dong-hyuk wrote and directed Squid Game, working on the concept for nearly a decade before Netflix produced it. The series broke global streaming records within weeks of its September 2021 release.
Correct answer: The Squid Game itself
The Squid Game is the brutal title game that closes Season 1. Writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk played it as a child on the streets of Korea in the 1970s and 80s. It is also the most violent game of the season.
Correct answer: Hwang Jun-ho
Inspector Hwang Jun-ho disguises himself as a masked guard to search for his brother inside the facility. His storyline runs in parallel to the games and provides the main outside-world perspective of the series.
Correct answer: 5th game
The Glass Bridge is the 5th game, just before the finale. Players must cross a bridge by choosing between two panels at each step, one tempered glass, one regular, with no way of knowing which is safe until someone tests it.
Correct answer: A folded-paper tile game played with a stranger
A recruiter challenges strangers to a game of ddakji, a traditional Korean game of flipping folded-paper tiles. Those interested receive a business card printed with three geometric shapes, triangle, circle, square, the same symbols that appear on the guards' masks.
Stuck on one, or just curious how nasty it gets? Every hard mode question is here with its answer and the reasoning behind it.
Correct answer: 45.6 billion won
45.6 billion won, or 100 million per player eliminated.
Correct answer: Mingle
Mingle, in which players must form groups of a set size on a rotating stage before the door shuts.
Correct answer: Choi Su-bong
Choi Su-bong, player 230, a crypto-promoting rapper in a very purple mood.
Correct answer: Jung Ho-yeon
Jung Ho-yeon, who won a Screen Actors Guild award for the role.
Correct answer: Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett, in Los Angeles, playing ddakji in an alleyway.
Correct answer: Jun-hee
Jun-hee, player 222, whose baby ends up taking part in the game.
Correct answer: She jumps with him
She jumps with him, keeping the promise she made after he abandoned her.
Correct answer: Pakistani
Pakistani. Sang-woo's trick at marbles is one of the cruellest moments of the first season.
Correct answer: Red
Red, shortly before he turns back from the plane to Los Angeles.
Correct answer: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, a first for an Asian actor in this category.