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40 free Baekhyun trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Baekhyun has had several careers at once. He debuted in 2012 as one of Exo's main vocalists, joined a sub-unit and a supergroup, acted on television and the musical stage, and then became one of South Korea's best-selling soloists, with EPs that broke sales records for a solo artist. This quiz covers all of it: his early life and training, the Exo years, his duets and soundtrack songs, his solo releases and tours, his awards, and the company he set up to run his own career. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so you pick up the story behind each fact as you go. It is written for fans who want to test how well they know him, and for K-pop listeners who know the hits and want the details. The questions run from easy openers to deep cuts.
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Q 01In Exo's 2012 debut videos, each member commands a supernatural power; which one belongs to Baekhyun?
Light
Light is Baekhyun's power in Exo's origin story, which splits twelve legendary forces between the members. Chanyeol was given fire, Suho water and Lay healing.
Q 02Baekhyun began his mandatory military service on May 6, 2021, a date that also marked which occasion?
His birthday
His birthday fell on enlistment day, so he turned 29 as he reported for duty. He served as a public service worker and was discharged in February 2023.
Q 03Baekhyun trained in martial arts as a boy and holds a third-degree black belt in which Korean discipline?
Hapkido
Hapkido is a Korean self-defence art built on joint locks, throws and kicks, and Baekhyun holds its third dan.
Q 04Which singer and actress joined Baekhyun on 'Dream', the 2016 duet that spent three weeks at number one in Korea?
Suzy
Suzy was the composer's first pick, and Baekhyun was chosen later as her partner. Park Geun-tae said it took a year to get both singers to take part.
Q 05SuperM, the supergroup Baekhyun joined in 2019, was billed at its launch as which superhero team 'of K-pop'?
The Avengers
The Avengers was the comparison SM used, since all seven members were already stars of Shinee, Exo, NCT 127 or WayV. Their first EP entered the US album chart at number one.
Q 06In which 2016 historical drama did Baekhyun make his television acting debut as the playful 10th Prince, Wang Eun?
Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo
Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo sends a modern woman back to 10th-century Goryeo, where Baekhyun's prince becomes her first friend. The part won him a New Star Award.
Q 07Baekhyun made his musical theatre debut in 2014 as Don Lockwood in a Korean staging of which Hollywood classic?
Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain is set at the end of the silent-film era, with Don Lockwood as its romantic lead. The Seoul staging was produced by SM C&C, part of Baekhyun's agency at the time.
Q 08In 2023 Baekhyun voiced Ezreal in Heartsteel, a virtual boy band made up of characters from which video game?
League of Legends
League of Legends maker Riot Games cast him beside ØZI, Tobi Lou and Cal Scruby as the band's vocalists. Riot had already built a virtual girl group, K/DA, the same way.
Q 09Which label did Baekhyun found, launching his solo work there in January 2024 alongside bandmates Chen and Xiumin?
INB100
INB100 took over solo work for all three singers under a deal that left their Exo group activities with SM Entertainment.
Q 10What position did Baekhyun hold in SuperM, the seven-man group drawn from Shinee, Exo, NCT 127 and WayV?
Leader
Leader was Baekhyun's title even though Taemin, who debuted with Shinee in 2008, had four more years of stage experience.
Q 11Which fellow Exo-K member joined Baekhyun in SuperM when the supergroup released its debut EP in October 2019?
Kai
Kai and Baekhyun were Exo's two representatives in the seven-man line-up. Both returned to it in 2020 for SuperM's first studio album, Super One.
Q 12Baekhyun was born in 1992 in which satellite city of Seoul, where he later sang in a Jungwon High School band?
Bucheon
Bucheon sits between Seoul and Incheon, about 25 kilometres from the capital. Baekhyun's school band there won a local music festival.
Q 13Which lead single from Baekhyun's 2019 solo debut EP has a partly black-and-white video that was filmed in Paju?
UN Village
UN Village is named after a hillside enclave in Seoul's Hannam-dong, where the song's couple share a romantic night. Its parent EP went straight to number one in South Korea.
Q 21Which Sistar singer released a 2017 duet with Baekhyun that topped every South Korean online music chart at once?
Soyou
Soyou's duet scored what the Korean music business calls an all-kill. Its video starred An Yu-jin, who went on to join the girl group Ive, as a high school student.
Q 22Which rapper joined Baekhyun on 'Young', a 2018 electro-pop single about refusing to live like everyone else?
Loco
Loco and Baekhyun reached number four on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart with the track, which came out through the SM Station series.
Q 23Which indie-pop act, a duo until 2020, featured Baekhyun on 'Leo', a number two hit on the Gaon Digital Chart?
Bolbbalgan4
Bolbbalgan4, also styled BOL4, had become the solo project of singer Ahn Ji-young about a month before the duet came out in May 2020.
Q 14Which 2020 Baekhyun single, written by Kenzie, set off a viral dance challenge he launched with choreographer Kasper?
Candy
Candy has Baekhyun compare his charms to sweet flavours such as cinnamon, mint and bubble gum. It also won him his first music-show trophy, on Show Champion.
Q 15Which 2020 EP made Baekhyun the first South Korean soloist in 19 years to sell a million copies of an album?
Delight
Delight passed a million sales by the start of July, after more than 730,000 pre-orders had already set a record for a South Korean soloist.
Q 16Which Mnet Asian Music Awards category did Baekhyun win three years running, from 2019 to 2021, as a soloist?
Best Male Artist
Best Male Artist went to Baekhyun in 2019, 2020 and 2021, the last of them while he was away on military service.
Q 17Which 2016 EP was the debut release of Exo-CBX, the trio Baekhyun formed with bandmates Chen and Xiumin?
Hey Mama!
Hey Mama! topped both South Korea's Gaon album chart and the Billboard World Albums chart. The trio's name joins the first letters of the three stage names.
Q 18Baekhyun's Exo-K sang in Korean, while its twin sub-group Exo-M released the same songs in which language?
Mandarin
Mandarin was the language of Exo-M, aimed at the Chinese market, and the two halves promoted in parallel until 2014. Baekhyun was the last Exo-K member to become a trainee.
Q 19Which weekly music show did Baekhyun co-host with fellow Exo member Suho from February to November 2014?
Inkigayo
Inkigayo kept the pair as regular hosts for nine months, until they stepped down to prepare for Exo's next comeback.
Q 20Which singer played the time-travelling heroine befriended by Baekhyun's prince in his 2016 television drama debut?
IU
IU, credited under her real name Lee Ji-eun, played Hae Soo, a 21st-century woman thrown back to the 10th century during a solar eclipse.
Q 24Baekhyun's 2020 remake of 'Garden in the Air' opened a project marking 20 years since which SM singer's debut?
BoA
BoA first released the song on her 2005 album Girls on Top. Baekhyun's version was the opening release of the tribute series Our Beloved BoA.
Q 25Which web series featured Baekhyun's song 'Beautiful', the first web-drama soundtrack single to top digital charts?
Exo Next Door
Exo Next Door cast four members, Baekhyun among them, as versions of themselves who move in beside a shy fan. It drew 50 million views and was recut as a film.
Q 26Baekhyun sang 'My Love' for which 2020 medical drama starring Han Suk-kyu as the surgeon known as Teacher Kim?
Dr. Romantic 2
Dr. Romantic 2 put Baekhyun's song on its soundtrack, and he came back in 2023 to sing 'Hello' for the third season.
Q 27Which fashion house named Baekhyun a brand ambassador in 2020, the year he fronted a Harper's Bazaar Korea cover?
Burberry
Burberry announced the deal in September 2020, the same month Harper's Bazaar Korea unveiled him as the cover star of its October issue.
Q 28In the video for which 2024 single, his first under his own label, does Baekhyun play a vampire?
Pineapple Slice
Pineapple Slice ends with Baekhyun's vampire biting the woman he has been watching and turning her too. Its parent EP sold more than 890,000 copies on its first day.
Q 29Billboard has called Baekhyun a 'standout' example of which male voice type, his range as an Exo main vocalist?
Tenor
Tenor is how critics class Baekhyun's voice, which Refinery29 called 'soaring'. He, Chen and D.O. are Exo's three main vocalists.
Q 30What did Baekhyun sing before President Moon Jae-in at the opening of the 132nd IOC Session in February 2018?
The national anthem
The national anthem was his solo duty days before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics began, and Exo went on to perform at the Games' closing ceremony.