This Blackpink quiz has 50 free questions with answers and runs from the YG Entertainment auditions of 2010 through the 2016 debut, the breakthrough of Ddu-Du Ddu-Du, The Album and Born Pink, the record-setting tours, Coachella, and the members' solo careers up to Deadline and the tenth anniversary in 2026. It covers the four members' backgrounds (which two grew up outside Korea, who auditioned in Thailand, who acted in The Idol and The White Lotus), the group's records on YouTube, Billboard and the charts, the fandom name, the fashion houses, and the odd corners like the names the group nearly had. Roughly a third of the questions are easy enough for a casual listener; the rest climb to details only a committed Blink will know. It works as a solo test or a round for a K-pop quiz night. Every answer has been checked against a reference source and each question shows its citation.
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Q 01Which K-pop label formed Blackpink?
YG
They were YG's first girl group in seven years, following 2NE1, and the label spent six years assembling them.
Q 02Which two tracks made up Blackpink's debut single album, Square One?
Boombayah and Whistle
They took the top two spots on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart at once, faster than any act before them.
Q 03On what date did Blackpink officially debut?
August 8, 2016
The label had first promised a new girl group for early 2012, so fans waited more than four years for the day.
Q 04What is the name of Blackpink's fandom?
Blink
It is a blend of 'black' and 'pink', announced in January 2017, five months after the debut.
Q 05Which of these was one of the other names YG considered before settling on Blackpink?
Baby Monster
Pink Punk and Magnum were also on the list; YG later used Babymonster for its 2023 girl group.
Q 06How many members was the group originally planned to have before YG settled on four?
Nine
Trainees Jang Hanna and Moon Sua had been shown to the public as possible members before the final lineup was fixed.
Q 07Which member was the first to be revealed to the public, on June 1, 2016?
Jennie
She had already appeared in G-Dragon's 'That XX' video and on Lee Hi's 'Special'; the other three followed at weekly intervals.
Q 08Which member is from Thailand?
Lisa
She was the only one of 4,000 applicants to pass YG's 2010 audition in Thailand and became the label's first foreign trainee.
Q 09Which member was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and raised in Australia?
Rosé
She came first among 700 applicants at YG's 2012 audition in Australia; another member also lived in New Zealand as a child.
Q 10Which member is the eldest, born in January 1995?
Jisoo
The youngest was born in March 1997, only six weeks after the New Zealand-born member.
Q 11Which 2018 song was the first by a Korean girl group to enter the UK Singles Chart?
Ddu-Du Ddu-Du
Its video was the first by a K-pop group to pass one billion and then two billion views on YouTube.
Q 12Which British singer released 'Kiss and Make Up' with Blackpink in 2018?
Dua Lipa
It reached number 36 in the UK, the first top-40 hit there by a Korean girl group.
Q 13Which member was the first to release solo music, with 'Solo' in November 2018?
Jennie
She premiered it at the group's Seoul concert; its video became the first by a Korean female soloist to pass a billion views.
Q 21Which member's 2021 solo debut spawned the Global 200 top-ten hits 'Lalisa' and 'Money'?
Lisa
Its 736,000 first-week sales were a record for a female artist in South Korea when it came out.
Q 22Whose 2023 solo album Me was the first by a Korean female soloist to sell a million?
Jisoo
Its lead single 'Flower' hit number two on the Global 200; she later founded her own label, Blissoo.
Q 23Which 2022 pre-release single was the first song by a girl group to top the Billboard Global 200?
Pink Venom
It also became the first song by a Korean group to top Australia's ARIA chart.
Q 14Blackpink became the first female K-pop group to play which US festival in April 2019?
Coachella
Four years later they returned as headliners, the first Asian act ever to top the bill.
Q 15Which Lady Gaga album featured Blackpink on the track 'Sour Candy' in 2020?
Chromatica
It debuted at number 33 on the Hot 100 and number eight in Australia, then the highest for any Korean group.
Q 16Which 2020 single's video set a Guinness World Record for YouTube views in its first 24 hours?
How You Like That
It broke five Guinness records in all and won Song of Summer at the MTV VMAs, a first for a Korean female act.
Q 17Which American singer joined Blackpink on 'Ice Cream' in August 2020?
Selena Gomez
It reached number 13 on the Hot 100, then a record for a Korean female act.
Q 18What was the title of Blackpink's first Korean full-length record, released in October 2020?
The Album
It made them the first million-selling K-pop girl group and reached number two in both the US and UK.
Q 19Blackpink's 2020 documentary Light Up the Sky premiered on which platform?
Netflix
Directed by Caroline Suh, it covered the four years since debut and helped push the group to the top of Bloomberg's Pop Star Power Ranking.
Q 20Whose 2021 solo single 'On the Ground' made her the first to top the Billboard Global 200 solo and with a group?
Rosé
Her single album R sold 448,089 copies in its first week, then a record for a Korean female soloist.
Q 24Which Blackpink album was the first K-pop girl-group album to top both the US Billboard 200 and UK Albums Chart?
Born Pink
No girl group had topped both at once since Destiny's Child's Survivor in 2001.
Q 25Which group's record did Blackpink's 2022-23 tour beat to become the highest-grossing girl-group tour ever?
Spice Girls
It grossed about $330 million from 1.8 million tickets and was also the highest-grossing tour by any Asian act.
Q 26Blackpink became the first act from where to headline the California desert festival in 2023?
Asia
Three months later they were the first Korean band to headline a major UK festival, at BST Hyde Park.
Q 27Which British honour did the four members receive in 2023 for their climate-change advocacy?
Honorary MBEs
They had been advocates for the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, and received the honours during the Korean president's state visit.
Q 28Which magazine named Blackpink its 2022 Entertainer of the Year?
Time
They were also the first girl group to make Forbes' 30 Under 30 Asia list.
Q 29Blackpink was the first music act on YouTube to pass how many subscribers?
100 million
They are also the most-viewed band on the platform and the most-followed female group on Spotify.
Q 30Which member made her acting debut in the HBO series The Idol in 2023, using the stage name Ruby Jane?
Jennie
Another member followed her onto HBO two years later in the third season of The White Lotus.