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50 free Itzy trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Itzy arrived in 2019 as JYP Entertainment's first new girl group in four years and swept the newcomer prizes within months. The five members built a reputation for sharp choreography and songs about confidence and self-love, and they kept it up through world tours, one member's hiatus and return, and a run of solo debuts. This quiz covers the whole story: the members' lives before debut, from TV talent shows to chance scoutings, the title tracks and the ideas behind their videos, the albums that broke into the American charts, brand deals, tours and each member's work outside the group. The questions run from easy openers for casual K-pop listeners to deep cuts for fans who know every B-side. Each answer comes with a short explanation, so you will learn something new even when you guess.
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Q 01Which popular party game gives Itzy's 2021 single 'In the Morning' its title and theme?
Mafia
Mafia turns up as a metaphor for secretly stealing someone's heart while hiding your intentions. The video reached 100 million views in under 23 days, the quickest of any Itzy video at the time.
Q 02The video for Itzy's 2023 single 'Cake' borrows scenes from which Korean Netflix hit?
Squid Game
Squid Game is one of the Korean screen hits the video nods to, as Itzy wander onto a film set and cheerfully keep dancing while the world falls apart around them.
Q 03Which Itzy member, born in Seoul and raised in Jeonju, serves as the group's leader?
Yeji
Yeji was unveiled as leader in January 2019, weeks before the debut. Only months earlier a senior labelmate had introduced her on a TV show as JYP's secret weapon.
Q 04Yuna of Itzy competed for Gyeonggi at national tournaments in which team sport during middle school?
Floorball
Floorball came before music for the group's youngest member, who was spotted by a JYP casting agent at a music festival and went on to pass her audition.
Q 05Ryujin of Itzy was scouted by JYP while attending a concert by which boy band?
Got7
Got7 were the act she had gone to see as a middle-schooler when JYP cast her. Four years of training followed before Itzy's debut.
Q 06Itzy's name comes from the Korean word 'itji', which carries which meaning in English?
To have
To have is the idea behind the name: the members say it shows they possess everything their fans expect of them.
Q 07Chaeryeong of Itzy competed in 2015 on which survival show that chose the members of Twice?
Sixteen
Sixteen ended without a place for her in the winning lineup, but she stayed at JYP and trained for five years before debuting with Itzy.
Q 08The Korean title of Itzy's debut single 'Dalla Dalla' repeats a word with which English meaning?
Different
Different, said twice, fits a song about individuality and self-confidence. Its video drew 17.1 million views in a day, then a record for a K-pop debut.
Q 09Itzy became the first Korean artists named global spokesmodels for which American make-up brand?
Maybelline
Maybelline New York gave the whole group the role in 2021, two years after Itzy had fronted MAC Cosmetics in their debut year.
Q 10Which name do Itzy's fans go by, a play on a Korean word for trusting or believing?
Midzy
Midzy was announced as the fandom name in July 2019, five months after the debut, and a fan-dedicated single from 2021 carries the word in its title.
Q 11Itzy became the first K-pop girl group to win all five major awards in which category in one season?
Rookie of the Year
Rookie of the Year went to Itzy at five of South Korea's biggest ceremonies in a single awards season, a clean sweep known as a grand slam.
Q 12Before debut, Ryujin and Yuna of Itzy appeared in a 2017 highlight reel for which boy band?
BTS
BTS featured the two trainees in the highlight reel for the Love Yourself series, two years before the pair debuted together.
Q 13Itzy performed 'Sneakers' in July 2022 on the late-night talk show of which American host?
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert's Late Show featured the group in its #LateShowMeMusic series one week after the single came out.
Q 21Lia of Itzy passed an audition at 14 for which agency, then backed out over her parents' concerns?
SM Entertainment
SM Entertainment accepted her through a global audition held in Canada, but she walked away and joined JYP in 2017 instead.
Q 22Which 2024 Itzy single was recorded by four members while Lia was on a health hiatus?
Untouchable
Untouchable came out as a quartet recording in January 2024, then returned that October in a final version with Lia's vocals added.
Q 23Which 2022 EP, Itzy's first million-seller, shares its name with the group's first world tour?
Checkmate
Checkmate also gave Itzy a first top-ten placing on the US Billboard 200, and the tour named after it opened with two nights in Seoul.
Q 14Chaeryeong of Itzy is the younger sister of Lee Chaeyeon, who sang in which girl group?
Iz*One
Iz*One debuted in 2018 with Lee Chaeyeon in its lineup. Years earlier the sisters had auditioned side by side on the third season of K-pop Star.
Q 15Lia of Itzy moved during elementary school from South Korea to which Canadian city?
Toronto
Toronto was her home until she returned to South Korea, where she attended North London Collegiate School Jeju before passing her JYP audition in 2017.
Q 16Which instrument, praised by Time magazine, drives Itzy's 2020 single 'Not Shy'?
Saxophone
Saxophone bursts over rapid trap beats mark the track, which was also the first Itzy single about confessing love rather than self-confidence alone.
Q 17Yuna of Itzy drew praise at the 2022 KBS Song Festival for covering 'U-Go-Girl' by which soloist?
Lee Hyori
Lee Hyori later told Itzy on the talk show The Seasons that she enjoyed watching younger artists recreate her old performances.
Q 18Four future Itzy members appeared in 2017 on which Mnet reality show that launched a JYP boy band?
Stray Kids
Stray Kids featured the trainees in its first episode. Only Lia, who passed her JYP audition that same year, was missing.
Q 19Itzy fronted three 2022 campaigns for which game franchise, including one for its trading card game?
Pokémon
Pokémon used the group three times that year, for Legends: Arceus, the card game and Unite, the last with its own special show video.
Q 20The music video for Itzy's 2019 summer single 'Icy' was filmed in which American city?
Los Angeles
Los Angeles hosted the shoot, and the clip drew 18.1 million views in its first day, a million more than the group's debut video had managed.
Q 24Which 2020 single gave Itzy their most-viewed music video, with over 500 million views by 2023?
Wannabe
Wannabe also topped the charts in Malaysia and Singapore, the group's first number ones in both countries.
Q 25Which 2021 release, Itzy's first full studio album, entered the US Billboard 200 at number 11?
Crazy in Love
Crazy in Love opened at number one on Billboard's Top Album Sales chart that same week, with 'Loco' as its lead single.
Q 26Which production team wrote Itzy's debut single 'Dalla Dalla' and returned for 2021's 'Loco'?
Galactika
Galactika built the debut song as a blend of EDM, hip hop, electropop and house, and went on to write and arrange the studio album's lead single as well.
Q 27Itzy teamed with which character brand in 2020 to create WDZY, dolls representing each member?
Line Friends
Line Friends created the WDZY dolls a year after Itzy's first wave of brand deals, which had ranged from duty-free shopping to cosmetics.
Q 28In 2022 which American label, already working with JYP on Twice, added Itzy to the partnership?
Republic Records
Republic Records extended its deal with JYP in February 2022, and its name appeared beside JYP's on the group's very next EP that July.
Q 29Itzy set a girl-group record for the fastest first music-show win after debut on which programme?
M Countdown
M Countdown handed over the trophy faster than any girl group had managed before, the first of nine wins for the debut single.
Q 30Itzy's leader became a JYP trainee after auditioning with which song by Twice?
Like Ooh-Ahh
Like Ooh-Ahh won her a place at the agency, and she trained there for three years before Itzy's debut.