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45 free Kpop trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Sep 2026.
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Q 01Rosé's 2024 hit duet 'APT.' featured which American singer?
Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars joined Rosé on 'APT.', whose title comes from a Korean party drinking game called 'apartment'.
Q 02Which SM Entertainment boy group debuted in April 2012 with the single 'Mama', split into Korean and Chinese sub-units?
EXO
EXO's twelve members debuted as two sub-units, EXO-K and EXO-M, singing the same songs in Korean and Mandarin so the group could promote in both countries simultaneously.
Q 03Which girl group, built around a 'metaverse' concept, debuted in November 2020 with the single 'Black Mamba'?
Aespa
Aespa's name joins 'avatar' and 'experience' with 'aspect', because each member launched alongside a digital avatar counterpart called ae.
Q 04Which eight-member KQ Entertainment boy group debuted in 2018 with 'Treasure EP.1'?
ATEEZ
ATEEZ traces back to a letter and demo Hongjoong sent KQ Entertainment; staff who found it contacted him, and he became the label's first trainee.
Q 05Which girl group under HYBE's sub-label ADOR debuted in 2022 by releasing the 'Attention' video before even revealing its members?
NewJeans
NewJeans took their name from jeans, a staple that never goes out of style, as a bid to become timeless icons themselves.
Q 062019's Mnet Asian Music Awards named which BTS single Song of the Year?
Boy with Luv
Boy with Luv features Halsey, who joined BTS to perform it live at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards.
Q 07Which label launched Big Bang and 2NE1?
YG Entertainment
YG Entertainment began in 1996 as Hyun Planning, and its first act, Keep Six, flopped before the hip-hop acts Jinusean and 1TYM broke through.
Q 08At the end of JYP's 2015 survival show Sixteen, which contestant was added to the lineup purely on viewer votes?
Tzuyu
Tzuyu, who led the viewer vote among all the trainees, was added to the planned seven members; Momo was also added separately, on JYP's own call.
Q 09What is the term for the youngest member of a K-pop group?
Maknae
Maknae literally means 'the youngest in a family', and the role carries real weight in a culture that emphasises respect for elders.
Q 10Which artist is widely known for the global hit song 'Gangnam Style'?
PSY
PSY's 'Gangnam Style' was watched more than 2,147,483,647 times, forcing YouTube to upgrade its view counter to 64-bit numbers.
Q 11Which SM Entertainment boy group had 23 members across its sub-units in 2020?
NCT
NCT, short for Neo Culture Technology, was designed with no fixed member count, adding sub-units based in cities around the world.
Q 12Which K-pop girl group debuted under Source Music in 2022 with the mini-album 'Fearless'?
LE SSERAFIM
LE SSERAFIM's name is an anagram of 'I'm fearless', echoing the debut EP's title, and also nods to the six-winged seraphim.
Q 13Fans of the JYP Entertainment girl group formed on the 2015 show Sixteen go by which name?
ONCE
TWICE's fans are called ONCE, from the members' promise that if fans love them even once, they will repay that love twice over.
Q 21The seven members of BTS made their debut with which single album?
2 Cool 4 Skool
BTS debuted with the single album 2 Cool 4 Skool on June 12, 2013, led by 'No More Dream'; it sold modestly at the time.
Q 222NE1's 2009 debut EP produced 'Fire' and which other hit single?
I Don't Care
'I Don't Care' followed 'Fire' months after 2NE1 first appeared beside Big Bang on 'Lollipop', a song made for an LG phone ad.
Q 23The K-pop term 'aegyo' refers to what kind of behavior?
Displaying cuteness
Displaying cuteness through baby talk, facial expressions and gestures is aegyo, and K-pop idols of both sexes are commonly expected to perform it.
Q 14Which K-pop soloist, known for 'Good Day' and 'Palette', earned the nickname 'Korea's little sister'?
IU
IU, born Lee Ji-eun, was turned down at audition after audition before LOEN signed her, then broke through with 'Good Day' in 2010.
Q 15Bang Si-hyuk began building BTS in 2010 around which member, then an underground rapper?
RM
RM anchored what Bang Si-hyuk first planned as a hip-hop crew before it was reshaped into the idol group BTS.
Q 16Which 2009 single spent nine straight weeks at No. 1 on KBS's Music Bank?
Gee
Gee's video put Girls' Generation in brightly colored skinny jeans, a look that swept South Korean fashion.
Q 17Stray Kids' production unit 3Racha consists of Bang Chan, Changbin and which other member?
Han
Han completes 3Racha with Bang Chan and Changbin; the trio posted its own mixtapes on SoundCloud in 2017, before the group's official launch.
Q 18Which SM Entertainment group was launched in 2005 with a plan to swap out members every year?
Super Junior
Super Junior was meant to rotate members like Japan's Morning Musume, but SM dropped the plan after adding a 13th member, Kyuhyun, in 2006.
Q 19What is the official fandom name of the boy group SEVENTEEN?
Carat
Carat is the unit used to weigh diamonds, casting fans as what makes SEVENTEEN's diamond shine, a nod to their debut EP 17 Carat.
Q 20Red Velvet's fifth member, Yeri, joined in March 2015 alongside which chart-topping first EP?
Ice Cream Cake
Yeri joined Red Velvet in March 2015 for the group's first EP, Ice Cream Cake, which topped the Gaon Album Chart; the quartet had debuted in August 2014 with 'Happiness'.
Q 24Stray Kids' 2022 hit 'Maniac' led which EP?
Oddinary
Oddinary blends 'odd' and 'ordinary', because the group wanted listeners to see the parts of themselves that seem odd as what makes them special.
Q 25Which of these K-pop groups was formed through the survival show 'Produce 101 Season 2'?
Wanna One
Wanna One was a temporary project group whose contract ran out at the end of 2018, and it disbanded after farewell concerts in January 2019.
Q 26The official fandom name for the K-pop boy group BTS is what?
ARMY
ARMY, BTS's official fandom, has answered the members' charity gifts with donations of its own, at times matching what the members gave.
Q 27Which K-pop girl group debuted under RBW in 2014 with 'Mr. Ambiguous'?
MAMAMOO
MAMAMOO built buzz before debuting by recording songs with established acts, including Bumkey, K.Will, Wheesung and the duo Geeks.
Q 28Which JYP Entertainment girl group debuted in 2019 with the hit song 'DALLA DALLA'?
ITZY
ITZY debuted on February 12, 2019, with their single album 'It'z Different' and the title track 'DALLA DALLA.' They quickly gained recognition for their 'teen crush' concept and empowering messages.
Q 29Which Lady Gaga album featured a K-pop girl group on the 2020 track 'Sour Candy'?
Chromatica
'Sour Candy', Lady Gaga's collaboration with BLACKPINK, appeared on Chromatica and was released as a promotional single on May 28, 2020, peaking at number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Q 30The Korean name of BTS, Bangtan Sonyeondan, literally translates to what?
Bulletproof Boy Scouts
Bangtan Sonyeondan means 'Bulletproof Boy Scouts' because the group set out to block the stereotypes and pressures fired at teenagers like bullets.