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50 free Monsta X trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Monsta X came out of a televised trainee contest in 2015 and built a reputation for loud, hard-hitting title tracks, sharp choreography and a fan base that has followed them from Seoul music shows to American arenas. Few K-pop groups have crossed over so stubbornly on their own terms. This quiz mixes guess-the-member questions with wider trivia. You will match Shownu, Kihyun, Hyungwon, Joohoney and their bandmates to the facts that set each one apart, from pre-debut jobs and stage names to solo releases and enlistment. Around those sit questions on the title tracks, albums, collaborations, cartoon cameos and firsts abroad. It is written for Monbebe who want to test how well they know the members, and for newer fans still learning who is who. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so a wrong guess still teaches you something.
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Q 01Monsta X helped inspire which fictional boy band, the demon idols of a 2025 animated Netflix film?
Saja Boys
Saja Boys were modelled on real groups, with director Maggie Kang naming Monsta X alongside BTS, Stray Kids and Ateez. They are the rival act in KPop Demon Hunters.
Q 02During President Moon Jae-in's 2019 state visit, Monsta X performed for the king of which European country?
Norway
Norway's King Harald V was the royal audience, at a performance marking the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations with South Korea.
Q 03Months after their 2015 debut, Monsta X became promotional ambassadors for which Korean youth organisation?
The Girl Scouts
The Girl Scouts of Korea made the boy band their seventh promotional ambassadors, a job that covered events and the federation's newsletters.
Q 04The 'Mon' in Monsta X and the fan name Monbebe both come from which language?
French
French supplies 'mon', meaning my, so the group's name can be read as 'my star' and Monbebe as 'my baby'.
Q 05What role did Monsta X take in Seoul in January 2018, weeks before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics?
Torchbearers
Torchbearers was the job: on January 13, 2018 the group joined the Olympic torch relay as it passed through the South Korean capital.
Q 06Monsta X guest-starred as themselves, staying at a hotel, in a 2019 episode of which Cartoon Network series?
We Bare Bears
We Bare Bears built the episode Panda's Birthday around the group, with Grizzly and Ice Bear taking Panda to their hotel as a birthday treat.
Q 07Which founding Monsta X vocalist left in October 2019 and later went solo with the EP Love Synonym Pt.1?
Wonho
Wonho left on October 31, 2019 amid allegations that police cleared him of the following March. He then signed with a Starship subsidiary as a soloist.
Q 08Which Mnet survival show, where trainees wore name tags showing their rank, formed Monsta X?
No.Mercy
No.Mercy ran for ten episodes from December 2014, with artists such as Hyolyn, K.Will and Mad Clown mentoring and judging the Starship trainees.
Q 09Monsta X leader Shownu spent six years competing in which sport, reaching provincial championships?
Swimming
Swimming filled six years of Shownu's youth, long before he debuted as the group's main dancer.
Q 10Which reptile gives its name to the lead single of Monsta X's 2019 album Take.2 We Are Here?
Alligator
Alligator uses the animal as a metaphor for someone going all out to catch the attention of a romantic interest.
Q 11Which Monsta X member learned English before Korean and spent part of his childhood in Boston?
I.M
I.M lived abroad because of his father's work as a scientist, including time at Harvard University. He joined the group's formation show late, as its thirteenth contestant.
Q 12Which Monsta X member began hosting SBS's Inkigayo in 2019 with April's Naeun and NCT 127's Jaehyun?
Minhyuk
Minhyuk fronted the Sunday music show every week from October 2019. He later launched Vogue Ship Show, a weekly Naver Now series built around making art with fans.
Q 13Before debuting, Monsta X's Shownu was a backup dancer for which soloist, appearing in her Bad Girls video?
Lee Hyori
Q 21Which 2018 single brought Monsta X their first trophy on Music Bank, a public broadcaster's chart show?
Shoot Out
Shoot Out won there on November 2, 2018 and ended up with trophies from four different music shows.
Q 22Which 2021 single from the EP No Limit earned Monsta X five music show trophies?
Rush Hour
Rush Hour likens the crowded K-pop industry to heavy traffic. Its EP was the first the group made without leader Shownu, who had enlisted that July.
Q 23Which title track led Monsta X's first studio album in 2017 and gave their first world tour its name?
Beautiful
Beautiful peaked at number four on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart, while its parent album went to number one on World Albums.
Lee Hyori took the young dancer along on her promotions, and he also appeared in her video for Going Crazy.
Q 14Monsta X's Shownu won a 2009 audition and trained for two years at which agency before joining Starship?
JYP Entertainment
JYP Entertainment was his target because it had been the company of Rain, the star who inspired him to chase a stage career.
Q 15Why did rapper Joohoney take a break from Monsta X in January 2020, returning before the EP Fantasia X?
To focus on mental health
To focus on mental health, Joohoney stepped away on January 11, 2020 and rejoined promotions in late March, ahead of the EP's release.
Q 16Which 2017 single from the EP The Code gave Monsta X their first music show win, on The Show?
Dramarama
Dramarama took the trophy on November 14, 2017, two and a half years after the group's debut. Its music video plays with the idea of time travel.
Q 17Which Monsta X album, released on Valentine's Day 2020, was their first recorded entirely in English?
All About Luv
All About Luv entered the US Billboard 200 at number five, the group's first appearance on that chart.
Q 18Which religious concept drives the light-against-dark story of Monsta X's 2018 album Take.1 Are You There?
The seven deadly sins
The seven deadly sins are each expressed on the album, which shows the members wandering in search of salvation.
Q 19Which American DJ made Play It Cool with Monsta X in 2019 and later performed it with them in Saudi Arabia?
Steve Aoki
Steve Aoki teamed up with the group for the single that March, and in December they played it together at the MDL Beast Festival.
Q 20In 2018 Monsta X became the first Korean group to perform on which annual iHeartRadio concert tour?
Jingle Ball
Jingle Ball invited the group back in 2019, 2021 and 2025, when their stops included New York, Philadelphia and Miami.
Q 24Which Monsta X series about youth has parts subtitled Lost, Guilty and The Final Chapter?
The Clan
The Clan ran from 2016 to 2017, moving from the loss and pain of youth to guarding innocence and, in its last part, rebellion.
Q 25Monsta X made their debut in May 2015 with which EP, its title song produced by Rhymer?
Trespass
Trespass drew most heavily on rapper Joohoney, who composed several of its songs, including One Love and Blue Moon.
Q 26Under which stage name did Monsta X's Hyungwon start performing DJ sets in 2017?
H.ONE
H.ONE first appeared at KCON 2017 Japan beside DJ Justin Oh, and the pair went on to play Ultra Music Festival Korea that June.
Q 27Monsta X vocalist Kihyun made his solo debut in March 2022 with which single album?
Voyager
Voyager came out on March 15, 2022, and he followed it that October with a first EP, Youth.
Q 28Weeks after debuting in 2015, Monsta X's Joohoney auditioned for the fourth season of which rap contest?
Show Me the Money
Show Me the Money eliminated him in a one-on-one battle in the third round, then brought him back for a second chance, which he also lost.
Q 29On which singing show did Monsta X's Kihyun compete in 2016, beating Apink's Namjoo in round one?
King of Mask Singer
King of Mask Singer billed him as 'Tell Them I'm the Dragon King', and he went out in the second round by a margin of three votes.
Q 30Shownu and Hyungwon launched Monsta X's first official sub-unit in July 2023 with which debut EP?
The Unseen
The Unseen was led by Love Me a Little, a single Hyungwon produced while Shownu worked on the choreography.