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40 free UP10TION trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
UP10TION arrived in 2015 as one of the larger boy groups of its K-pop generation, and its story has more twists than most: hiatuses, survival-show detours, solo careers and a line-up that changed in 2023. This quiz covers the whole run. Expect questions on the members and the names they performed under, the EPs and title tracks from the first release onward, the tours, and what individual members went on to do in music and on screen. It is written for fans who followed every comeback as well as K-pop listeners who know the group mainly through its best-known members. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so you pick something up even on the ones you miss.
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Q 01Which Seoul agency, co-founded by a member of Shinhwa, formed UP10TION in 2015?
TOP Media
TOP Media launched the group as a ten-member act, which is where the 10 in the name comes from. Several members' contracts with the company ran out in March 2023.
Q 02Before debut, UP10TION introduced each member through a parody of which South Korean singing show?
King of Mask Singer
King of Mask Singer inspired the pre-debut series Masked Rookie King, in which Kim Woo-seok was the first of the ten members to be introduced.
Q 03Which group with UP10TION's Kim Woo-seok disbanded in 2020 after a vote manipulation investigation?
X1
X1 debuted in August 2019 with Kim Woo-seok, who had finished second on Produce X 101, and announced its break-up less than five months later.
Q 04UP10TION's Gold-certified 2017 single "ID" marked the group's debut in which overseas market?
Japan
Japan certified "ID" Gold, and the group followed the single with a Zepp concert-hall tour there that May.
Q 05The title of UP10TION's 2018 EP Laberinto means "maze" in which language?
Spanish
Spanish supplied the title, and the EP leaned into the puzzle theme with two versions named Clue and Crime, each packed with a tarot card.
Q 06Which former I.O.I member co-hosted SBS MTV's The Show with Kim Woo-seok of UP10TION from 2016?
Jeon Somi
Jeon Somi and Kim Woo-seok fronted the weekly music show for about six months, from October 2016 until both stepped down in April 2017.
Q 07Which senior boy group does Changjo, who wrote and composed UP10TION's song "Party2nite", belong to?
Teen Top
Teen Top debuted five years earlier at the same agency, and Changjo also co-wrote "Neverending" for the newcomers' first EP.
Q 08Two UP10TION members competed on Boys Planet in 2023; which group did that survival show create?
Zerobaseone
Zerobaseone took the contest's final nine, so neither idol made it: one finished 44th and the other withdrew before the end.
Q 09UP10TION's official fandom name pairs the number in the group's name with which sweet word?
Honey
Honey plus the number makes Honey10, the name the members used when they addressed a 2018 comeback teaser to their fans.
Q 10Under which stage name did Kim Woo-seok debut with UP10TION before reverting to his birth name?
Wooshin
Wooshin was his name for the group's first years; in 2019 he entered Produce X 101 as Kim Woo-seok and finished second.
Q 11Which UP10TION leader took a health hiatus in April 2020 and enlisted in the military that November?
Jinhoo
Jinhoo stepped back for health reasons, began his mandatory service on November 23, 2020, and was discharged in May 2022.
Q 12Which UP10TION co-leader was discharged from military service in February 2024 because of back pain?
Kuhn
Kuhn had enlisted in March 2023, two weeks before bandmate Kogyeol, and was released after less than a year in uniform.
Q 13Which UP10TION vocalist recorded the 2016 duet "Cherish" with Yuju of the girl group GFriend?
Sunyoul
Sunyoul and Yuju released "Cherish" in March 2016, and the song then closed his group's third EP, Spotlight, the following month.
Q 21Which six-track EP, opening with the intro "Tension Up!", was UP10TION's debut release?
Top Secret
Top Secret peaked at number 7 on the Gaon Album Chart after a launch showcase in Seoul that drew 500 fans.
Q 22Which UP10TION debut single's video ranked among Billboard's most viewed K-pop videos in America?
So, Dangerous
"So, Dangerous" made the American list for September 2015, the month the ten members first performed it on television, though it missed the worldwide ranking.
Q 23In which foreign capital did UP10TION stage a debut album showcase less than two weeks after the Seoul launch?
Beijing
Beijing hosted the showcase on September 22, 2015, and the group also released a Chinese-language video for the debut single.
Q 14Which UP10TION vocalist withdrew from Boys Planet in March 2023 because of health issues?
Hwanhee
Hwanhee left the contest for good on medical grounds, and his agency contract came to an end later that same month.
Q 15Which UP10TION member, last of the seven to leave the agency, had just ended a run on Boys Planet?
Xiao
Xiao competed under his birth name, Lee Dong-yeol, placed 44th, and left the company on March 31 once his time on the show was over.
Q 16The letter U in UP10TION officially stands for which word in the group's full acronym?
Unbelievable
Unbelievable opens the full phrase, which runs on through Perfect, 10 members, Teenager, Idol, Open and Now; the name itself is read as "up tension".
Q 17Which member of the veteran boy band Shinhwa co-founded the agency that launched UP10TION?
Andy
Andy, the youngest of Shinhwa's six members, set the company up with his former manager and went on to produce its boy groups.
Q 18On which music show did UP10TION's Kim Woo-seok earn his first win as a soloist in February 2021?
M Countdown
M Countdown gave him the trophy for his single "Sugar" on February 18, 2021, and a Music Bank win followed that same month.
Q 19Which South Korean city is the birthplace of Kim Woo-seok, the UP10TION vocalist turned actor?
Daejeon
Daejeon is where he was born in October 1996, in the city's Daedeok District, and where he went to middle school.
Q 20In which 2020 web drama did UP10TION's Kim Woo-seok take his first acting role as the male lead?
Twenty-Twenty
Twenty-Twenty premiered on Naver TV in August 2020, less than three months after his first solo EP, and later ran on YouTube and JTBC.
Q 24Which lead single from UP10TION's EP Bravo! came from the producers of GFriend's "Me Gustas Tu"?
Catch Me!
"Catch Me!" was produced by Iggy and Yong Bae, the team behind Ailee's "Heaven", and its EP climbed to number 5 on the Gaon Album Chart.
Q 25Which single led UP10TION's third EP, Spotlight, when it arrived in April 2016?
Attention
"Attention" fronted Spotlight, which reached number 4 on the Gaon Album Chart, the group's best showing up to that point.
Q 26Which 2016 UP10TION EP, led by the single "Tonight", peaked at number one on the Gaon Album Chart?
Summer Go!
The chart-topper was Summer Go!, the group's first number-one record, and a limited re-release titled Thank You followed that September.
Q 27Which single led Burst, the fifth EP by UP10TION, when it was released in November 2016?
White Night
"White Night" fronted Burst, which went to number one on the Gaon Album Chart and sold more than 80,000 copies in South Korea.
Q 28Which lead single did UP10TION promote as a nine-member group on the 2017 EP Star;dom?
Runner
"Runner" arrived while one member sat out on hiatus, and its EP still became the best-selling Korean release in the group's catalogue.
Q 29Which release, teased with a number riddle spelling its title, was UP10TION's first studio album?
Invitation
Invitation arrived two and a half years after the group's debut, and its release brought Kim Woo-seok back from a long hiatus.
Q 30Which title track gave its name to UP10TION's first US meet-and-live tour, an eight-city run?
Candyland
"Candyland" led the group's first full-length album in March 2018, and the American dates followed that June.