Q 01/05

Kimchi is most often made from which salted vegetable?

A) Napa cabbage

B) Kale

C) Bok choy

D) Bamboo shoots

Answer · why

A) Napa cabbage

Napa cabbage kimchi mattered so much that during the Vietnam War, South Korea's president asked the US to help get kimchi to his troops.

Q 02/05

Traditionally, where was winter kimchi stored to keep it from freezing?

A) In straw-packed caves in the hills

B) In earthenware jars buried in the ground

C) In ice blocks cut from rivers

D) In wooden barrels in the attic

Answer · why

B) In earthenware jars buried in the ground

In earthenware jars buried in the ground, kimchi stayed unfrozen through winter; today many Korean homes use special kimchi refrigerators instead.

Q 03/05

What is the name for Korea's communal late-autumn custom of preparing a winter's supply of salted vegetables together?

A) Hansik

B) Jesa

C) Kimjang

D) Dano

Answer · why

C) Kimjang

Kimjang comes in late autumn, when communities make and share big batches of kimchi so every household has enough to last the harsh winter.

Q 04/05

In 2008 scientists created a special low-calorie 'space kimchi' for whom?

A) Yi So-yeon, the country's first astronaut

B) The national Olympic team in Beijing

C) Submarine crews on long patrols

D) The crew of an Antarctic research base

Answer · why

A) Yi So-yeon, the country's first astronaut

She took it aboard the International Space Station.

Q 05/05

Which Chinese pickled dish did China controversially define kimchi as a derivative of in 2020?

A) Dongbei suancai

B) Pao cai

C) Suan cai

D) Zha cai

Answer · why

B) Pao cai

Kimchi has far more lactic acid bacteria because of its different fermentation.