Q 01/05

NCT, the boy band SM Entertainment launched in 2016, is named for the initials of which phrase?

A) Neo Creative Talent

B) Neo Culture Technology

C) Neo Collective Trainees

D) Neo Concept Tribe

Answer · why

B) Neo Culture Technology

Neo Culture Technology named a plan for a band with no cap on membership, split into teams based in cities around the world.

Q 02/05

What does the number in NCT 127's name represent, a nod to the home base of NCT's first fixed unit?

A) Longitude of Seoul

B) Latitude of Seoul

C) Seoul's area code

D) Seoul's postal prefix

Answer · why

A) Longitude of Seoul

Longitude of Seoul is the reference: the South Korean capital sits close to 127 degrees east. The unit debuted there in July 2016 with seven members.

Q 03/05

Five future NCT Dream members spent 2015 in the cast of a Korean revival of which American TV show?

A) Saved by the Bell

B) So You Think You Can Dance

C) The Mickey Mouse Club

D) The Muppet Show

Answer · why

C) The Mickey Mouse Club

The Mickey Mouse Club came back on Disney Channel Korea with the five trainees as Mouseketeers, singing, dancing and acting in skits. They debuted in ...

Q 04/05

NCT 127's 2020 single Kick It, with its martial-arts video, repeatedly name-checks which film star?

A) Jackie Chan

B) Jet Li

C) Donnie Yen

D) Bruce Lee

Answer · why

D) Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee is named in the song's chant, and the lyrics also nod to his fighting style, Jeet Kune Do. The song's Korean title means Hero.

Q 05/05

NCT Dream began with a graduation system under which members would leave the unit at what point?

A) Finishing high school

B) Reaching legal adulthood

C) Starting military service

D) Signing a solo contract

Answer · why

B) Reaching legal adulthood

Reaching legal adulthood, at 19 by international reckoning, was meant to end a member's stay in the teenage unit. The rule was scrapped in 2020, when ...