Q 01/05
A) Rising sun
B) Three stars
C) Big river
D) Golden mountain
Answer · why
The founder said 'three' stood for something big and powerful and 'stars' for everlasting.
Q 02/05
A) 1948
B) 1953
C) 1969
D) 1938
Answer · why
It began as a small trading company under Japanese rule.
Q 03/05
A) Lee Kun-hee
B) Chung Ju-yung
C) Lee Byung-chul
D) Koo In-hwoi
Answer · why
He was 28 and from a large landowning family; he had studied at Waseda University in Tokyo.
Q 04/05
A) Radios, batteries and lamps
B) Silk, cotton and hemp cloth
C) Coal, timber and iron ore
D) Dried fish, groceries and noodles
Answer · why
It had about forty employees in what was then called Taikyu, now Daegu.
Q 05/05
A) Keiretsu
B) Chaebol
C) Zaibatsu
D) Hanbok
Answer · why
Its revenue equalled 22.4% of South Korea's GDP in 2022.
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