Q 01/05

In Squid Game's season-one finale, what is elderly Player 001 revealed to be?

A) Gi-hun's long-lost father

B) A founder of the games

C) An undercover policeman

D) The Front Man's father

Answer · why

B) A founder of the games

A founder of the games: on his deathbed, Oh Il-nam tells Gi-hun that he and his rich friends started them out of boredom, and that he joined as a play...

Q 02/05

Hwang Dong-hyuk first wrote Squid Game in 2009 as what?

A) Stage play

B) Feature film

C) Graphic novel

D) Video game

Answer · why

B) Feature film

Feature film was the plan, but Korean studios turned the script down; about a decade passed before Netflix picked it up and it became a series instead...

Q 03/05

What did South Korean producers keep telling Hwang his story was, when he spent years trying to sell it?

A) Too expensive to film

B) Too grotesque and unrealistic

C) Too political for broadcast

D) Too close to Battle Royale

Answer · why

B) Too grotesque and unrealistic

Too grotesque and unrealistic was the verdict of the studios and actors he pitched, so Hwang shelved the script and made three other films before Netf...

Q 04/05

Under what title did Netflix originally plan to release Squid Game?

A) Player 456

B) The Ddakji Man

C) Last Man Standing

D) Round 6

Answer · why

D) Round 6

Netflix worried the Korean children's game would mean nothing to international viewers and preferred Round 6, which described the format. Hwang pushed...

Q 05/05

In Squid Game's dalgona game, which shape does Gi-hun pick?

A) Umbrella

B) Star

C) Circle

D) Triangle

Answer · why

A) Umbrella

The umbrella: a teammate had worked out what the game would be and quietly chose an easy shape for himself, letting Gi-hun walk into the hardest one.