Q 01/05

Who created, wrote and directed Squid Game?

A) Bong Joon-ho

B) Park Chan-wook

C) Hwang Dong-hyuk

D) Yeon Sang-ho

Answer · why

C) Hwang Dong-hyuk

Hwang Dong-hyuk wrote and directed all nine episodes of season one himself; his earlier features include Silenced, Miss Granny and The Fortress.

Q 02/05

In what year did Hwang Dong-hyuk write the original Squid Game script?

A) 2009

B) 2013

C) 2016

D) 2019

Answer · why

A) 2009

Hwang wrote it in 2009 while struggling with debt of his own, drawing on Japanese survival manga he had been reading in a comic cafe. Netflix only too...

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

Hwang himself worried the storyline was "too difficult to understand and bizarre", and the companies he pitched agreed, calling it too grotesque and u...

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

How many debt-ridden players enter Squid Game's secret contest at the start of season one?

A) 456

B) 365

C) 512

D) 248

Answer · why

A) 456

The 456 players are all in deep financial hardship, and the prize pot grows by ₩100 million for each one eliminated.