Squid Game is a South Korea survival drama that shares similar characteristics with other popular movie productions such as Hunger Games and Battle Royale.
It is a story which has captured the imagination of millions of viewers and become one of Netflix’s top shows in 2021.
Here are 20 Squid Game Trivia Questions that you can play as an ice breaker with friends.
How to host a Trivia Game
Step 1:
Select a host who will ask the questions and check the answers
Step 2:
Find a pencil and notepad or use a notepad app on your phone to track the score
Step 3:
Explain the rules. The host will ask a Squid Game Trivia question. The first person to get the correct answer wins a point. The highest score wins.
To do away with the manual score keeping and join in the trivia fun, you can also organize an online trivia game with FastestFingerWins.com
Squid Game Players
Question:
What job did Seong Gi-Hun do before joining Squid Game?
Answer:
Chauffeur, Owner of a fried chicken restaurant, employee at Dragon Motors
Question:
Who was the player that helped Seong Gi Hun when he tripped in Red light Green light?
Answer:
Abdul Ali
Question:
How many children does Seong Gi Hun have?
Answer:
1
Question:
When is Seong Gi-Hun's birthday?
Answer:
Oct 31 1974
Did you know:
According to hero fandom Gi-Hun was born in 1974 and is stated to be 47 years old (in 2020). However, this is because one year is added after birth for him. Most Koreans are one year old at birth.
Question:
In the marble game, who is Seong Gi Hun's opponent?
Answer:
Oh ll-nam
Question:
Who was not in the same tug of war team as Seong Gi Hun ?
Answer:
Jang Deok-Su
Question:
Where is Abdul Ali from ?
Answer:
Pakistan
Did you know:
Abdul Ali is an illegal immigrant from Pakistan that came to South Korea with his wife and child. He represents the many foreign immigrants which were allowed into South Korea since 1993 to work in blue collar jobs in manufacturing, construction and agriculture.
Squid Game Play
Question:
How many players are there in Squid Game?
Answer:
456
Question:
Which is the third game of Squid Game?
Answer:
Tug of War
Did you know:
In the tug of war game, Seong Gi Hun was on the same team as Oh Il-nam (player 001). All players were tied to the tug of war rope with a lock. This prevented players from escaping if their team lost. All players except for Oh Il-nam who did not have a lock allowing him to escape if his team lost.
Question:
When was the first Squid Games held in South Korean ?
Answer:
1988
Did you know:
A police officer, Jun-ho infiltrates Squid Game Arena in search of his brother. Jun-ho finds the Squid Game archive room with binders that are sorted by year. The earliest Squid Game binder was from 1988. This was also the year when the 1988 Seoul Olympics was held. There was a similar controversy when thousands of homeless citizens were rounded up and put in camps so as to falsely perpetuate the idea of South Korea’s economic prosperity.
Question:
How many players were there in the Red Light Green Light game?
Answer:
456
In the filming of the Red Light Green Light scene in Squid Game, there were actually 456 actors on the set of Red Light Green Light for each of the 456 players in the game.
Question:
What was the number of the first player to die in Red light Green light?
Answer:
324
Question:
How many players passed the first round of Squid Game?
Answer:
255
Did you know:
The first game in Squid Game is Red Light, Green Light. However this game is not unique to Korea and it is actually a popular children’s game played all over the world. In the UK, it is called “Granny’s Footsteps” , in Singapore and Thailand, it is called “A E I O U” while in Australia, it is “Hot Chocolate”
Question:
How many players played the Glass Bridge Game?
Answer:
16
Question:
In the Glass Bridge game, how long were all players given to complete the game?
Answer:
16 mins
Question:
In the Honeycomb game, which 4 shapes appears in the honeycomb candy?
Answer:
Umbrella, Circle, Triangle, Star
Question:
What colour is the ribbon used on the coffins for deceased players of Squid Game?
Answer:
Pink
The coffins in Squid Game look identical to the box with the Squid Game name card which the police officer Hwang Jun Ho found in his brother’s apartment.
Question:
In Squid Game episode 2, which player provided the tie-breaker to decide if the Games should continue?
Answer:
Oh Il-nam
Question:
What song is played when the players are taken to the first round of Squid Game?
Answer:
The Blue Danube Waltz – Johann Strauss II
The Blue Danube Waltz is played when players climb the Escher’s relativity inspired staircase to the first game of Red Light, Green Light. The Blue Danube Waltz is also used in Battle Royale which is a 2000 Japanese action thriller film about a group of high school students forced to fight to the death by a totalitarian government.
Question:
Which Squid Game guard symbol has the highest rank?
Answer:
Square
There are three ranks for the Squid Game guards. Circle, Triangle and Square. Guards with the circle symbol had the lowest rank, followed by Triangle and Square. Only the guards with the Triangle and Square rank were allowed to hold guns during the games. The Triangles held Smith and Wesson Model 19 revolvers as well as the MP5 sub machine gun.
Do you know of more Squid Game trivia?
You can create your own online trivia game and share the link with your players. This link contains the game code and players need only choose their player name. The join game link is also found under My Trivia
Remember to have fun playing this Squid Game Trivia and keep our fingers crossed for a Squid Game Season 2!
