Quiz on Korea
2026 Report
Monash Korean Studies is back with our annual Quiz on Korea, a fun university challenge between Korean studies students from Monash and our partnered Vietnamese Universities. This year, the participants included students from Monash University (introductory to proficient level), Van Lang University, and a participant from our new partner Hanoi University. There were 45 multiple choice questions, all written in Korean, related to Korean culture, language and history. As some students could not form a team or participate in-person, they were happy to compete in the quiz alone and achieved outstanding results!!
Group 1 [Monash]: Lucinda Gardiner & Aurora Gregorio
Group 2 [Monash]: Ruilin Yap, Katherine Tee & Li Cheuk Ying
Group 3 [Monash]: Catherine Xu, Yue Shuen Chai (Amber) & Sandra Binoy
Group 4 [Monash]: Seungyeon Hong
Group 5 [Monash]: Hyowon Roh
Group 6 [Van Lang]: Trinh Thanh Thao, Nguyen Vu Uyen Thu, Nguyen Thanh Phuong Uyen, Vu Thi Huong Nhai
Group 7 [Hanoi]: Van Ly Nguyen
The winner was Seungyeon Hong from Monash University who received a cash prize of $400 AUD, 2nd place was Hyowon Roh from Monash University who received $200 AUD, and the runner-ups were Group 3 from Monash University in 3rd place, Van Lang University in 4th place, Van Ly from Hanoi University in 5th place, Monash Group 1 in 6th place, and Monash Group 2 in 7th place.
A big thanks to Van Lang University and Hanoi University for supporting our Korean studies events, and to our MC Sangweon Yun for doing an excellent job hosting the event for the first time.
Congratulations to all winners and participants!
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2025 Report
Following the success from last year, we have made the event bigger by inviting proficient level Korean studies students from Monash University, University of Melbourne, Australian National University and Van Lang University (반랑대학교) to participate in this year’s exciting Quiz on Korea university challenge. The event was held both in-person for participants in Melbourne and via Zoom for participants outside of Melbourne, and the quiz was played via Kahoot. We had a total of 50 questions which covered various topics related to Korean language, culture and history.
The winning team was Van Lang University who received a cash prize of $400 AUD, 2nd place was the Australian National University (ANU) who received $200 AUD, and the runner-ups were the University of Melbourne in 3rd place and Monash University in 4th place.
Team Monash representatives: Jin huh, Joanne Lee, Alisha Tan and Sharee Ruiwei Zhang
Team Van Lang representatives: Thi Huong Nhai Vu, Hai Dang Nguyen, Ha Mai Anh Nguyen, and Thi Truc Quynh Nguyen
Team ANU representatives: Ruby Yi, Grace Alexander, Seungbin Kang and Teresa Song
Team Melbourne representatives: Sabastien Danian Cai and Arinah Binti AHMAD FAISAL
Congratulations to all winners and thank you to everyone that came to support these teams!
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2024 Report
On Thursday 18th April, Monash Korean Studies held our first Quiz on Korea university challenge for Korea Week. This was a fun challenge between 4 proficient level Korean studies students from Monash University and our partner Vietnamese universities: Van Lang University (반랑대학교) and Da Nang University (다낭대학교).
Team Monash representatives: Larissa Carbery, Anthony Kourakis, Yelim Chon Hoang and Joshua Beltran.
Team Van Lang representatives: Nguyen Ngoc Kieu, Vo Anh Thư, Huynh Ngoc Khan Đai and Vuong Ngoc Bao Thy.
Team Da Nang representatives: Lê Trương Thảo Oanh, Hoàng Trần Quỳnh, Châu Đỗ Thị Bích Phượng and Nguyễn Thị Kim Liên.
This was a hybrid event (on campus & via Zoom & Kahoot.it) hosted by Hyein Cho 선생님 from Monash University Korean Studies. There were 48 quiz questions which covered various topics on Korean language, culture and history. All questions were written in Korean with one short-answer question, which required students to type their answer in Korean, and 47 multiple choice questions. The teams were ranked via the Kahoot ranking system, based on the accuracy of their answers and how fast the questions were answered.
The winner of the first annual Quiz on Korea 2024 is team Da Nang who received a cash prize of $400 AUD, in 2nd place was team Van Lang who received $100 AUD, and in 3rd place was team Monash who were very enthusiastic and had a great time. This event was a huge success with positive feedback from our participants and partner universities. We would like to extend our thanks to the Korean studies teaching associates from all three universities for creating the questions, and to our MC Hyein for hosting the event. We wish to make this a bigger event in the future with participation from more Korean Studies Universities locally and internationally.
Congratulations to all winners and thank you to everyone that came to support these teams!
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The 2024 Korea Week was supported by the Core University Program for Korean Studies through the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the Korean Studies Promotion Service of the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS Core Grant 2.0).