□ The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Toronto will hold an online <2022 Quiz on Korea (Canada Preliminary Round)>
event on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 2:00PM in partnership with the Centre for the Study of Korea of the University of Toronto.

□ <2022 Quiz on Korea (Canada Preliminary Round)> will be held in the form of a participatory quiz competition to provide Korean-related knowledge such as Korean social news, culture, and history to non-Koreans learning Korean in Canada.

□ In particular, the top winners of each country’s preliminary round will be invited to Korea to attend the Final Round hosted by KBS.
(* However, it can change depending on the COVID-19 situation in Korea.)

□ Eligibility to participate (all of the following conditions ◦ must be met)

– 18 years of age or older (as of April 30, 2022)
– A person who has or has never held Korean nationality by himself/herself or his/her immediate family (The immediate family of overseas Koreans may not participate)

□ 2022 Quiz on Korea (Canada Preliminary Round)

– For non-Korean students who studying Korean language to encourage them to learn more about Korean & K-culture –
– A person who can speak Korean (English)
· A person who never participated in Quiz on Korea Final round in the past.
· (Winner of the first prize) A person who is eligible to visit Korea during the Final Round competition.

→ Final Round is scheduled for September 4th 2022, there will be a week of tour around Korea

※ Flights and accommodations during the visit to Korea will be provided to the Final Round contestant (There will not be any translators/subtitles provided at the Final Round, hence Intermediate Korean language skill is required)

◦ Prize

– 1st place: 700 CAD / 2nd place: 550 CAD / 3rd place: 400 CAD/4th place: 250 CAD / 5th place: 100 CAD *All in gift card
– 6th place ~ 50th place: online gift card(20 CAD)
– 51th place ~ 100th place : online gift card(10 CAD)

      ※ After the event, 10 participants who participated in the survey will receive online gift certificates (10 CAD) through a lottery.

□ <2022 Quiz on Korea (Canada Preliminary Round)> can be registered online by April 22, 2022 (Friday) and the detailed registration method is as follows.

◦ Register Link : https://forms.gle/pftxY9m5jmuprNsn6 (* https://overseas.mofa.go.kr/ca-toronto-en/index.do )

1. E-mail and personal information entered at the time of participation registration will be used only for event and product delivery purposes, and will be deleted afterwards.
2. Zoom link will be sent by e-mail to registerers after April 25th (* The access number PIN for the Quiz program(kahoot.it) will be announced on the day of the Preliminary Round (April 30th)
3. All participants must join with legal name and are required to have their camera on at all time during the competition

□ Preliminary Round participant study reference : Search QUIZ ON KOREA on KBS WORLD TV YouTube Channel

– 2021 Quiz on Korea :

– 2020 Quiz on Korea : https://youtu.be/1ZkCz2ztQ9E
– 2019 Quiz on Korea : (Part1) https://youtu.be/gPjzyV8GDt0 (Part2) https://youtu.be/Ce9W-cfsLGc
– 2018 Quiz on Korea : https://youtu.be/SBubnqr0DqQ
Through participation □ in the <2022 Quiz on Korea (Canada Preliminary Round)>, we hope that Canadian students and locals learning Korean will have an opportunity to fully demonstrate their Korean skills and understand Korean culture.