Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Toronto

□ 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)

    - 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 accomodations during the visit to Korea will be provided to the Final Round contestant 
(There wiill 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 )

    - 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

    - Zoom link will be sent by e-mail to registerers after April 25^th 
(* The access number PIN for the Quiz program(kahoot.it) will be announced on the day of the Preliminary Round (April 30th)

    - 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 : https://youtu.be/iO5016aA55k 

    - 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.