| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| A raw strongly-flavoured vegetable pickle; the Korean national dish | kimchi | 98%
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| A Korean system of unarmed combat resembling karate | taekwondo | 79%
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| A dish consisting of rice topped with other ingredients, typically including sautéed vegetables, meat (esp. beef), and chilli paste, often with the addition of a raw or fried egg | bibimbap | 69%
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| The Korean national phonetic alphabet | hangul | 68%
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| The basic monetary unit of (North and South) Korea | won | 63%
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| A traditional Korean alcoholic drink, made from fermented rice | makkoli | 11%
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| A traditional East Asian unit of length now equal to approx. 3.93 kilometres (2.44 miles) in Japan and Korea | ri | 10%
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| A trained female entertainer; the Korean equivalent of the geisha girl | kisaeng | 9%
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| A form of domestic heating having a flue or flues running underfloor from a fire or furnace | ondol | 6%
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| ___virus: A genus of RNA viruses which can be transmitted to humans via the urine, faeces, and saliva of their natural rodent hosts, and typically cause either a haemorrhagic fever with nephritis or acute respiratory disease | Hanta | 5%
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| A Korean martial art of self-defence, characterized by the use of kicking and circular movements of the arms and legs | hapkido | 5%
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| A type of Korean vocal music OR a Korean lyric poem usually consisting of twenty-four syllables divided into three lines | sijo | 2%
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