August 5 came and went, which means The Nation’s Girl Group, Girls’ Generation, (sorry, ONCE), celebrated yet another anniversary. Reports surfaced that the girls have been planning for a reunion event on National MC Yoo Jaesuk’s talk show, Yoo Quiz on the Block, which unfortunately did not push through as one of the show’s staff tested positive for COVID-19. YouTube sensation Jaejae has also aggressively campaigned for all eight members to guest on her program MMTG once restrictions are relaxed and schedules are fixed. 

So, while Ms. Rona continues to ravage the world, why don’t you answer this Girls’ Generation trivia quiz? Score 1 point for every correct answer in the Easy category, 2 points for correct average answers, and 3 points for correct challenging answers. There are also opportunities to earn bonus points. Don’t tell me we haven’t awakened the competitive Sone in you.  Open your Notepad, indulge in some SNSD nostalgia, and see you in the answer key!

Trigger warning: OT8 purists may object to a number of questions as they reference OT9. 

Easy

In the 2020 Mnet Asia Music Awards, who did K-netz dub as the “lady in the red dress?”

  1. Tiffany
  2. Yoona
  3. Sooyoung
  4. Nobody among the members attended the 2020 MAMA.

Which of these English lines in SNSD songs are Yoona’s?

  1. “I like to party” in All Night
  2. “Check this out” in The Boys
  3. “Hey, turn it up” in Party
  4. All of these are The Eternal Center’s lines.

At which part of the song does Tiffany want to bring the song to in I Got a Boy? 

  1. From the beginning
  2. To 1:30
  3. To 1:40
  4. This is a trick question. 

Who was subject to a “bullying” hidden camera prank in an episode of Girls’ Generation’s Hello Baby, on her birthday?

  1. Sunny
  2. Seohyun
  3. Yuri
  4. I don’t remember anything of that sort.

Speaking of Hello Baby, during the first new episodes, Kyungsan cried every time he saw his mommy…

  1. Tiffany
  2. Sooyoung
  3. Jessica
  4. Baby Kyungsan was terrified of everyone. 

Average

Taeyeon has sung in OSTs of two dramas starring this actress.

  1. Park Shinhye
  2. Son Yejin
  3. IU
  4. Suzy 

What sport has Hyoyeon won a competition in?

  1. Dancesport
  2. Ski Racing
  3. Marathon
  4. Hyoyeon is the queen of all sports. 

In the music video for All Night, who was watching Sooyoung singing on stage?

  1. Yuri
  2. Yoona
  3. Sunny
  4. All 7 members.

Among these members, who was NOT born in California?

  1. Sunny
  2. Jessica
  3. Tiffany
  4. All of them were born in the USA. 

Jessica, recorded with Park Myeungsoo, a summer song about this classic summer staple:

  1. Patbingsoo
  2. Pina Colada
  3. Naengmyeon
  4. You’re talking about another member. 

Challenging

During the promotion for which single did the group have a car accident on their way to a music show?

  1. Kissing You
  2. Baby Baby
  3. Lionheart. 
  4. SNSD has never been in a car accident. 

On the first part of the music video for Catch Me If You Can, name the only member who wasn’t wearing a dog tag.

  1. Tiffany
  2. Taeyeon
  3. Yuri
  4. All of them wore dog tags.   

In the iconic Tokyo Dome performance of Into the New World in 2016, who covered Jessica’s first two lines, “teukbyeolhan gijeogeul gidariji ma, nunapeseon uriye geochin gireun”?

  1. Yoona
  2. Yuri
  3. Tiffany
  4. The group opted to be silent during that part. 

In the MV,  choreography and live stages of Mr Mr, who were directly at the back of Yuri as she sings the iconic line, “My-Mi-Mi Mister rock this world (echo world world world)”

  1. Sunny to her left, Sooyeon to her right
  2. Hyoyeon to her left,  Taeyeon to the right
  3. Jessica to the left, Yoona to the right
  4. Her two male dance partners. 

Arrange the members according to the numbers they wore on their jerseys for the Oh! music video, from lowest to highest. Give yourself an extra point if you can name all their numbers. That is, if their jerseys did have numbers.  

  1. Ti, Yoon, Tae, Sun, Yu, Sica, Soo, Hyo
  2. Tae, Yoon, Ti, Hyo, Sica, Yu, Sun, Soo
  3. There were no numbers on their jerseys, right?
  4. All of them wore no. 9.

Answer Key:

Easy 

  1. C. SNSD’s tallest, who by then also just finished her two-year service as a police officer, made an appearance as a presenter at the 2020 MAMAs, where she broke K-Internet as netizens wanted to make sure of who they were watching on TV. 
  2. D. All of the lines are Yoona’s 
  3. D. It was Jessica who sang, “Let’s bring it back to 1:40,” not Fany. 
  4. B. Maknae was made to feel bad for accidentally hitting Taeyeon with a camera and forgetting to buy rice for baby food. Of course, the girls succeeded in making the soft-hearted maknae cry once her surprise birthday party was unveiled.  
  5. A. For the first couple of episodes of Hello Baby, Tiffany had this habit of taking away things that the teething baby Kyungsan was biting. The luckiest baby on earth didn’t know better than his mommy Tiffany just being cautious as she thought that the things he was putting into his mouth were dirty, and so he kept crying everytime she approached him.      

Average

  1. C. The OST Queen has contributed to Scarlet Heart Ryeo and Hotel del Luna, starring Korea’s Little Sister.
  2. B. The Dancing Queen won a medal at the 13th National Association of Sports Ski Competition in 2014. 
  3. A. Yuri was in the crowd watching Sooyoung sing, and after a couple of scenes, she actually joins her on stage. 
  4. D. Tiffany and Jessica were both born in San Francisco, while Sunny was born in OC.  
  5. C. Jessica cemented her place in the Korean summer playlist as she recorded Naengmyon with variety show star Park Myungsoo in 2009. 

Challenging

  1. A. The girls struggled to get to Music Bank on time as their car clashed with another vehicle; so the girls in their teenybopper outfits and lollipop props had to walk all the way from the location of the accident to the KBS Public Hall, where MuBank was being filmed.
  2. B. Yuri, who also had the first line of the song, didn’t wear a dog tag. 
  3. A. Yoona covered Sica’s first lines when the group performed the ballad version of their debut song in Tokyo Dome, the first time they performed ITNW as OT8. 
  4. A. Sunny and Sooyoung were the ones directly behind Yuri. Look for Seventeen’s Seungkwan and Jaejae reenacting this iconic moment in a couple of MMTG episodes. 
  5. A.Tiffany: 0, Yoona: 7, Taeyeon: 9, Seohyun: 11, Sunny: 12,Yuri: 21, Jessica: 22, Sooyoung: 24, Hyoyeon: 32. The girls were asked for their favorite numbers. 

So, how did you fare? One thing’s for sure: Walking down memory lane with SNSD is one nostalgia trip everyone can surely enjoy.