Quiz of God[1][2][3] (Korean: 신의 퀴즈; Hanja: 神의 퀴즈; RR: Shineui Kwijeu; lit. God's Quiz) is a South Korean television series broadcast on cable channel OCN.[4] It was the first medical/forensic crime investigation drama to air in Korea. The series follows genius but eccentric neurosurgeon and forensic doctor Han Jin-woo (played by Ryu Deok-hwan) and his team as they solve suspicious deaths and unravel mysteries involving rare diseases.[5]
| Quiz of God | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster for season 1 | |
| Also known as | Quiz from God |
| Genre | Crime drama Medical drama Mystery |
| Created by | Park Jae-beom |
| Developed by | OCN Studio Dragon (season 5) |
| Written by | Park Jae-beom (season 1-3) Park Dae-sung (season 4) Lee Doo-il (season 4) Kang Eun-sun (season 5) |
| Directed by | Lee Jun-hyeong (season 1) Lee Jung-pyo (season 2) Ahn Jin-woo (season 3) Lee Min-woo-il (season 4) Kim Jong-hyuk (season 5) |
| Starring | Ryu Deok-hwan Yoon Joo-hee Choi Jung-woo Park Joon-myun Kim Dae-jin Ahn Nae-sang |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 62 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production companies | Eight Works Curo Holdings EveryShow (season 4 only) |
| Original release | |
| Network | OCN |
| Release | October 8, 2010 – January 10, 2019 |
The title refers to a local saying that rare diseases are like quizzes God gives to humans so as not to become too arrogant. The first season dealt mostly with inherited rare diseases including porphyria, phenylketonuria, muscular dystrophy, Guillain–Barré syndrome, reflex anoxic seizures and Savant syndrome. Fabry disease, Kleine–Levin syndrome and congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis were featured in the second season.[6]
Series overview
edit| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | Airtime | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 10 | 8 October 2010 | 10 December 2010 | Fridays at 22:00 (KST) | |
| 2 | 12 | 10 June 2011 | 26 August 2011 | Fridays at 24:00 (KST) | |
| 3 | 12 | 20 May 2012 | 12 August 2012 | Sundays at 23:00 (KST)[7] | |
| 4 | 12 | 18 May 2014 | 3 August 2014 | Sundays at 23:00 (KST) | |
| 5 | 16 | 14 November 2018 | 10 January 2019 | Wednesdays and Thursdays at 23:00 (KST)[8] | |
Cast
editMain
edit- Ryu Deok-hwan as Jin-woo Han, neurosurgeon and forensic doctor[9]
- Yoon Joo-hee as Kyung-hee Kang, detective
- Choi Jung-woo as Kyu-tae Jang
- Park Joon-myun as Young-shil Jo, medical examiner
- Kim Dae-jin[a] as Seong-do Kim, forensic scientist
- Ahn Nae-sang as Tae-shik Bae
- Lee Donghae as Han Shi-woo[10][11]
- Kim Jae-kyung as Im Tae-kyung
- Yoon Bo-ra as Jung Seung-bin
- Park Hyo-joo as Moon Soo-an
- Kim Jaewon as Hyeon Sang-pil
Recurring
edit- Park Da-an as Go Yoon-jung
- Kim Geon-woo as Nam Joo-nam
- Chu Seung-wook as Park Seung-wook
- Park Ji-a as Seo Yeon-joo
- Ahn Yong-joon as Jung Ha-yoon
- Lee Seol-hee as Min Ji-yool
- Kim Se-hyun as Cha Woo-bin
- Lee Ha-rin as Lee Young-eun
- Park Hee-von as Lee Ran
- Han Seo-jin as Yoo So-yi
- Kang Sung-pil as Nam Ki-yong
- Han Seung-hyun as Gu Doo-jin
- Seo Yoo-jung as Shin Yeon-hwa
- Yoon Jin-young as Jo Il-yeob
- Choi Go as Han Jin-woo
- Kim Jun-han as Kwak Hyeok-min
- Han Ji-wan as Hong Na-yeo
- Kwon Eun-soo as Kim Han-sook
- Go Geon-han as Kang Soo-ha's son
- Kim Ki-doo as Nam Sang-bok
- Yoo Jung-rae as Lim Si-hyun
Guest appearances
editSeason 1
- Kim Seung-yeon as psychic
- Kim Tae-woo as Jae-seok (ep. 1)
- Kim Byung-ok as entertainment company CEO (ep. 2)
- Park No-shik as Choi Kyung-ho (ep. 3)
- Lee Ji-eun as Hong Seong-mi (ep. 3)
- Lim Hwa-young as Yeo-rang (ep. 4)
- Im Je-no as Joon-seo (ep. 5)
- Jung Eun-pyo as gynecologist (ep. 6)
- Lee Dal-hyung (ep. 7)
- Seo Ji-seung as Shi-eun (ep. 8)
- Ahn Yong-joon as Jung Ha-yoon (ep. 9–10)
- Yoo Hae-jung as Eun-ok, abused child
Season 2
- Choi Sang-hak
- Han Yeo-wool
- Han Yeong-gwang as Lee Kyeong-seok
- Lee Kyeong-in as Deok-hoon
- Seo Han-gyeol
- Lee Han-wi as chief of police
- Kim Jong-seok
- Kim Jeong-gyoon
- Kang Seong-min as Jang in-ho (ep. 3)
- Oh Kwang-rok as Boss
- Lee Il-hwa as Hwang Kyu-ri (ep. 5)
- Jeon Moo-song as a priest (ep. 12)
- Park Dae-won
Season 3
- Yoo Jae-myung as Anesthesiologist Lee
- Park Jae-jung as Park Jong-min
- Kim Ga-eun as Yoon So-jung
- Hong So-hee as Shin Hee-soo
- Jung Joon-won as Woo-ram (ep. 4)
- Alexander Lee as Lee Han-seo (ep. 6)
- Yang Ohn-yoo as young Han-seo (ep. 6)
- Choi Ah-ra as Chae-kyung
- Go Kyung-pyo as Seo In-gak (ep. 10–12)
- Kang Bit
- Moon Ji-young as Mi-kyung
- Yoon Joo-hee as Kang Kyung-hee (ep. 12)
Season 4
- Lee Yoo as Min Ji-hee
- Lee Do-yeon as Da-mi
- Jang Seung-jo as Lee Jae-joon
- Lee Soo-yong as Park Jung-wook/Panna Nuen
- Cho Hye-jung as Jung Mi-hyang (ep. 1)
- Kim Jin-geun as Mi-hyang's father (ep. 1)
- Lim Yoon-ho as Ko Kyung-han (ep. 2)
- Park Min-ji as Park Ha-young (ep. 2)
- Song Ji-hyun as Ahn Hee-yeon (ep. 3)
- Hwang Seung-eon as Ahn Hyo-yeon (ep. 3)
- Choi Tae-hwan as Lee Soo-yong (ep. 4)
- Han Ki-won as Hong Ki-joon (ep. 4)
- Kim Heung-soo as Lee Jong-seok (ep. 5)
- Baek Bong-ki as Lee Hwan-seung (ep. 6)
- Kwon Eun-soo as Kim Han-sook (ep. 6)
- Jang Kyung-yeob as Lee Jong-hyuk (ep. 7)
- Seo Woo-jin as Kang Do-jin (ep. 7)
- Ji-soo as Kim Eun-shil (ep. 7)
- Sung Doo-sub as Lee Chul-min (ep. 8)
- Jang Se-hyun as Lee Woo-min (ep. 8)
- Jung So-young as Choi Seo-yeon (ep. 9)
- Kim Bo-mi as Go Gil-nyeo (ep. 10)
- Choi Ho-joong as Park Chan-hyung (ep. 10)
- Yang Geum-seok as Jang Hae-won, Jin-woo's mother (ep. 10–12)
- Choi Cheol-ho as Seo Sang-woo (ep. 11–12)
Season 5
- Lee Sang-yi as Park Jae-sung (ep. 1,2)
- Lee Young-sook as Kim Soo-soon, Jae-sung's mother (ep. 2)
- Jung Myung-joon as Min Byung-tae (ep. 1,2)
- Kim Kyung-min as Jung Chang-man (ep. 2)
- Baek Su-ho as Im Doo-yeon (ep. 3,4)
- Jo Seung-yeon as Lee Jae-hyung (ep. 4)
- Park Se-hyun as Lee Ji-eun (ep. 4)
- Kim Dong-bum as Huh Sang-chan (ep. 3,4)
- Tak Woo-seok as Yoon Hyun-jong (ep. 5,6)
- Seo Yu-jeong as Shin Yeon-hwa (ep. 5,6)
- Han Seung-yong as Hwang Kyung-chul (ep. 5,6)
- Shin Young-eun as Yoon Se-eun (ep. 5,6)
- Jang Won as Kwon Young-pil (ep. 5,6)
- Hong Ji-young as Nam Sang-bok's sister (ep. 7,8)
- Yang Joo-ho as Nam Sang-bok's brother-in-law (ep. 7,8)
- Im Yoo-sung as Kim Seo-joon, Nam Sang-bok's nephew (ep. 7,8)
- Jeon Se-hyeon as Ra Hee-young (ep. 7,8)
- Oh Yoo-jin as Lee Eun-soo (ep. 7,8)
- Jang Won-hyuk as Yang Oh-soo (ep. 8)
- Jung Hye-rin as Oh Soo-young (ep. 8)
- Kang Jae-min as Shin Sun-woo (ep. 9,10)
- Jung Woo-young as Lee Young-rak (ep. 9,10)
- Choi Young-woo as Jeon Du-yeop (ep. 10)
- Kim Do-kyung as Ha Yoon-woo (ep. 10)
Character appearances
edit| Character | Portrayed by | Series | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 (2010) |
Season 2 (2011) |
Season 3 (2012) |
Season 4 (2014) |
Season 5 (2018) | ||
| Main | ||||||
| Han Jin-woo | Ryu Deok-hwan | Main | ||||
| Kang Kyung-hee | Yoon Joo-hee | Main | Guest | Main | ||
| Jang Kyu-tae | Choi Jung-woo | Main | Guest | |||
| Jo Young-shil | Park Joon-myun | Main | ||||
| Kim Seong-do | Kim Dae-jin | Main | ||||
| Bae Tae-shik | Ahn Nae-sang | Main | ||||
| Han Shi-woo | Lee Donghae | Main | ||||
| Im Tae-kyung | Kim Jae-kyung | Main | ||||
| Jung Seung-bin | Yoon Bo-ra | Main | ||||
| Moon Soo-an | Park Hyo-joo | Main | ||||
| Hyeon Sang-pil | Kim Jaewon | Main | ||||
| Recurring | ||||||
| Go Yoon-jung | Park Da-an | Recurring | ||||
| Nam Joo-nam | Kim Geon-woo | Recurring | ||||
| Park Seung-wook | Chu Seung-wook | Recurring | ||||
| Jung Ha-yoon | Ahn Yong-joon | Guest | Recurring | |||
| Min Ji-yool | Lee Seol-hee | Recurring | Guest | |||
| Cha Woo-bin | Kim Se-hyun | Recurring | ||||
| Lee Young-eun | Lee Ha-rin | Recurring | ||||
| Lee Ran | Park Hee-von | Recurring | ||||
| Yoo So-yi | Han Seo-jin | Recurring | ||||
| Nam Ki-yong | Kang Sung-pil | Recurring | ||||
| Gu Doo-jin | Han Seung-hyun | Recurring | ||||
| Jo Il-yeob | Yoon Jin-young | Recurring | ||||
| Kwak Hyeok-min | Kim Jun-han | Recurring | ||||
| Nam Sang-bok | Kim Ki-doo | Recurring | ||||
| Lim Si-hyun | Yoo Jung-rae | Recurring | ||||
Episodes
editQuiz of God : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.[12]
| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 5 | 471 | 669 | 574 | 553 | 542 | 559 | 529 | 505 | 498 | 647 | 498 | 646 | 542 | 541 | 472 | 736 | 561 | |
Season 1 (2010)
edit| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title | Rare Disease |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 8, 2010 | Dracula's Tragedy (드라큘라의 비극) | Porphyria |
| 2 | October 15, 2010 | The Lost City of Idols (잃어버린 아이돌의 도시) | Guillain-Barré Syndrome |
| 3 | October 22, 2010 | Assassin (어쌔신) | Lipodysthrophy / Highlander Syndrome |
| 4 | October 29, 2010 | God's Daughter (신이 내린 딸) | Muscular Dystrophy |
| 5 | November 5, 2010 | Protein Tracer (단백질 추적자) | Phenylketonuria |
| 6 | November 12, 2010 | Fan Death (팬 데쓰) | Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome |
| 7 | November 19, 2010 | Paper Doll (종이인형) | Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome |
| 8 | November 26, 2010 | Last Present (마지막 선물) | Reflex Asystolic Syncope |
| 9 | December 3, 2010 | Thanatos (Part 1) (타나토스 1) | Aquagenic Urticaria / Evans Syndrome |
| 10 | December 10, 2010 | Thanatos (Part 2) (타나토스 2) | Williams Syndrome |
Season 2 (2011)
edit| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title | Rare Disease |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 10, 2011 | Wrist Cutting Syndrome (Part 1) (리스트 컷 신드롬 1) | Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia |
| 2 | June 17, 2011 | Wrist Cutting syndrome (Part 2) (리스트 컷 신드롬 2) | \ |
| 3 | June 24, 2011 | Elephant Man (엘리펀트 맨) | Von Recklinghausen Disease |
| 4 | July 1, 2011 | Lovesick (Lovesick) | Long QT Syndrome |
| 5 | July 8, 2011 | The Definition of Psychopath (사이코패스의 정의) | |
| 6 | July 15, 2011 | Maniac (매니악) | |
| 7 | July 22, 2011 | A Bomb in My Ears (내 귀에 폭탄) | |
| 8 | July 29, 2011 | White (화이트) | |
| 9 | August 5, 2011 | Blood Sale (블러드 세일) | |
| 10 | August 12, 2011 | Monster (몬스터) | |
| 11 | August 19, 2011 | The Last Sacred War (Part 1) (마지막 성전 1) | |
| 12 | August 26, 2011 | The Last Sacred War (Part 2) (마지막 성전 2) |
Season 3 (2012)
edit| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 20, 2012 | Unidentified Organism (미확인 생명체) |
| 2 | May 27, 2012 | Hospice (호스피스) |
| 3 | June 3, 2012 | CRPS (CRPS) |
| 4 | June 10, 2012 | Pits of Hell (지옥도) |
| 5 | June 17, 2012 | Death Mask (데스마스크) |
| 6 | June 24, 2012 | Congressman Lee's Murder (이명관 의원 살인사건) |
| 7 | July 1, 2012 | Toxic Drama (Toxic Drama) |
| 8 | July 8, 2012 | Spirits of the Dead (원귀) |
| 9 | July 15, 2012 | Han Jin-woo Syndrome (한진우 신드롬) |
| 10 | July 22, 2012 | Synapse (시냅스) |
| 11 | July 29, 2012 | Phantom in the Brain (Part 1) (팬텀 인 더 브레인 1) |
| 12 | August 12, 2012 | Phantom in the Brain (Part 2) (팬텀 인 더 브레인 2) |
Season 4 (2014)
edit| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 18, 2014 | Scarlet Tears (붉은 눈물) |
| 2 | May 25, 2014 | Angel's Nails (천사의 손톱) |
| 3 | June 1, 2014 | Serpentine Dance (뱀의 춤) |
| 4 | June 8, 2014 | One Warm Day (어느 따뜻한 날) |
| 5 | June 15, 2014 | Dead Man Walking (데드 맨 워킹) |
| 6 | June 22, 2014 | Modern Times (모던 타임즈) |
| 7 | June 29, 2014 | X (X) |
| 8 | July 6, 2014 | Superman (슈퍼맨) |
| 9 | July 13, 2014 | The Pianist's Lover (피아니스트의 연인) |
| 10 | July 20, 2014 | God's Proxy (신의 대리인) |
| 11 | July 27, 2014 | Goodbye Moebius (Part 1) (굿바이 뫼비우스 1) |
| 12 | August 3, 2014 | Goodbye Moebius (Part 2) (굿바이 뫼비우스 2) |
Season 5: Reboot (2018-2019)
edit| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title | Ratings |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGB Nielsen (Seoul)[13] | |||
| 1 | November 14, 2018 | The Fire Demon (화마) | 1.926% |
| 2 | November 15, 2018 | 2.566% | |
| 3 | November 21, 2018 | Mad World (매드 월드) | 2.009% |
| 4 | November 22, 2018 | 2.215% | |
| 5 | November 28, 2018 | Hope for Heaven (천국을 찾아서) | 2.178% |
| 6 | November 29, 2018 | 2.259% | |
| 7 | December 5, 2018 | The New Narcissism (뉴 나르시시즘) | 2.126% |
| 8 | December 6, 2018 | 2.352% | |
| 9 | December 12, 2018 | A Single Moon (하나의) | 2.096% |
| 10 | December 13, 2018 | 2.610% | |
| 11 | December 19, 2018 | Remember (Remember) | 2.428% |
| 12 | December 20, 2018 | 2.509% | |
| 13 | January 2, 2019 | Just... (Just...) | 2.007% |
| 14 | January 3, 2019 | 2.233% | |
| 15 | January 9, 2019 | Only One (Only One) | 2.184% |
| 16 | January 10, 2019 | 2.688% | |
| Average | 2.274% | ||
International broadcast
editThe first three seasons aired in Japan on BS-Japan,[14][15][16] and the fourth season aired on DATV starting from December 16, 2014.[17]
Notes
edit- ^ Credited as Na Yoon
References
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- ^ Han, Sang-hee (6 October 2010). "Investigative drama to deal with rare diseases, humanity". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
- ^ Kwon, Mee-yoo (14 June 2011). "CSI meets House in local medical thriller". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
- ^ Lee, In-kyung (16 June 2012). "'Top Two Male' Dramas Take Over TV". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
- ^ "[단독]'신의 퀴즈', 4년만에 시즌5 제작 "11월 편성"". JTBC News. June 11, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
- ^ "Serious investigators". Korea JoongAng Daily. 6 November 2018.
- ^ Jeon, Su-mi (30 April 2014). "Super Junior's Donghae Says Ryu Deok Hwan was a Huge Help in Acting for God's Quiz 4". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
- ^ Kim, Hee-eun (15 May 2014). "Dong-hae joins God's Quiz". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
- ^ "Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved May 9, 2018.
- ^ "ドラマ 神のクイズ ｜ BS11". www.bs11.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15.
- ^ "ドラマ 神のクイズ シーズン2 ｜ BS11". www.bs11.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-04-28.
- ^ "ドラマ 神のクイズ シーズン3 ｜ BS11". www.bs11.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-11-20.
- ^ "韓流・華流イケメン見るなら！-Datv".
External links
edit- Quiz of God – Season 1 at HanCinema
- Quiz of God – Season 1 at IMDb
- Quiz of God – Season 2 at HanCinema
- Quiz of God – Season 3 official website (in Korean)
- Quiz of God – Season 3 at HanCinema
- Quiz of God – Season 4 official website (in Korean)
- Quiz of God – Season 4 at HanCinema
- Quiz of God – Season 5 (Reboot) official website (in Korean)
- Quiz of God – Season 5 (Reboot) at HanCinema