What is “Squid Game”?
A: Squid Game is a South Korean survival drama television series.
Who was it created by?
A: Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix.
The series revolves around a contest with how many
players?
A: 456.
All of the players are in deep what?
A: Deep financial hardship.
They risk their lives to play a series of deadly what?
A: Children's games for the chance to win a US $35 million prize.
The title of the series draws from a what?
A: A similarly named Korean children's game.
Hwang had conceived of the idea based on what?
A: His own economic struggles early in life, as well as the class disparity
in South Korea and capitalism.
Though he had initially written it in 2009, he was
unable to find what?
A: A production company to fund the idea until Netflix took an interest.
When was Squid Game released worldwide?
A: On September 17, 2021, to critical acclaim and international attention.
It is Netflix's what?
A: Most-watched series.
It has become the top-viewed program in how many
countries?
A: 94.
The series has also received numerous accolades,
including the Golden Globe Award for what?
A: Best Supporting Actor.
The first series received how many Primetime Emmy Award
nominations?
A: Fourteen, including for Best Drama, making it the first non-English
language work to be nominated in this category.
Who won the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama series?
A: Jung-jae, the first time an Asian actor had won this award for a
non-English work.
In June 2022, the series was renewed for what?
A: A second season, which is slated to be broadcast by late 2023 or early
2024.
Netflix is also developing a reality competition
program based on Squid Game, featuring what?
A: 456 players competing for a large cash prize.
Seong Gi-hun, a divorced father and indebted gambler
who lives with his elderly mother, is invited to do what?
A: Play a series of children's games for a chance at a large cash prize.
Accepting the offer, he is taken to an unknown location
where he finds what?
A: He finds himself among 455 other players who are all in deep financial
trouble.
The players are made to wear what?
A: Green tracksuits.
They are kept under watch at all times by whom?
A: Masked guards in pink jumpsuits.
The games overseen by the Front Man, who wears what?
A: A black mask and black uniform.
The players soon discover what?
A: That losing a game results in their death.
Gi-hun allies with other players, including his
childhood friend Cho Sang-woo and North Korean defector Kang Sae-byeok, to
do what?
A: To try to survive the physical and psychological twists of the games.