What history did Parasite make at the Oscars?

First non-English film to win Best Picture

Parasite Quiz: The Park House, Its Stairs and Bong Joon-ho

This Parasite quiz climbs and descends the stairs of Bong Joon-ho's 2019 thriller. Play 10 interactive questions on the Kim family's semi-basement flat, the Park family's modern house built as a set, stairs that show who is up and down, the hidden bunker, the scholar's rock, ram-don noodles, the Palme d'Or and its historic Best Picture Oscar.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Director
Who directed Parasite?
Country
Which country made Parasite?
Poor
Where does the Kim family live?
Rich
Which family lives in the hillside house?
Set
Was the Park house a real home?
Stairs
What do stairs in the film often show?
Bunker
What is hidden beneath the Park house?
Rock
Which gift does the Kim son receive?
Noodles
Which dish mixes two instant noodles?
Oscar
What history did Parasite make at the Oscars?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who directed Parasite?
Answer: Bong Joon-ho
It was released in 2019.
Q2: Which country made Parasite?
Answer: South Korea
It is set in Seoul.
Q3: Where does the Kim family live?
Answer: A semi-basement flat
Their window is at street level.
Q4: Which family lives in the hillside house?
Answer: The Parks
The Kims work for them.
Q5: Was the Park house a real home?
Answer: No, it was built as a set
It was designed for the camera.
Q6: What do stairs in the film often show?
Answer: Who is rising or sinking in society
Characters climb up and down.
Q7: What is hidden beneath the Park house?
Answer: A secret bunker
Someone lives there.
Q8: Which gift does the Kim son receive?
Answer: A scholar's rock
It is said to bring wealth.
Q9: Which dish mixes two instant noodles?
Answer: Ram-don
It is topped with steak.
Q10: What history did Parasite make at the Oscars?
Answer: First non-English film to win Best Picture
It won four Oscars.

Up and Down the Stairs

Parasite, directed by Bong Joon-ho and released in 2019, follows the poor Kim family from Seoul, who live in a cramped semi-basement flat with a window at street level. One by one, they take jobs with the wealthy Park family, who live in a modern house on a hill.

The Park house was built as a set, designed for the camera. Stairs run through the film, showing who is rising or sinking in society, as characters climb up to the Parks' world or descend into the rain-flooded streets below. A secret bunker hidden beneath the house changes the story.

Details carry meaning, from the scholar's rock said to bring wealth to ram-don, a dish mixing two instant noodles with steak. Parasite won the Palme d'Or at Cannes and became the first non-English film to win the Oscar for Best Picture, among four Oscars.

What This Quiz Teaches

Film fans will enjoy these questions.

Who the families are
Where they live
What the stairs mean
What is hidden
Which awards it won

Did You Know?

Song Kang-ho plays the Kim father.
A peach triggers an allergy plot.
Heavy rain floods the lower city.
A Morse code light flickers.
It began as a stage play idea.