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214 free BTS trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
10 free BTS trivia questions with answers. Are you a true ARMY member? Put your BTS knowledge to the test with our engaging trivia quiz covering the legendary K-pop group's incredible journey. From their debut to becoming global superstars, see how well you know Bangtan Sonyeondan's history, discography, members, and iconic moments.
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Q 01BTS's 2026 comeback album, their first since finishing military service, is named after which Korean folk song?
Arirang
Arirang came out on March 20, 2026, and opens with a track that samples the folk song itself; BigHit said the title captures BTS's identity as a group that began in Korea.
Q 02What is the official name of the BTS fandom?
ARMY
ARMY is a backronym for 'Adorable Representative M.C. for Youth' and, fittingly, an army goes with bulletproof armour; the fandom's founding date is celebrated every July 9.
Q 03Which member of BTS is known as the group's leader?
RM
RM was the member the group was built around: Bang Si-hyuk signed the teenage underground rapper in 2010 and then recruited the other six around him.
Q 04The Korean name behind the initials BTS, Bangtan Sonyeondan, translates literally into English as what?
Bulletproof Boy Scouts
Bulletproof Boy Scouts is the literal meaning of Bangtan Sonyeondan: 'bangtan' (bulletproof) was meant to suggest deflecting the pressures and stereotypes aimed at young people.
Q 05Which BTS member is the oldest of the seven?
Jin
Jin, born in December 1992, was also first into uniform: in October 2022 he withdrew his request to delay military service and enlisted that December.
Q 06Which 2015 single gave BTS their first win on a Korean music show, nearly two years after debut?
'I Need U'
'I Need U' won on SBS MTV's The Show on May 5, 2015; it marked BTS's turn from aggressive hip-hop towards a more emotional sound about the anxieties of growing up.
Q 07Which actress plays the girlfriend in the video for the 2023 number one 'Seven'?
Han So-hee
Han So-hee plays the girlfriend the singer chases all week, even after his own funeral. Big Hit billed 'Seven' as the official start of his solo career, though he had put out solo songs before.
Q 08Which 2016 BTS album won Album of the Year at the Melon Music Awards, the group's first Daesang?
Young Forever
Young Forever was mostly a compilation of earlier tracks with three new songs, yet it won BTS their first grand prize in November 2016, a month after their studio album Wings came out.
Q 09Which 2020 single gave BTS their first Billboard Hot 100 number one?
Dynamite
Dynamite was made to cheer listeners up during the pandemic; entering at number one in September 2020, it made BTS the first all-South Korean act to top the Hot 100.
Q 10Where did RM deliver BTS's 'Speak Yourself' speech in September 2018?
United Nations
The United Nations hosted BTS in New York for the launch of UNICEF's Generation Unlimited youth initiative, where RM urged young people to 'speak yourself' whatever their origin, skin colour or gender identity.
Q 11Under what name did RM of BTS rap in Seoul's underground hip-hop scene as a teenager?
Runch Randa
Runch Randa was RM's underground alias; he debuted with BTS in 2013 as Rap Monster, then switched to RM in 2017, saying the old name no longer fit him or his music.
Q 12Which Greek god gives his name to the closing track of BTS's 2019 EP Map of the Soul: Persona?
Dionysus
Dionysus, god of revelry, suits a rap-rock closer whose chants of 'drink, drink, drink' are really about getting intoxicated on art and the creative process.
Q 13With which single did Jin of BTS make his official solo debut in October 2022?
"The Astronaut"
Jin released 'The Astronaut', co-written with Coldplay, on October 28, 2022, and performed it with the band in Buenos Aires that night, weeks before enlisting.
Q 21What was the title of V's debut solo EP, released in September 2023?
Layover
Layover was made with Min Hee-jin, the creative director behind NewJeans, who led its music, choreography and promotion; each of its five songs came with a music video of its own.
Q 22In 2022, the youngest BTS member featured on which Charlie Puth single?
"Left and Right"
Jung Kook's feature on 'Left and Right' was revealed in a TikTok teaser in which Charlie Puth video-calls him in the studio and has him sing from the left of the microphone, then the right.
Q 23Which Jung Kook song appeared on the official 2022 FIFA World Cup soundtrack?
"Dreamers"
Q 14Under which alias does Suga release his solo mixtapes?
Agust D
Agust D first appeared on a 2016 mixtape Suga gave away free on SoundCloud; he said putting it out as a commercial album would have felt like being trapped in a framework.
Q 15In which South Korean city was Suga born?
Daegu
Daegu is where Suga, born Min Yoon-gi, was writing lyrics at 13 and holding down a job in a recording studio at 17, before he joined Big Hit in 2010.
Q 16Which singer featured on J-Hope's 2019 single 'Chicken Noodle Soup'?
Becky G
Becky G added a Spanish verse to J-Hope's remake of a 2006 Harlem dance hit, a song he said he had danced to when he was first learning to dance.
Q 17What was the title of J-Hope's 2022 debut studio album?
Jack in the Box
Jack in the Box is built around the myth of Pandora's box: it opens with a narrator retelling the story, whose last remaining gift, hope, is partly where J-Hope's stage name comes from.
Q 18Which BTS member's 'Like Crazy' was the first Korean solo song to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100?
Jimin
Jimin's 'Like Crazy' was inspired by the 2011 film of the same name, and whispered dialogue modelled on the film opens the track.
Q 19What was the title of Jimin's second solo album, released in July 2024?
Muse
Muse came out in July 2024 while Jimin was serving in the army; he had recorded it before enlisting the previous December.
Q 20V made his acting debut in which 2016 historical television series?
Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth
Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth billed V under his real name, Kim Tae-hyung; he also recorded a duet for its soundtrack, 'It's Definitely You', with his bandmate Jin.
"Dreamers", sung with Qatari singer Fahad Al Kubaisi, was his track on the official FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 soundtrack; he performed it at the opening ceremony on November 20, 2022.
Q 24Before founding Big Hit, Bang Si-hyuk spent years as a composer and producer at which agency?
JYP Entertainment
JYP Entertainment is where Bang arranged hits with founder Park Jin-young from the late 1990s; the tie outlasted his 2005 exit, as the two firms jointly managed the ballad group 2AM from 2010.
Q 25What was the lead single of BTS's 2013 debut single album?
"No More Dream"
'No More Dream' got a second life in April 2020, when fans staged an April Fools' joke hailing BTS as a brand-new group and bought the 2013 single to a new peak on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart.
Q 26In July 2017, BTS announced their name would also stand for what English phrase?
Beyond the Scene
Beyond the Scene was added in July 2017 alongside a new logo, framing BTS as youth who push past the reality they face rather than settling for it.
Q 27Whose famous 2016 mic drop inspired BTS's song 'Mic Drop', according to RM?
Barack Obama
Barack Obama dropped the microphone to close his final White House Correspondents' Dinner speech in 2016; RM said that moment inspired the song, a boast about how far BTS had come.
Q 28Which BTS album was the first from South Korea to top the Billboard 200?
Love Yourself: Tear
Love Yourself: Tear entered the Billboard 200 at number one in May 2018, and South Korea's president publicly congratulated the seven, saying their melodies and lyrics transcend borders, language and culture.
Q 29In June 2019, BTS became the first Korean act to headline which London venue?
Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium hosted BTS on June 1 and 2, 2019; during the encore Jin led the crowd in Freddie Mercury's 'ay-oh' chant, a nod to the Live Aid footage the group grew up watching.
Q 30BTS partnered with the children's agency UNICEF in 2017 to establish which anti-violence campaign?
Love Myself
Love Myself began in late 2017 with BTS and their label pledging money and a share of album sales; when they renewed it in 2021, UNICEF said it had raised US$3.6 million.