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50 free Stray Kids trivia questions with answers. How well do you really know Stray Kids? This quiz covers all eight members and their pre-debut stories, the 2017 survival show that framed the group as trainees versus JYP, the I Am and Clé eras, God's Menu and the 'mala taste' sound, and the run of Billboard 200 number ones that made them the biggest-selling boy group in the world outside their home country. The easy questions are for anyone who has heard Thunderous or seen the group at the Met Gala. The hard ones dig into pseudonyms, survival-show songs, Japanese chart firsts and the collaborations only a long-time Stay would remember. It works solo, or as a challenge for your group chat. Every answer has been checked against the group's and members' Wikipedia pages and official announcements, and each explanation adds one detail worth passing on.
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Q 01Which K-pop agency formed Stray Kids in 2017?
JYP
The same company had already launched a girl group through a survival show, and used the same format again for its next boy group.
Q 02How many members did Stray Kids have after one member left in October 2019?
Eight
The group debuted with nine, but Woojin left in October 2019 before the Clé: Levanter EP, leaving eight.
Q 03Which member is the leader of Stray Kids and hand-picked the entire line-up?
Bang Chan
He chose his teammates from the trainee roster himself, which is why the survival show was framed as 'trainees versus JYP'.
Q 04What is the name of the in-house production trio that writes most of Stray Kids' music?
3Racha
The trio had been uploading self-made tracks to SoundCloud since 2017, before the group even debuted.
Q 05Which former member left Stray Kids in October 2019?
Woojin
His departure for personal reasons pushed the release of Clé: Levanter back by two weeks.
Q 06What is the official name of the Stray Kids fandom?
Stay
The name was revealed on August 1, 2018, and the group later dropped a surprise single to celebrate its fourth anniversary.
Q 07Which member was born in Sydney and was scouted for a JYP audition through Facebook?
Felix
He signed with JYP at 17 and initially struggled with the language gap between Australian school life and Korean trainee life.
Q 08Which member was a backup dancer for BTS, appearing in the 'Not Today' video, before joining JYP?
Lee Know
He toured with BTS on their 2017 Wings Tour and later became a Gucci global ambassador.
Q 09Which member spent part of his childhood in Malaysia before returning to Korea to audition at 14?
Han
He promised his parents he would go back to Malaysia to study if he failed to get signed within twelve months.
Q 10Which member released pre-debut mixtapes as SpearB and competed on Show Me the Money 9?
Changbin
By April 2025 he had 181 songs registered with the Korea Music Copyright Association.
Q 11Which member threw the first pitch at Team Korea vs Dodgers at the 2024 MLB Seoul Series?
Seungmin
He is also the group's most prolific cover artist on the SKZ-Record YouTube project and sang the OST 'Here Always' for Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha.
Q 12Which member, the group's youngest, was born in Busan and grew up singing trot songs at church?
I.N
His first solo track, released in 2021, was fittingly titled 'Maknae on Top'.
Q 13Which member, a Versace and Cartier ambassador by 2024, had no dance training before JYP?
Hyunjin
He went on to major in practical dance at the School of Performing Arts Seoul and became one of the group's main dancers.
Q 21Stray Kids earned their first music-show win in April 2019 for which single?
Miroh
The win came on M Countdown, just after the group's first anniversary.
Q 22Which song, from the first studio album Go Live, is regarded as Stray Kids' signature track?
God's Menu
Its choreography mimes mixing, frying, seasoning and chopping to match the culinary theme.
Q 23The Korean nickname for Stray Kids' hot, spicy sound borrows from which seasoning?
Mala
The 'mala taste music' tag took hold after Go Live and became a trend among boy groups.
Which 2021 album was Stray Kids' first million-seller?
Q 14The Stray Kids survival show aired on which Korean network in late 2017?
Mnet
It ran for ten Tuesday-night episodes from October 17 to December 19, 2017.
Q 15What was the concept of the Stray Kids survival show?
Trainees versus JYP
Unlike most survival shows, the goal was for all nine members to debut together rather than to whittle down a large pool.
Q 16Which two members were eliminated on the survival show but returned for the final nine-member group?
Lee Know and Felix
Both were reinstated in the finale, and both are now part of the group's main dance line.
Q 17What was the first Stray Kids music video, released before their survival show premiered?
Hellevator
The pre-debut Mixtape EP collected the self-composed songs from the show's missions.
Q 18With which EP did Stray Kids officially debut on March 25, 2018?
I Am Not
Its title track 'District 9' mixed hip-hop, rock and EDM with sirens and frenetic bass.
Q 19What is the title track of Stray Kids' official debut EP?
District 9
Its lyrics voice the members' frustration at being asked about an identity they had not yet found.
Q 20The three 2019 EPs Miroh, Yellow Wood and Levanter belong to which series?
Clé
'Clé' is French for key; the lyrics of Levanter suggest the key they were searching for was inside them all along.
Noeasy
The title is a pun: 'no easy' sounds like 'noisy', a criticism the group decided to own.
Q 25The lead single 'Thunderous' blends synths with which traditional Korean instrument?
Kkwaenggwari
The music video leans into folklore, with the members dancing dokkaebi-style in front of a hanok.
Q 26Stray Kids won the first season of which Mnet boy-group competition in June 2021?
Kingdom: Legendary War
The prize was their own reality show and a Kingdom Week special.
Q 27Which 2022 EP was the first Stray Kids release to top the US Billboard 200?
Oddinary
They became only the third Korean act to top the chart, after BTS and SuperM.
Q 28Which US label did Stray Kids sign with in 2022 for American promotions?
Republic Records
Labelmate Itzy signed the same day, as part of a JYP partnership with Universal Music Group.
Q 29'Case 143', from the EP Maxident, was notable as the group's first release explicitly about what?
Romantic love
The song's title spells 'I love you' in numbers: one letter, four letters, three letters.
Q 30Which 2023 album made Stray Kids only the third South Korean group certified for 5 million sales by the KMCA?
5-Star
IFPI ranked it the second best-selling album in the world in 2023.