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40 free Zico trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Zico is one of the few figures in Korean music who is taken seriously in two worlds at once. He came up as a teenage underground rapper, became a chart-topping idol with Block B, and went on to write and produce for himself and for a long list of other acts. This quiz covers the whole run: the early mixtape years, Block B's debut and its disputes, the solo singles and EPs, the viral dance challenge behind Any Song, his seasons as a producer on Show Me the Money, and the company he built around his own work. Expect questions on collaborators, chart records, awards and a few surprises from outside music. It suits K-pop and Korean hip hop fans who know the hits and want to test the details, and it is a quick way for newer listeners to learn the story behind the songs. Every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01Which singer features on 'Spot!', the 2024 Zico single that topped a US Billboard sales chart?
Jennie
Jennie sings the hook of 'Spot!', released to mark ten years since Zico's solo debut. The Blackpink star first performed it live with him at his Seoul concert that November.
Q 02Zico's 2020 single 'Any Song' spread through a viral dance challenge that began on which app?
TikTok
TikTok hosted the Any Song Challenge, whose clips drew over 100 million views in 10 days. The craze has been credited with restoring the app's popularity in South Korea.
Q 03Zico joined South Korea's delegation to a September 2018 summit with Kim Jong Un in which city?
Pyongyang
Pyongyang hosted the third inter-Korean summit of 2018, and Zico travelled to North Korea as a cultural representative of the South.
Q 04Which singer features on Zico's 2018 single 'SoulMate', years after he rapped on her 'Marshmallow'?
IU
IU sang on 'SoulMate' in July 2018, returning a favour: a teenage Zico had rapped on her early song 'Marshmallow' before Block B existed.
Q 05Which label did Zico found in January 2019, weeks after parting ways with Seven Seasons?
KOZ Entertainment
KOZ Entertainment launched in January 2019 so Zico could develop other acts alongside his own career. His first full-length solo album arrived on the label that autumn.
Q 06Zico debuted with the seven-member boy band Block B in 2011 holding which position in the group?
Leader
Leader of Block B from its April 2011 debut on Music Bank, Zico was just 18 and already an underground rapper with a mixtape to his name.
Q 07Which company agreed in November 2020 to acquire Zico's label, under two years after he founded it?
Big Hit Entertainment
Big Hit Entertainment, the company behind BTS, bought Zico's label and renamed itself Hybe months later. The label still works independently while receiving creative support.
Q 08Which boy group debuted in May 2023 as the first idol group launched by Zico's own label?
BoyNextDoor
BoyNextDoor debuted in May 2023 with the single album Who!, three months after Zico announced his plan to launch a boy band.
Q 09Which singer and actor features on 'Summer Hate', the title track of Zico's 2020 EP Random Box?
Rain
Rain joined Zico on 'Summer Hate' in July 2020, weeks before the rapper began his mandatory national service.
Q 10Zico co-wrote 'I Luv It', a title track on the 2017 album 4X2=8 by which veteran rapper?
Psy
Psy released 'I Luv It' in May 2017 as one of two title tracks from his eighth studio album, with Zico credited as a co-writer.
Q 11Zico, the Seoul-born rapper who debuted with Block B in 2011, was born with which name?
Woo Ji-ho
Woo Ji-ho took the stage name Zico, and his 2019 album explored the gap between the two: he said feeding 'Zico' had left the human behind the name worn out.
Q 12Which first full-length solo album did Zico release in two parts across the autumn of 2019?
Thinking
Thinking arrived as two EPs in September and November 2019, his first work on his own label. Zico said it showed his vulnerability for the first time in his career.
Q 13Zico appears on a track from White Night, the 2017 solo album by which Big Bang singer?
Taeyang
Taeyang recruited Zico for the track 'Tonight', a guest spot announced in August 2017 while the rapper was busy as a producer on Show Me the Money.
Q 21Zico's 'Any Song' broke a Gaon record for weeks at number one held by which group's 'Love Scenario'?
iKon
iKon held the mark with six straight weeks on top in 2018 until 'Any Song' reached seven, spread across two runs in early 2020.
Q 22Which Mamamoo singer danced with Zico and Chungha in the first 'Any Song' challenge videos?
Hwasa
Hwasa and Chungha helped Zico launch the challenge, and stars such as Lee Hyori and Sandara Park soon posted their own versions.
Q 23Which rapper won Show Me the Money 6 as the final contestant left on Zico's producing team?
Hangzoo
Hangzoo, of the trio Rhythm Power, took the 2017 title on audience votes even though runner-up Nucksal drew more votes from TV viewers.
Q 14Zico rapped on 'Just Follow', a track from which singer's 2011 debut mini-album Bubble Pop!?
Hyuna
Hyuna shared music-show stages with Zico in the summer of 2011, when he promoted 'Just Follow' with her only months after Block B's own debut.
Q 15Zico produced the 2018 song 'Kangaroo' for Triple Position, a sub-unit of which boy group?
Wanna One
Wanna One split into units for a 2018 special album, and Zico created 'Kangaroo' for Triple Position on the group's Mnet reality series.
Q 16Which singer-producer was Zico's partner on Show Me the Money 6, the season their team won?
Dean
Dean was making his first appearance as a producer on the rap contest in 2017, and the pair went on to coach the season's champion.
Q 17Which hip hop crew did Zico form in 2016 with members including Penomeco and Millic?
Fanxy Child
Fanxy Child brought six friends together, and in August 2019 the crew sold out two Seoul concerts timed to the release of its single 'Y'.
Q 18Which rapper finished as runner-up on Show Me the Money 4 as a member of Zico and Paloalto's team?
Mino
Mino finished second behind Basick, and years earlier he had trained alongside Zico for a place in the Block B line-up.
Q 19On which 2020 Mnet survival show did Zico mentor trainees alongside main producer Bang Si-hyuk?
I-Land
I-Land put 23 trainees through tests judged by Zico and his fellow producers, and seven of them were chosen in the finale to form the boy group Enhypen.
Q 20Which R&B singer formed a producer team with Zico on Show Me the Money 12, coaching winner Haon?
Crush
Crush and Zico took Haon to the title in 2026, giving Zico a second winning season as a Show Me the Money producer.
Q 24Which I.O.I singer released 'Flower Way', a song Zico improvised in under an hour on a variety show?
Kim Se-jeong
Kim Se-jeong took 'Flower Way' to number two on the Gaon chart; Zico drew its lyrics from letters she and a bandmate had written to their mothers.
Q 25Which Mnet Asian Music Awards prize did Zico win in 2016, days after releasing 'Bermuda Triangle'?
Best Male Artist
Best Male Artist went to Zico at the Hong Kong ceremony in 2016, and he collected the same prize again a year later.
Q 26Zico hosted a 2024 season of The Seasons, a late-night music talk show on which broadcaster?
KBS
KBS names each run of the programme after its host, and Zico's Artist took its title from his 2017 single 'Artist'.
Q 27Which Zico single featuring Babylon topped the Gaon monthly digital chart for November 2015?
Boys and Girls
Boys and Girls led the monthly chart just before Zico's first solo EP, and its success earned guest singer Babylon the nickname 'Zico's Man'.
Q 28Which 2014 track featuring rapper Don Mills was Zico's official debut single as a solo act?
Tough Cookie
Tough Cookie launched Zico's solo career in November 2014, three years after Block B's debut and four after his first underground mixtape.
Q 29Which future Block B member debuted alongside Zico in 2009 as the duo Harmonics?
Park Kyung
Park Kyung rapped with Zico in the underground before the pair released the digital single 'The Letter', two years ahead of their group's debut.
Q 30Zico joined which veteran musician at the 2014 Mnet Asian Music Awards to play 'Come Back Home'?
Seo Taiji
Seo Taiji revisited the song he first recorded with his 1990s trio Seo Taiji and Boys, sharing the stage with Zico weeks after the rapper's solo debut.