Korean Culture in the US

As well aware, Korea towns in many of the US states are not the only place where Americans are able to feel and experience Korean culture. From movies and music to beauty products to fashion items to street snack to restaurant meals, Korean impacts and cultural aspects have grown bigger than ever lately. Care for some easy breezy quiz about Korean culture?

 

   1.   Which of the following words describes the growing popularity of Korean pop culture trends?

    a.   K-pop

    b.   K-wave (called Hallyu)

    c.   K-trending

 

    2.   What’s a subgenre of Korean popular music that’s influenced by Western rap?

    a.   K-club

    b.   K-culture

    c.   K-hip hop

 

    3.   Bulgogi, kimchi, Dalgona, and Tteok-bokki are examples of which of the following?

    a.   K-food

    b.   K-pop

    c.   K-fashion

 

    4.   Popular Korean shows inspired by soap operas are called …

    a.   K-horror.

    b.   K-drama.

    c.   K-Hallmark.

 

    5.   What is K-rock?

    a.   Korean rock music

    b.   Korean slang for the word “cool”

    c.   Korean fashion brand

 

 

    6.   Which of the following is a term for popular Korean entertainment, food, music, and movies?

    a.   K-influencer

    b.   K-trends

    c.   K-culture

 

    7.   Which of the following falls under the category of K-beauty?

    a.   Korean skincare products and makeup

    b.   Korean fashion models

    c.   Korean hairstyles

 

    8.   What is K-horror?

    a.   New age Korean pop music

    b.   Korean horror movies

    c.   A subgenre of Korean fashion

 

    9.   Which US city has the largest Korean-American population?

    a.   Los Angeles in California

    b.   NYC in New York

    c.   Plano in Texas

 

10. After the Immigration Act of the year of 19_____ removed restrictions on Asian immigration to the United States, the Korean immigrant population grew significantly

 

 

*source from Dictionary.com

*image source from https://www.luxurylifestylemag.co.uk/travel/latest-trends-how-korean-culture-became-cool/  and https://www.istockphoto.com/search/2/image?phrase=south+korean+culture

 

 

Answer Keys

    1.  b

    2.  c

    3.  a

    4.  b

    5.  a

    6.  c

    7.  a

    8.  b

    9.  a

   10. 1965

The latest NPR SUNDAY WORD PUZZLE! Find the words with the accented /sel/ syllable (pronunciation-wise, NOT in spelling)

Every answer today is a word or name with the accented syllable pronounced as "sell"— in any part of the word, and in any spelling.

Ex. Place for wine to be stored --> CELLAR

1. Merry-go-round

2. Speed up, as a car

3. Alternative to Fahrenheit

4. Noted site of a 1965 march

5. Crunchy bit in a salad

6. Infrequently

7. Sportscaster Howard

8. Actor Peter who played Inspector Clouseau

9. Tennis star Monica

10. Mime Marceau

11. Boston's N.B.A. team

12. High-speed train service between Boston and Washington, D.C.

13. Picture you take with your own phone

14. Transparent sheet of wrapping material

15. New York's state motto ("Ever upward")

16. Have a party, as for a birthday

 

Answer Keys  

    1.  carousel

    2.  accelerate

    3.  celsius

    4.  Selma

    5.  celery

    6.  seldom

    7.  Cosell

    8.  Sellers

    9.  Seles

    10. Marcel

    11. Celtics

    12. Acela

    13. selfie

    14. cellophane

    15.  excelsior

    16.  celebrate

       

* Picture Source: https://sightwords.com/phonemic-awareness/syllables/two-syllable-words-part-3/

*Picture Source: https://thisreadingmama.com/identify-accented-syllables/

 

NPR Sunday Puzzle from yesterday is available on my ESL blog! Have fun playing with these alphabet letters and categories!

I'm going to name something — like a state, state capital, flower, etc. You name something else in the same category as my thing that has the same number of letters as mine ... and that starts and ends with the same letters as mine.

Example: Augusta --> ATLANTA [both state capitals, both 7 letters long, both start and end in "A"]

 

*Picture Source: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Alphabet-Categories-Naming-Task-speech-291725

1. Alabama

2. Pansy

3. Forty

4. Raven

5. Rupee

6. Baylor

7. Sudan

8. Jackson

9. Cocoa Puffs

 

Answer Keys

    1.  Arizona (7-letter US State that starts & ends with A)

    2.  Peony (5-letter flower that starts with P & ends with Y)

    3.  Fifty (5-letter number that starts with f & ends with Y)

    4.  Robin (5-letter bird name that starts with R & ends with N)

5.  Ruble (5-letter international currency name that starts with R & ends with E)

    6.  Butler (6-letter University name that starts with B & ends with R)

    7.  Spain (5-letter country that starts with S & ends with N)

    8.  Johnson (7-letter US president that starts with J & ends with N)

    9.  Cornflakes (10-letter cereal name that starts with C & ends with S)

The latest Sunday Puzzle from NPR! Find synonyms using the anagram of the given words!

I'm going to give you two 4-letter words. Rearrange the letters of one of them to get a synonym of the other. Which word is the synonym and which is the anagram is for you to discover.

Ex. SOUP WORK --> OPUS (anagram of "soup," synonym of "work")

 

 

1. THIN ELAN

2. TURN EVER

3. DRAG HULA

4. RASP MAST

5. DUNE BARE

6. WHIP GOLF

7. PLUM CLOD

8. LEAP RING

9. DRAB POET

10. FUSE LEWD

11. GONE FELT

 

Answer Keys

         1.  LEAN (anagram of “ELAN”, synonym of “THIN”)

     2. VEER (anagram of “EVER”, synonym of “TURN)

     3. HAUL (anagram of “HULA”, synonym of “DRAG)

     4. SPAR (anagram of “RASP”, synonym of “MAST”)

     5. NUDE (anagram of “DUNE”, synonym of “BARE”)

     6. FLOG (anagram of “GOLF”, synonym of “WHIP”)

     7. LUMP (anagram of “PLUM”, synonym of “CLOD”)

     8. PEAL (anagram of “LEAP”, synonym of “RING”)

     9. BARD (anagram of “DRAB”, synonym of “POET”)

     10. WELD (anagram of “LEWD”, synonym of “FUSE”)

     11. LEFT (anagram of “FELT”, synonym of “GONE”)

Let's make words using the given letters!

 

D	J	G	E
Y	I	W	N

 

Create 10 words by selecting the letters provided.

Letters can only be used once per word.

No curse words, sorry.

 

 

 

 

 

Answer Keys  

    1.  Win

    2.  Jig

    3.  New

    4.  Dew

    5.  Neg

    6.  Wig

    7.  In

     8.  EW

    9.  Dig

    10. Gin

Can you name the U.S. cities that make a rhyming phrase? Here's the latest Sunday Puzzle from NPR.

Every answer today is a two-word rhyming phrase that starts with the name of a U.S. city.

Ex. Alternatives to paper clips in Florida --> NAPLES STAPLES

 

1. Strip of breakfast meat in Georgia

2. Home for a king or queen in Texas

3. Overhead part of a room in West Virginia

4. Doing the rumba or waltz in Michigan

5. A lucky one has four leaves in Delaware

6. A herding dog in North Carolina

7. Marriage ceremony in Pennsylvania

8. Goods carried on a ship in North Dakota

9. Side of a road in Colorado

10. Coverings for holes in clothing in Mississippi

11. A metric unit in Hawaii

12. Place where planes land in Connecticut

 

Answer Keys

    1.   Macon Bacon

    2.   Dallas Palace

    3.   Wheeling Ceiling

    4.   Lancing Dancing

    5.   Dover Clover

    6.   Raleigh Collie

    7.   Reading Wedding

    8.   Fargo Cargo

    9.   Boulder Shoulder

    10. Natchez Patches

    11. Hilo Kilo

    12.  Fairfield Airfield

The latest Sunday Puzzle from NPR! Name the American TV shows from the past and today!

Every answer today is the name of a popular TV show, past or present, whose one-word name rhymes with the word I give you. (This Sunday Puzzle might be easy to Americans who have spent most of their lives, enjoying American TV shows. Although this batch of quiz exclusively focuses on American TV shows, give it a try!)

Ex. Melon --> ELLEN

 

1. Bends

2. Piers

3. Crash

4. Panics

5. Redwood

6. Blouse

7. Cargo

8. Blips

9. Maxi

10. Coda

11. Clawed

12. Brooch

13. Frost

14. Palace

 

Answer Keys

    1.   Friends

    2.   Cheers

    3.   MASH

    4.   Mannix

    5.   Deadwood

    6.   House

    7.   Wells Fargo

    8.   Chips

    9.   Taxi

   10. Rhoda

   11. Maude

   12. Coach

   13. Lost

   14. Dallas