God's Quiz

God's Quiz
Also known as Quiz of God
Quiz from God
Genre Crime drama
Medical drama
Mystery
Created by Park Jae-bum
Written by Park Jae-bum (season 1-3)
Park Dae-sung (season 4)
Lee Doo-il (season 4)
Directed by Lee Jun-hyeong (season 1)
Lee Jung-pyo (season 2)
Ahn Jin-woo (season 3)
Lee Min-woo (season 4)
Starring Ryu Deok-hwan
Yoon Joo-hee
Choi Jung-woo
Park Joon-myun
Kim Dae-jin
Ahn Nae-sang
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of seasons 4
No. of episodes Season 1 - 10
Season 2 - 12
Season 3 - 12
Season 4 - 12
Production
Location(s) Korea
Running time Fridays at 22:00 (KST) (season 1)
Fridays at 24:00 (KST) (season 2)
Sundays at 23:00 (KST) (season 3-4)
Production company(s) Eight Works
Broadcast
Original channel Orion Cinema Network
Original airing October 8, 2010
Chronology
Preceded by Cheo Yong
Followed by Reset

God's Quiz (Hangul: 신의 퀴즈; RR: Shineui Kwijeu; also known as Quiz of God or Quiz from God) is a South Korean television series broadcast on cable channel OCN.[1] It was the first medical/forensic crime investigation drama to air in Korea. The series follows genius but eccentric neurosurgeon and forensic doctor Han Jin-woo (played by Ryu Deok-hwan) and his team as they solve suspicious deaths and unravel mysteries involving rare diseases.[2]

The title refers to a local saying that rare diseases are like quizzes God gives to humans so as not to become too arrogant. The first season dealt mostly with inherited rare diseases including porphyria, phenylketonuria, muscular dystrophy, Guillain–Barré syndrome, reflex anoxic seizures and Savant syndrome. Fabry disease, Kleine–Levin syndrome and congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis were featured in the second season.[3]

Season 1 aired from October 8 to December 10, 2010 on Fridays at 22:00 for 10 episodes.

Season 2 aired from June 10 to August 26, 2011 on Fridays at 24:00 for 12 episodes.

Season 3 aired from May 20 to August 12, 2012 on Sundays at 23:00 for 12 episodes.[4]

Season 4 aired from May 18 to August 3, 2014 on Sundays at 23:00 for 12 episodes.

Season 1

Cast

Episodes

Episode Broadcast date Title Ratings
01
2010-10-08
Dracula's tragedy
02
2010-10-15
The lost city of idols
03
2010-10-22
Assassin
04
2010-10-29
God's daughter
05
2010-11-05
Protein tracer
06
2010-11-12
Fan death
07
2010-11-19
Paper doll
08
2010-11-26
Last present
09
2010-12-03
Thanatos (Part 1)
10
2010-12-10
Thanatos (Part 2)

Season 2

Cast

Episodes

Episode Broadcast date Title Ratings
01
2011-06-10
Wrist cutting syndrome (Part 1)
02
2011-06-17
Wrist cutting syndrome (Part 2)
03
2011-06-24
Elephant man
04
2011-07-01
Lovesick
05
2011-07-08
The definition of psychopath
06
2011-07-15
Maniac
07
2011-07-22
A bomb in my ears
08
2011-07-29
White
09
2011-08-05
Blood sale
10
2011-08-12
Monster
11
2011-08-19
The last sacred war (Part 1)
12
2011-08-26
The last sacred war (Part 2)

Season 3

Cast

Episodes

Episode Broadcast date Title Ratings
01
2012-05-20
Unidentified organism
02
2012-05-27
Hospice
03
2012-06-03
CRPS
04
2012-06-10
Pits of hell
05
2012-06-17
Death mask
06
2012-06-24
Congressman Lee's murder
07
2012-07-01
Toxic drama
08
2012-07-08
Spirits of the dead
09
2012-07-15
Han Jin-woo syndrome
10
2012-07-22
Synapse
11
2012-07-29
Phantom in the brain (Part 1)
12
2012-08-12
Phantom in the brain (Part 2)

Season 4

Cast

Episodes

Episode Broadcast date Title Ratings
01
2014-05-18
Red tears
1.561
02
2014-05-25
Angel's nails
1.379
03
2014-06-01
Serpentine dance
04
2014-06-08
On a warm day
05
2014-06-15
Dead man walking
06
2014-06-22
Modern times
07
2014-06-29
X
08
2014-07-06
Superman
09
2014-07-13
Pianist's lover
10
2014-07-20
God's nominee
11
2014-07-27
Goodbye Moebius (Part 1)
12
2014-08-03
Goodbye Moebius (Part 2)

International broadcast

The first three seasons aired in Japan on BS-Japan,[7][8][9] and the fourth season will air on DATV beginning December 16, 2014.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Oh, Jean (3 November 2010). "Are cable dramas turning the tables?". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  2. ↑ Han, Sang-hee (6 October 2010). "Investigative drama to deal with rare diseases, humanity". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  3. ↑ Kwon, Mee-yoo (14 June 2011). "CSI meets House in local medical thriller". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  4. ↑ Lee, In-kyung (16 June 2012). "'Top Two Male' Dramas Take Over TV". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  5. ↑ Jeon, Su-mi (30 April 2014). "Super Junior's Donghae Says Ryu Deok Hwan was a Huge Help in Acting for God's Quiz 4". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  6. ↑ Kim, Hee-eun (15 May 2014). "Dong-hae joins God's Quiz". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  7. ↑ http://www.bs11.jp/drama/2029/
  8. ↑ http://www.bs11.jp/drama/2120/
  9. ↑ http://www.bs11.jp/drama/2384/
  10. ↑ http://datv.jp/p000589/

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