KDC Challenge 2025

• 2b: tofu given to character coming from jail
• 2c: money given at wedding
• 3b: rooftop BBQ
• 33: pojangmacha
• 4a: sauna
• 4e: news broadcast
• 5b: Lee
• 6a: bandaid
• 6b: rushed to hospital
• 7: big three
• 12: changes in time are visible
• 13: across two years
• 14: previously lived abroad
• 15: beloved grandma/grandpa
• 21: sibling relationship
• 22: part-time job
• 23: prepares for exam
• 26: professional title
• 35: mid-long form drama

January 2025

• 3 Gim is served
• 4c picnic by Han River
• 4e news broadcast
• 6a requires bandaid
• 6b rushed to hospital
• 6e pulls out IV
• 7 terrestrial broadcast station
• 8 watches a kdrama
• 10 mentor/mentee relationship
• 11 character has a pet (in a dream)
• 12. Aired across two years, 
• 13 changes in time visible, 
• 14 lives or moves abroad
• 15 beloved grandma/grandpa
• 17 matching items
• 18 stage name
• 19 OST by kpop idol
• 20 main character celebrity?
• 21 sibling relationship
• 24 location tourism PPL
• 26 professional title
• 36 truck of doom
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•    Challenge #1 A drama featuring a sweater worthy of The Heirs – ML in Episode 7  
•    Challenge #3.a Kimchi is made – Episode 5  
•    Challenge #6.b A character is rushed to the hospital – several episodes  
•    Challenge #6.c A character gets a nosebleed – Hae Su  
•    Challenge #6.e A character rips out their IV line – Episode 10  
•    Challenge #10 A drama featuring a mentor-mentee relationship – Yun Ji Won mentoring Kong Mun Su  
•    Challenge #12 A drama where changes in time are visible – Seasonal transition in Episode 12  
•    Challenge #14 A drama with a character who moves or has previously lived abroad – Seok Ji Won (Dubai)  
•    Challenge #17 A drama featuring two characters wearing matching items – School uniforms; tracksuits (FL and her father)  
•    Challenge #19 A drama with an OST by a K-pop group member - "Summer" by Liz (Ive)  
•    Challenge #23 A character prepares for or takes an exam – Young versions of the leads preparing for final exams  
•    Challenge #26 A character calls another character by their professional title instead of name – Teachers, Chairman  
•    Challenge #27 A drama that fills a wheel of chance option from previous drama challenges you wish you got – First snow (several episodes)  

January 2025

Challenge 35: Mid to long form

•  Challenge #2.d A drama chosen by the Wheel of Chance: Korean Culture Highlight - A drama where a character places a white chrysanthemum at a funeral (ep 3)  
•    Challenge #3.a A drama chosen by the Wheel of Chance: Food Scenes - A drama featuring a scene where kimchi is made (kimjang) (ep 2)  
•    Challenge #3.e A drama chosen by the Wheel of Chance: Food Scenes - A drama where a character eats/drinks at a pojangmacha (ep 8)  
• Challenge #4a. Visit a sauna (middle brother works at a sauna for a while)
  
•    Challenge #5.e A drama chosen by the Wheel of Chance: Character Surname - A drama with a main character whose surname is Oh (The brothers)  
• Challenge #6b: rushed to hospital (Chairman Han and Gwang Suk)
•    Challenge #7 A drama that was originally broadcast on one of Korea's terrestrial big 3 stations (KBS)  
•    Challenge #14 A drama with a character who moves or has previously lived abroad (Beom Su)  
• Challenge #16 Nondescript black cap for no reason.
• Challenge #17. Matching outfits (episode 29 everyone working out)
•    Challenge #21 A drama which features a sibling relationship  
• Challenge # 23 character works part time (Brewery Mom)
  
•    Challenge #25 A drama featuring a scene where characters are at a traditional market (ep 2)  
•    Challenge #35 A mid-long form drama  
•    Challenge #36 A drama featuring a Truck of Doom™ (ep 2)  

March 2025 

•  Challenge #3. Eats/drinks at a pojangmacha — Tent (Ep. 8)  
•    Challenge #4. Picnic by the Han River — (Ep. 9)  
•    Challenge #5. Surname is Kim — Kim Mu Bi (FL)  
•    Challenge #6. Gets a nosebleed — (Ep. 1 / 7 / 9)  
•    Challenge #10. Mentor-mentee relationship — Ma Seong U (mentor) & Ko Gyeom (mentee)  
•    Challenge #11. Has a pet — Mu Bi had a dog (Ep. 2), Si Jun has fishes (Ep. 2)  
•    Challenge #12. Visible changes in time — Seasons (Ep. 1 / 2), Time Skip of 5 years (Ep. 2)  
•    Challenge #14. Moves or previously lived abroad — Woo Jeong Hu, lived in the US  
• Challenge #16. Nondescript black hat for no reason (Ep. 1)
  
•    Challenge #17. Matching items — School Uniforms, Hanboks, Coats (Ep. 1)  
•    Challenge #18. Lead actor who goes by a stage name — Lee Jun Young known as Jun  
•    Challenge #19. OST by a K-pop group member — "Surfing in the Moonlight" - TXT  
•    Challenge #20. Main characters is a celebrity — Si Jun, Music Producer (Ep. 8)  
•    Challenge #21. Sibling relationship — Ko Gyeom & Ko Jun (brothers)  
•    Challenge #22. Has a part-time job — Ko Gyeom, worked in construction & movie critic  
•    Challenge #24. Location/Tourism PPL — Tongyeong-si (credits)  
•    Challenge #26. Calls someone by their professional title — Director  
•    Challenge #27. Past wheel of chance — 2023: Food (Fried Chicken, Tteokbokki, Kimchi, Ice Cream), Tropes (Childhood Connection, Goes to Study Abroad), PPL (Sportswear, Car, Phone, Flavoured Drink, Household Appliance), Locations (Cafe, Restaurant, School, Hospital, Park, Bridge)  
•    Challenge #27. Past wheel of chance — 2024: Tropes (Shares Umbrella, Driver After Drinking), Common Scenes (Bus, Noraebang), PPL (Tourism), Korean Culture Highlight (Jesa, Hanbok), Poster (2, 4)  

April 2025

• Challenge 12: Changes in time visible
• Challenge 33: Sageuk
• Challenge 34: Single-episode

April 2025

• Challenge 4: A drama chosen by the Wheel of Chance: Common Scenes - watches newscast (multiple episodes)    
• Challenge 5: A drama chosen by the Wheel of Chance: Character Surname - Park (anesthesiologist is Dr. Park)    
• Challenge 6: A drama chosen by the Wheel of Chance: Medical Emergency! - ambulance rides (many)    
• Challenge 8: A drama where a character watches a kdrama (ep. 3)    
• Challenge 10: A drama featuring a mentor-mentee relationship    
• Challenge 14: A drama with a character who moves or has previously lived abroad (overseas doctor)    
• Challenge 17: A drama featuring two characters wearing matching items (ep. 8)    
• Challenge 23: A drama featuring a scene where a character prepares for or takes an exam    
• Challenge 26: A drama where a character calls another character by their professional title instead of name    

completed May 2025

Challenges

• 2d--white chrysanthemum at funeral
• 5a--surname Kim
• 8--character watches k-drama
• 11--a character has a pet
• 18--actor goes by stage name
• 21--sibling relationship

•     Challenge #2. Tofu is given to someone coming out from jail — (Ep. 3 / 14)    
•      Challenge #2. Laundry is done by foot in a tub — (Ep. 10)    
• Challenge # 2. Money gift given at wedding (Ep 13)
  
•      Challenge #3. Kimchi is made (kimjang) — (Ep. 9)    
•      Challenge #3. Food being dried — Fish, Meju, Squid, Pepper, Corn, Gojuchang    
•      Challenge #3. Gim (seaweed) is served as banchan — (Ep. 8)    
•      Challenge #3. Eats/drinks at a pojangmacha — Tent (Ep. 10)    
•      Challenge #4. Watches a news broadcast on tv — (Ep. 1 / 2 / 5 / 7 / 8 / 10 / 12 / 13)
• Challnege #5. Character with last name Oh.    
•      Challenge #6. Rushed to the hospital — Piggyback (Ep. 10)    
• Challenge #8. Watches kdrama (episode 12)
  
• Challenge # 12. Changes in time visible.
  
•      Challenge #14. Moves or previously lived abroad — Park Yeong Beom lived in the US (Ep. 10)    
• Challenge #15. Beloved grandparent of kdrama land.
•      Challenge #16. Nondescript black cap — (Ep. 9)    
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• Challenge #17. Matching items — School Uniforms, Hanbok, Keychains (Ep. 10), Rings (Ep. 10)    
• Challenge #18. Actor goes by stage name.
• Challenge #21. Sibling relationship
  
•      Challenge #22. Has a part-time job — Yang Geum Myeong, part-time tutor & movie theater    
•      Challenge #23. Prepares or takes an exam — Geum Myeong is studing for the TOEFL (Ep. 11)    
•      Challenge #24. Location/Tourism PPL — Jeju Film Culture Industry Promotion Agency (credits)    
•      Challenge #25. Traditional market — Several Episodes    
•      Challenge #26. Calls someone by their professional title — Haenyeo, Teacher, Officer, Captain    
•      Challenge #27. Past wheel of chance — 2023: Food (Fried Chicken, Jajangmyeon, Kimchi, Jeon, Patbingsu, Hoe), Tropes (Rich / Poor Couple, Blind Dates, Childhood Connection, Goes to Study Abroad), PPL (Instant Coffee ‘Maxim’, Skincare ‘Nivea’), Locations (Cafe, Restaurant, School, Hospital, Park, Palace)    
•      Challenge #27. Past wheel of chance — 2024: Tropes (Shares umbrella), Common Scenes (Underwater scene, Bus), PPL (Coffee ‘Maxim’, Location 'Jeju', Skincare ‘Nivea’) Korean Culture Highlight (Jeju's Haenyeo, Jesa table, Hanbok, Shamanistic Ritual), Poster (2, 4)    

• 4a: visit a sauna
• 5b: surname Lee
• 6a: bandaid (episode 1)
• 7: terrestrial station (I think!)
• 15 beloved grandparent.
• 21--sibling relationship
• 22  works part time
• 23--prepares for exam
• 26--calls by title
• matching items

May 2025

• Challenge #30: LGBTQ+ character

• 1 sweater worthy of the Heirs
• 2c money gift given at wedding
• 3e pochangma
• 4d character yells 바다 at the ocean
• 5d surname Ahn
• 6a bandaid, 
• 10 mentor/mentee relationship
• 14 character lived abroad
• 17 matching items
• 19 OST kpop member
• 26 professional title
• 27 previous challenges

Finished in June 2025

• 3 kimchi made, food being dried
• 4 news broadcast
• 6 nosebleed
• 8 watches k-drama
• 12 visible changes in time
• 14 moves or previously lived aborad
• 16 nondescript black cap
• 17 matching clothing
• 18 lead actor goes by stage name
• 24 Location/Tourism PPL: Jeonju, Jeollabuk
• 25 Traditional market
• 26 call by professional title
• Past wheel of chance (see drama database)

Completed in June 2025

• 1--sweater
• 4a-sauna
• 4e-news broadcast
• 5a-surname Kim
• 9--character makes wish
• 12-changes in time visible
• 17--matching clothes
• 18--stage name
• 19--OST--Zerobaseone member
• 21--sibling relationship
• 24--location/tourism PPL
• 26--professional title

Finished July 2025

# 20 featuring a celebrity

#1 Heirs-worthy sweater

#2 Throws salt (ep 2)

#3 Food WoC

#4 scene WoC

#5 surname Lee

#6 bandaid

#10 mentor-mentee

#11 pet

#12 visible time changes

#14 abroad

#16 black cap

#17 matchy-matchy

#21 sibling

#22 part-time job

#23 exam

#26 title

#27 various woc

#30 LBGTQ+

#31 before 2010