Would You Survive “Squid Game”?

You are down on your luck financially. At the train station, a well-dressed man approaches you to play a game of Ddakji and you get to win some cash on the spot. What do you have to do to win?

• Create the best looking origami tile

• End up with the most Pogs

• Be the first player to yell Yahtzee!

• Throw your origami tile so that it makes the other player's tile flip over

After the game ends, the man invites you to join another "high stakes game". He hands you a card with a phone number that you can call to join. How do you respond?

• "No thanks, that sounds super sketchy"

• Accept the card but then ask other people if they think joining the game is a good idea

• Accept the card but then don't join the game

• Accept the invitation and join the game

In the first round, you will play the popular kids game "Red Light, Green Light". What is your strategy for the game?

• Always move behind other people so you are not as easily seen

• Move normally on green lights and stop when you can on red lights

• Escape the game when no one is looking

• Barely move at all so it is easy to stop moving on a red light

After the first game, the players hold a vote on whether or not they want to stop playing and go home. How do you vote?

• Vote to keep playing

• Escape the game when no one is looking

• Abstain from voting

• Vote to end the game

Before we start round 2, choose a shape out of the options below.

• Star

• Triangle

• Umbrella

• Circle

In this challenge, you are given a needle to cut the shape you picked out of a sheet of honeycomb candy within a specified amount of time without breaking its form. How do you approach this task?

• Carefully use the needle to cut out the shape

• Sabotage another player

• Lick the honeycomb to melt it so it's easier to cut

• Just dive in there with your hands and hope for the best

You have information that could help your team in the next game. Do you tell the other members or keep the information to yourself?

• Escape out a backdoor when no one is looking

• Tell your teammates

• Keep the information to yourself

• Tell some of your teammates but not others

In round 3, you have to play a game of tug of war against a team of stronger opponents. How do you handle the situation?

• Tug and pull in synchronized fashion with the rest of your team

• Have your entire team suddenly take 3 steps forward to cause the other team to fall

• Just give up because the other team is stronger

• Just pull as hard as you can and hope for the best

Scenario: You are a doctor and game officials will give you secret information that help you in the games in exchange for helping them harvest organs from dead players. Do you take part in this conspiracy?

• Yes, take part in the conspiracy. How could that go wrong?

• Do not take part in the conspiracy

• Reevaluate your decision to take part in these games entirely

• Take part in the conspiracy but share the information you have with other players

In round 4, you are pitted against someone you know in a life-or-death game of marbles. What would your strategy be?

• Pretend to align with someone and then steal their marbles

• Give up on the game and go for a stroll through your old neighborhood

• Try your best to beat your opponent in a fair game of marbles

• Allow my opponent to win so that he will survive

In round 5, you will have to cross a bridge by walking on a series of glass stepping stones. Some of the glass panels cannot support your weight, and this will cause you to fall to your death. What is your strategy for this game?

• Only step on the glass that others have already stepped on

• Look for a pattern regarding which glass panels are safe and which aren't

• Push people onto the glass to figure out which ones are safe

• Walk across the glass as fast as you can

You are with the other finalists awaiting the last game to be played. What do you do to your opponents?

• Murder them to improve your chances of winning

• Promise to take care of each other's loved ones whoever wins

• Have a nice dinner together and forget about your situation

• Create an alliance

Before the final game, you are once again given the option of voting to end the games and go home or continue playing for the prize money. How do you vote?

• Vote to continue the games

• Murder your opponents during the vote, thus ensuring your victory

• Abstain

• Vote to end the games and go home

It is time for the final game. You have been selected for the attacking team in Squid Game. What is your approach to the game?

• Play the game as fairly as you can

• Just start fighting your opponents

• Use a knife to attack your opponents

• Wait until your opponent is in the narrowest part of the squid and then push them out

A year after the games ended, you are asked to take part in another game. Do you participate?

• Yes

• Do not respond and run away from the person

• No

• I'd ask for more information about the game before deciding