Bunkagame — June 6, 2026

Question 1

What movie had scenes filmed in both Long Beach, California and Burbank, California?

Accepted Answer

The 2005 film Coach Carter used Long Beach as a filming location and featured the outdoor grounds of Long Beach Polytechnic High School. Its producers also shot scenes at the Safari Inn Motel in Burbank.

Question 2

What singer's cover of "Speedy Gonzales" topped the charts in Spain in June 1965, and which of her songs reached number one in Canada during a tour that same year?

Accepted Answer

In May 1965, Dalida returned to the top of international charts with her cover of 'Speedy Gonzales', which peaked in France, Belgium, Canada, and Spain the next month. Her earlier hit Bambino also topped the charts in Canada in the late 1950s.

Question 3

What culinary award has recognized restaurants in both Warsaw and Glendale, California?

Accepted Answer

The Michelin Guide has praised thirteen restaurants in Warsaw, two of which earned a Michelin star in 2019. In Glendale, California, Zhengyalov Hatz is the Michelin Guide's only Armenian restaurant in the United States.

Question 4

Collingwood, Ontario has hosted training sessions with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Which other community has hosted a pre-season game featuring the Toronto Maple Leafs?

Accepted Answer

Collingwood, Ontario has hosted training sessions with the Toronto Maple Leafs, along with Team Canada and the Montreal Canadiens. Lucan Biddulph won the 2018 Kraft Hockeyville contest and hosted a Maple Leafs preseason game that marked John Tavares's on-ice debut with the team.

Question 5

What professional sports league has had a presence in both St. Louis and Boston for over a century?

Accepted Answer

The Boston Red Sox helped found the American League of Major League Baseball in 1901 and still play their home games at Fenway Park. The St. Louis Browns played in the same league from 1902 to 1953 before moving to Baltimore and becoming the Orioles.

Question 6

What professional sports league features a new team in Madison, Wisconsin, and already has a founding member in Tampa, Florida?

Accepted Answer

A professional women's soccer club in Madison, Wisconsin will join the USL Super League in 2025, playing home matches at Breese Stevens Field. Tampa Bay Sun FC, based in Tampa, Florida, was founded in 2023 as a founding member of the same league.

Question 7

Which state's Christian Brothers Academy became that state's first team to claim a national championship in 2011, a year after California's Arcadia boys won their first national title at Nike Cross Nationals?

Accepted Answer

The Arcadia boys from California won their first Nike Cross Nationals team title in 2010 and added a second in three years. Christian Brothers Academy of New Jersey then took its first Nike Cross Nationals crown with 91 points and a four-point margin.

Question 8

What oceanic current influences the climate of both Aventura, Florida and Christchurch, England?

Accepted Answer

Aventura, Florida owes its warm, humid climate to the Gulf Stream, which moderates temperatures all year. The same current gives Christchurch, on the south coast of Dorset in England, warmer winters and cooler summers than inland towns.

Question 9

What agricultural product is cultivated in both Johfiyeh, Jordan and Gorica, Sovenia, with locals in the latter extracting oil from it?

Accepted Answer

The village of Johfiyeh is well known for growing pumpkins, along with tomatoes, okra, wild cucumber, and zucchini. In Gorica, locals also grow pumpkins in their fields and press the seeds to make pumpkin seed oil.

Question 10

What Civil War general's actions impacted both Columbia, the capital of South Carolina, and Vinings, Georgia during the Atlanta Campaign and the March to the Sea?

Accepted Answer

General William Tecumseh Sherman targeted South Carolina, the first state to secede from the Union, and marched his army north through it against light resistance. In Georgia, his Union Army occupied Vinings during the 1864 Atlanta Campaign and the March to the Sea.