Bunkagame — June 19, 2026

Question 1

What concert tour by the Swedish supergroup Swedish House Mafia included stops in both Gdynia, Poland and Odense, Denmark in 2019?

Accepted Answer

The Save the World Reunion Tour played the Open'er Festival in Gdynia on 6 July 2019, drawing 50,000 fans. A week earlier, on 29 June, the tour had stopped at the Tinderbox festival in Odense, Denmark, in front of 40,000 spectators.

Question 2

What New York-based artist's influential and controversial work has been the subject of major retrospectives in both Amsterdam and Chicago in the 1970s and 1980s?

Accepted Answer

Retrospectives of Vito Acconci's performance and conceptual art were organized by the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam in 1978 and by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago in 1980. His work also lives in collections at MoMA and the Whitney.

Question 3

What Algerian musical artist and activist's work was core to the rise of Algeria's indigenous pop music known raï in the 1980s and likely influenced the Clash's hit song "Rock the Casbah"?

Accepted Answer

Rachid Taha once said 'New Orleans is like Algiers', noting that both had been French colonies and that Louisiana Zydeco drum patterns resembled North African rai music. His album Made in Medina was recorded in Paris, New Orleans, and London with the American jam band Galactic.

Question 4

What sport has included teams such as the Chicago Dogs from Rosemont, Illinois and also the Edinburg Roadrunners from Edinburg, Texas?

Accepted Answer

Rosemont, Illinois is home to the Chicago Dogs, an independent league baseball team that plays in the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball. Edinburg, Texas was once home to the Edinburg Roadrunners, another independent league baseball team, in the North American League.

Question 5

What event is the Canadian women's curling championship had provincial playdowns cancelled for New Brunswick in 2021 due to COVID-19 but were held in Whitehorse for Yukon?

Accepted Answer

In New Brunswick, the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts provincial playdown was cancelled. In Yukon, however, the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts playdown took place as scheduled in Whitehorse from January 15 to 17.

Question 6

What athlete and politician from Trinidad and Tobago created a documentary capturing his journey with the Soca Warriors to the FIFA World Cup in Germany, where his Trinidad and Tobago became the smallest country to ever qualify after defeating Bahrain 1-0 in 2006?

Accepted Answer

In 2006, Ato Boldon made a 73-minute film called 'Once in a Lifetime: Boldon in Bahrain', which followed Trinidad and Tobago fans traveling to Bahrain. It documented the Soca Warriors' 1-0 playoff win over Bahrain that sent them to the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

Question 7

What professional sports circuit saw significant events held in Australia during 2019, while also being a pathway for top players from Canada to reach a world championship?

Accepted Answer

The 2019 PDC Pro Tour season included 30 Dartplayers Australia ProTour events across Australia, plus dozens of Challenge Tour, Development Tour, and regional events elsewhere. Top-ranked players from Canada earned spots at the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship through the same 2019 season.

Question 8

What environmental factor leads to significantly different growing seasons in Southern Shores, North Carolina, and Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania?

Accepted Answer

Southern Shores sits in plant hardiness zone 8b, with an average annual low temperature around 16 degrees Fahrenheit. Springfield Township, Bucks County lies in the much colder zone 6b, where the average annual low drops to about minus 2 degrees Fahrenheit.

Question 9

Which memorial site, honoring an unknown soldier, is located in the Czech Republic, similar to the Field of Honor in Bandung, Indonesia?

Accepted Answer

The Field of Honor at the Dutch War Cemetery Pandu in Bandung serves as a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. In Vítkov, the National Monument on Vítkov Hill also honors unknown Czechoslovak soldiers, one who fell at the Battle of Zborov and another at the Battle of Dukla.

Question 10

What Scottish explorer's expeditions utilized routes near Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1845 and later departed from Liverpool, England in 1848 for an Arctic expedition?

Accepted Answer

The Rae Richardson Arctic Expedition, led in part by John Rae, left Liverpool in March 1848 before pushing west from Montreal. An earlier Rae voyage in 1845 took the usual voyageur route via Lake Winnipeg to reach York Factory that October.