Bunkagame — June 30, 2026

Question 1

The thrash metal band Metallica played their first live show with new guitarist Kirk Hammett on 16 April 1983 at a club called The Showplace in Dover, New Jersey. Right before they recorded their first album 'Kill 'Em All' that same month, the band crashed together in which New York City neighborhood, part of the borough of Queens?

Accepted Answer

Metallica briefly lived in a house in Jamaica, Queens in April 1983, right before recording their debut album Kill 'Em All. Around the same time, on 16 April 1983, they played their first live show with new guitarist Kirk Hammett at The Showplace nightclub in Dover, New Jersey.

Question 2

U2's 2000 comeback song 'Beautiful Day', from their album 'All That You Can't Leave Behind', hit number one on the singles charts in Ireland, Australia, Canada, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and the UK. In which country did the song peak at number 21 on the Billboard chart, giving the band their best chart placing there since 1997?

Accepted Answer

U2's song 'Beautiful Day' peaked in the top ten in Belgium and topped the charts in the United Kingdom, Australia, and several other countries. In the United States, the same song reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, the band's highest position since 'Discotheque' in 1997.

Question 3

A few butcher shops in Belgium sold dog meat during World War I, when German soldiers occupied the country and food was very scarce. In which Southeast Asian country made up of over 7,000 islands, where the practice among some ethnic groups likely spread after Spanish settlers arrived, is dog meat sometimes still eaten today?

Accepted Answer

In the Philippines, everyday eating of dog meat likely spread only after Spanish settlers arrived, in some ethnic groups. In Belgium, a few meat shops sold dog meat during the German occupation in World War I, when food was scarce.

Question 4

Singer Leonard Cohen's 2008-2010 world tour played in Germany, the UK, France, Spain and Ireland (where his Dublin show won him a Meteor Music Award), plus stops in Serbia, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Romania. In which large country that sits partly in Europe and partly in Asia did the tour also play?

Accepted Answer

Leonard Cohen's 2008 to 2010 tour played the Belgrade Arena in Serbia, alongside sport arenas and summer festivals across Germany, France, and Spain. The tour also stopped in the Czech Republic and Turkey, along with Hungary and Romania.

Question 5

When the Dutch ruled Indonesia, they built villas, churches, offices and civic buildings in styles like Art Deco and the Amsterdam School. Most of Jakarta's Dutch-era buildings still standing today are found in West Jakarta and in which other central part of the capital?

Accepted Answer

Colonial architecture in Jakarta is easiest to see in Central Jakarta and West Jakarta, where most Dutch-era houses, churches, and offices still stand. In the old bank building of Kota Tua, the design blends Art Deco, De Stijl, and the Amsterdam School style from Amsterdam.

Question 6

Several European cities tried to host the 2026 Winter Olympics, but many were forced to drop out after their own people voted against it, including Kraków for 2022 and Hamburg for 2024. After Innsbruck's voters said no, an Austrian bid built around the ski town of Schladming and which second-largest Austrian city was also dropped in July 2018?

Accepted Answer

In Graz, the 'Austria 2026' bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics paired the city with Schladming before the Austrian Olympic Committee withdrew it in July 2018 due to lack of provincial support. It was the third bid defeated by a public vote, after Kraków and Munich 2022 and Hamburg 2024.

Question 7

The small ski-resort town of Collingwood, Ontario has hosted training sessions with Team Canada, the Toronto Maple Leafs and one other classic NHL team. Which team from the French-speaking Canadian city of Quebec, whose owners helped push a rival named Eddie Livingstone out of pro hockey in 1917 by starting the NHL, is that?

Accepted Answer

Collingwood, Ontario has hosted training sessions with the Toronto Maple Leafs, along with the Montreal Canadiens and Team Canada. In Montreal, the Montreal Canadiens have won more Stanley Cup titles than any team, and their rivalry with the Toronto Maple Leafs is one of the NHL's oldest.

Question 8

The Broadway musical based on 'The Addams Family', with songs by Andrew Lippa, first played outside the US in Milan in October 2014 as 'La famiglia Addams'. A separate local production ran from 15 November to 1 December 2013 at the Meralco Theater. In which Southeast Asian capital city was that production staged?

Accepted Answer

In Milan, The Addams Family musical premiered in Italy in October 2014. It had already been staged the year before at the Meralco Theater in Manila, from 15 November to 1 December 2013, by Atlantis Productions.

Question 9

Baseball has grown more popular in Brazil since the 2000s, helped by TV broadcasts of Major League Baseball and the Brazilian team's silver medal at the 2023 Pan-American Games. In which small Central American country, along with Panama, is baseball actually the national sport?

Accepted Answer

In Nicaragua, baseball is considered the national sport, alongside Panama. In Brazil, baseball has grown in the last few years thanks to MLB broadcasts on Brazilian ESPN and the country's historic silver medal at the 2023 Pan American Games.

Question 10

The Bar Confederation of 1768-1772 was a group of Polish nobles who took up arms against Russian control of Poland. The town of Bilgoraj in eastern Poland saw many battles between Poles and Russians. In spring 1768, which small town in the Carpathian foothills of southern Poland briefly served as the main headquarters of the Confederation?

Accepted Answer

In the spring of 1768, Dukla in southern Poland served as the center of the Bar Confederation. Biłgoraj was also an important center of the Bar Confederation, with several skirmishes fought around the town between Polish and Russian forces.