Bunkagame — July 7, 2026

Question 1

Krupuk, deep-fried Indonesian crackers, are made in Sidoarjo (East Java), Cirebon (West Java), Karimun Jawa island, Palembang and Medan in Sumatra, plus other regions. Which West Sumatran city, famous for its spicy rendang beef and Minangkabau culture, is also a big krupuk producer?

Accepted Answer

Palembang in southern Sumatra is one of the main production centers for krupuk, especially fish krupuk tied to its seafood industry. Padang on the west coast of Sumatra is also a major producer of krupuk, and many krupuk recipes come from these Sumatran cities.

Question 2

The Brave Festival, based in Wroclaw and run by the Song of the Goat Theatre, hosts artists from cultures at risk around the world. Its lineups have included musicians from Chile, Burkina Faso, Georgia, Bulgaria and Bi Kidude, a 100-year-old star of taraab music. Which East African archipelago off Tanzania was Bi Kidude from?

Accepted Answer

The Brave Festival in Wroclaw has hosted artists from around the world, including performers from Chile. Among the invited guests was Bi Kidude, the 100-year-old taraab music diva from Zanzibar.

Question 3

This Catalan flamenco-pop star first got wider attention at the 2013 Panama International Film Festival, promoting the Blancanieves soundtrack. In France, her seventh number-one Spanish single reached number five, part of a run of top-tens across eight other countries. Which artist links the two countries?

Accepted Answer

In 2013, Rosalía performed with Juan 'Chicuelo' Gomez at the Panama International Film Festival, promoting the Blancanieves soundtrack. Her later single became Rosalía's seventh number one in Spain and reached number five in France, along with top-ten spots in eight other countries.

Question 4

Which American doughnut chain was started in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1937 by Vernon Rudolph and began growing quickly beyond its Southeastern US home region in the 1990s?

Accepted Answer

Vernon Rudolph opened the first Krispy Kreme doughnut store in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1937, drawn there by the headquarters of Camel Cigarettes. Krispy Kreme later expanded rapidly outside the Southeastern United States, where most of its stores were located.

Question 5

The early-20th-century Argentine tango singer and film star Libertad Lamarque was named 'Libertad' (Liberty) by her anarchist father, who was in prison at the time of her birth. Her family later moved to Buenos Aires for her career, and in 1990 she was named an Illustrious Citizen there. In which Argentine city in Santa Fe Province was she actually born?

Accepted Answer

Libertad Lamarque was born in Rosario, Santa Fe, in 1908, and her local acclaim convinced her family to move to Buenos Aires for better career chances. In 1930, she won a Teatro Colon contest in Buenos Aires with the tango 'La cumparsita' and earned the title 'Queen of Tango'.

Question 6

The 2020 edition of which international gay rugby tournament, held every two years, was awarded to the Ottawa Wolves and later moved to August 2022 because of COVID? Las Vegas, alongside Cardiff and Toronto, had also thought about bidding for the 2008 edition?

Accepted Answer

In 2018, the 2020 Bingham Cup was awarded to the Ottawa Wolves rugby club and set to be played in Ottawa, though it was later moved to August 2022 because of Covid. Years earlier, Las Vegas had also considered bidding to host the 2008 Bingham Cup.

Question 7

The Canadian short story writer Alice Munro, who later won the Nobel Prize, lived in Victoria, British Columbia during the years she published her first books and helped start Munro's Books. In her 2012 story 'Train', the main character heads for which small northern Ontario mill town, hoping to find work in the timber trade in the early 1960s?

Accepted Answer

Nobel laureate Alice Munro lived in Victoria while she published her first story collections and co-founded Munro's Books. In her 2012 story 'Train', Alice Munro sends the main character to the northern Ontario mill town of Kapuskasing in hope of work in the lumbering trade.

Question 8

In the FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships, the Czech Republic became the second-most-decorated country, winning the title twice and collecting 14 medals in all, behind only the dominant United States. In 1999, in a rare upset, the US lost the gold-medal game to which small Alpine country?

Accepted Answer

In the FIRS Inline Hockey World Championships, Switzerland beat the United States in the 1999 gold-medal game, ending a long U.S. run of titles. The Czech Republic is the tournament's second most successful team, with two titles and 14 medals overall.

Question 9

This 1800s American poet celebrated his trips to Highlands, New Jersey in a set of his poems called 'Fancies at Navesink'. From 1836 to 1838 he lived in Hempstead village on Long Island, which now lists him among its famous former residents. Which writer connects the two places?

Accepted Answer

Walt Whitman lived in the village of Hempstead on Long Island from 1836 to 1838, well before Leaves of Grass. He later celebrated his visits to Highlands, New Jersey in a group of poems called 'Fancies at Navesink'.

Question 10

In 2023, Samoa joined Palau and Colombia in formally endorsing Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative at the UN Climate Change Conference. A year earlier at COP27, two Pacific Island nations became the very first countries in the world to endorse it. One was Vanuatu. Which low-lying Polynesian atoll nation was the other?

Accepted Answer

At the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference, Tuvalu became one of the first two countries, alongside Vanuatu, to endorse the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative. Samoa later formally endorsed the same treaty at the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference, along with Palau and Colombia.