Bunkagame — July 8, 2026

Question 1

Serbia sends about 138 million litres of beer abroad each year, mostly to nearby countries such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Hungary and Croatia. Smaller amounts reach the Serbian community in Germany, the US, Canada, Australia and which German-speaking country south of the Czech Republic whose capital is Vienna?

Accepted Answer

Serbia exports about 138 million liters of beer each year, mostly to neighbors like Croatia, which takes about 12 million liters. Smaller amounts of Serbian beer go to countries with a large Serbian diaspora, including Austria and Germany.

Question 2

West African countries such as Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cameroon are famously competitive about who makes the best jollof rice. In which West African country, home of the Wolof people and the coastal town of Saint-Louis where cook Penda Mbaye is said to have invented the dish, is it called ceebu jen?

Accepted Answer

In Liberia, jollof rice has its own local variant, and Liberia is one of several West African countries that competes over who makes the best jollof, along with Ghana and Nigeria. Oral histories in Senegal credit Penda Mbaye, a cook in Saint-Louis, with inventing jollof rice using rice in place of barley.

Question 3

The Tamil-language action film Mersal was released in four Japanese cities (Tokyo, Ebino, Osaka and Nakayama), the widest Japan run for any Tamil film. In which country, whose 25 screening locations earned it about A$133,057 (68.01 lakh), did MKS Talkies handle the distribution?

Accepted Answer

The Tamil film Mersal was released in Japan across four cities, Tokyo, Ebino, Osaka, and Nakayama, a record for a Tamil movie. MKS Talkies handled Mersal's distribution in Australia, where it earned about A$133,057 from 25 locations.

Question 4

In January and February one year, tourism jumped and hotels sold out in Almeria during the filming of season six of the HBO fantasy show Game of Thrones. Parts of season five had already been filmed in 2014 in a town in the same Spanish province. Which Andalusian town, southeast of Seville, hosted the earlier shoot?

Accepted Answer

The Andalusian town of Osuna hosted filming for parts of the fifth season of Game of Thrones in 2014. In Almería, tourism jumped and hotels filled up in January and February when the sixth season of Game of Thrones was being filmed in the area.

Question 5

The American diner chain Denny's runs over 1,400 restaurants, including 1,445 in the US, 15 in Mexico, 15 in Puerto Rico, 12 in the Philippines, 7 in New Zealand, 6 in Honduras, 3 in Costa Rica and 3 in El Salvador. Which large northern neighbour of the US is home to 84 of these Grand Slam breakfast restaurants?

Accepted Answer

Canada is home to 84 Denny's restaurants, the largest set outside the United States. Costa Rica also has three Denny's, part of the chain's smaller international footprint alongside Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras.

Question 6

Central European versions of spritzers, wine-and-sparkling-water drinks, include Romania's spritz de vara (1 part white wine to 2 parts sparkling water) and Slovenia's Brizganec (wine and Radenska mineral water). Which former Yugoslav country serves 'spricer' as white wine or rose mixed half-and-half with sparkling water?

Accepted Answer

In Romania, the spritzer is called sprit de vara, or 'summer spritzer', made with one part white wine to two parts sparkling water. In Serbia, the same style of drink is called spricer, mixing white wine or rose with sparkling water half and half.

Question 7

Lee Evans set the men's 400 meters record with a run of 44.95 seconds in Winnipeg in July 1967, later beaten by John Smith at 44.60 in Cali. In which Canadian city did Cuban Alberto Juantorena run it at 44.26 seconds on July 29, 1976 at the Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

The men's 400 metres world record dropped to 44.95 seconds when Lee Evans of the U.S. ran that time in Winnipeg on 30 July 1967. Nine years later, on 29 July 1976, Alberto Juantorena of Cuba lowered the record to 44.26 seconds at the Olympics in Montreal.

Question 8

Cola drinks include regional brands like Baikal and Dobry Cola (the Russian brand that took over Coca-Cola factories in 2022), Barr Cola in the UK and Breizh Cola from Brittany. Green Cola from Greece is sold in Cyprus, Germany, the Baltic states and which Iberian country?

Accepted Answer

In Russia, a cola-style drink called Baikal has long been popular, and Dobry Cola replaced Coca-Cola in Russian shops after 2022. Spain is a market for the Greek brand Green Cola, alongside Germany, Cyprus, and other European countries.

Question 9

The theatre-in-the-round, a 360-degree audience setup where the crowd sits all around the stage, is used at venues such as the Whisenhunt Stage and Mary Moody Northen Theatre in Austin, Texas. Which sprawling desert capital of a Southwestern state hosts the Celebrity Theatre, one of the most famous modern versions of this type of theater?

Accepted Answer

Austin, Texas has several theatre-in-the-round stages, including the Whisenhunt Stage and the Mary Moody Northen Theatre. In Phoenix, Arizona, the Celebrity Theatre is another well-known theatre-in-the-round venue.

Question 10

The American college fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa was started on March 15, 1873 at a New England farming college in Amherst by six sophomores. It later opened a chapter at Montana State during its sixth decade of growth. In which US state, known as the Bay State and home to Boston and Harvard, was the fraternity first started?

Accepted Answer

The Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity was founded on 15 March 1873 by six sophomores at Massachusetts Agricultural College in Amherst, now the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In its sixth decade, Phi Sigma Kappa opened new chapters at Purdue, American University, and Montana State in Montana.