Bunkagame — July 10, 2026

Question 1

Adnan Khashoggi, a Saudi financier, helped fund Operation Moses in 1984, the top-secret airlift of 14,000 Ethiopian Jews out of Sudan during a famine caused by the Ethiopian Civil War. Which Middle Eastern country was their destination?

Accepted Answer

In 1984, Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi helped organize and fund the top-secret Operation Moses, which airlifted 14,000 Ethiopian Jews out of famine-hit Sudan. The rescue mission Khashoggi backed carried the refugees to safety in Israel during the Ethiopian Civil War.

Question 2

The fast-food chain Carl's Jr., started in Anaheim, had more than 100 restaurants in Southern California by 1975 and was growing into the northern part of the state. The chain had trouble making it work in Arizona and Texas. In Nevada, Washington, and which Pacific Northwest state, did the chain later do well?

Accepted Answer

Carl's Jr. started in Southern California, and by 1975 there were more than 100 Carl's Jr. locations in the region before it spread across the state. The chain later found success in Oregon, along with Nevada and Washington, after earlier trouble in Arizona and Texas.

Question 3

The Irving Berlin holiday stage show White Christmas, based on the 1954 film, opened on Broadway in 2004. After a 2018 to 2019 try-out at Curve Theatre in Leicester, a West End revival opened on 15 November 2019 at the Dominion Theatre in which UK capital, closing in early January 2020?

Accepted Answer

White Christmas is a Broadway musical based on the movie, with songs by Irving Berlin. A 2019 West End revival of White Christmas opened at the Dominion Theatre in London on 15 November 2019 and closed on 4 January 2020, after a tryout at Leicester's Curve Theatre.

Question 4

Drone art uses groups of coordinated LEDs for flying performances. On December 10, 2019, 150 drones lit up the closing ceremony of the South Asian Games in Kathmandu. Which East Asian capital used a much larger fleet of 1,824 drones during the opening ceremony of its 2020 Summer Olympics (held in July 2021)?

Accepted Answer

On 10 December 2019, 150 drones lit up the closing ceremony of the South Asian Games at Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu, a striking example of drone art. On 23 July 2021, another drone art display used 1,824 drones during the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Tokyo.

Question 5

Samosas, fried triangle-shaped pastries, are famous in Pakistan (spicy versions from Karachi, unusually large ones from Faisalabad) and are a Ramadan iftar staple. They also appear across East Africa in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Rwanda. In which Horn of Africa country did Al-Shabaab ban them in 2011?

Accepted Answer

In Pakistan, samosas are a staple iftar food during Ramzan, with Karachi known for spicy fillings and Faisalabad for extra-large samosas. In Somalia, samosas are also part of everyday food, though in 2011 Al-Shabaab banned samosas in parts of Somalia over worries about rotten meat filling.

Question 6

The 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, a European winter multi-sport gathering for athletes under 18, brought together 48 Olympic teams, including those from Norway, Andorra, Kosovo and Liechtenstein. Which small northern European country, one of the three Baltic states with its capital at Tallinn, sent a team of 19 young athletes?

Accepted Answer

Estonia sent 19 young athletes to the 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, one of 48 National Olympic Committees at the event. Norway also took part in the same 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, alongside Sweden, Finland, and Denmark.

Question 7

This yearly award has gone to La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego (1993), Yale Rep (1991), Goodman Theatre in Chicago (1992), Berkeley Rep (1997) and the Old Globe in San Diego (1984). Which US state is home to the 1983 winner, the long-running Shakespeare festival based in Ashland?

Accepted Answer

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland won the Regional Theatre Tony Award in 1983, one of the earliest US winners of the honor. Ten years later, in 1993, the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego received the same Regional Theatre Tony Award.

Question 8

This craft has a 3000-year history in China, where it began as pi-yung xi, the 'theatre of the lantern shadows', now better known as Chinese shadow theatre. Which East Asian country is home to bunraku, one of its most famous forms?

Accepted Answer

China has a puppetry tradition going back 3,000 years, starting with pi-yung xi, the 'theatre of the lantern shadows', now called Chinese shadow theatre. Japan is home to many forms of puppetry too, including the elaborate bunraku theater.

Question 9

The Agahu circle dance was created before World War II by Egun speakers of Ketonu in Benin. Dance historian Jacqui Malone notes that the Anlo-Ewe and Lobi of Ghana emphasize the upper body, while the Kalabari people give a subtle accent to the hips. In which West African country do the Kalabari live?

Accepted Answer

The Kalabari people of Nigeria give a subtle accent to the hips in their African dance, a contrast with the upper-body emphasis of Ghanaian styles. Agahu, an African circle dance from before World War II, was created by Egun speakers in Benin as a change on an earlier dance called gome.

Question 10

Practitioners of the early medieval Frankish style known as Carolingian architecture drew their main references from early Christian art and architecture, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, and St. Peter's Basilica in which European city?

Accepted Answer

The designers of Carolingian architecture looked to St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem as their main references. Together with early Christian art, these two buildings shaped how Charlemagne's builders thought about large-scale churches.