Bunkagame — July 12, 2026

Question 1

Bandung is famous for its siomay (steamed fish dumplings) and Malang is loved across the country for its bakso (meatball soup), both sold from small carts and food stalls. What kind of food, which also includes satay from Madura and pempek from Palembang, links these two Indonesian cities?

Accepted Answer

Bandung's siomay (steamed fish dumplings) and Malang's bakso (meatball soup) are two of Indonesia's most famous street foods. They are sold from bikes and pushcarts alongside dishes from all over the country, like gado-gado from Jakarta and satay from Padang.

Question 2

In 1943 this Chinese ink painter helped set up the Dunhuang Art Institute after copying its Buddhist wall paintings, and back in 1925 he showed 100 paintings at the Ningbo Association in Shanghai. Which 20th-century Chinese artist is being described?

Accepted Answer

Chang Dai-chien (1899-1983) was one of the most famous Chinese painters of the 20th century. The years he spent copying the ancient wall paintings in the Mogao Caves at Dunhuang deeply shaped his own art, and the Ningbo Association show helped launch his career from Shanghai.

Question 3

The Lumière brothers showed their first films in Egypt at the Toussoun Exchange in Alexandria on 15 November 1896, and today Port Said hosts a yearly festival for Arab films alongside the well-known Alexandria International Film Festival. What industry connects these two Egyptian port cities?

Accepted Answer

Egyptian films got their start in Alexandria in the early 1900s. Later most of the industry moved to Cairo, which people started to call 'Hollywood on the Nile'. Port Said still holds a film festival every year alongside Alexandria and Cairo.

Question 4

Which English heavy-metal band played its first tour outside Britain in 1974, with shows in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Denmark including a stop at Hotel Klubben in Tønsberg near Oslo, and later played Milan after singer Rob Halford rejoined the band in 2003?

Accepted Answer

Judas Priest's 1974 Rocka Rolla tour was the band's first outside Britain and got a poor review in Tønsberg. Singer Rob Halford had left the band in 1992 but rejoined in 2003. After that, the reunited group played shows in Milan and Paris.

Question 5

The Spice Girls burst onto the pop scene with their 1996 debut single 'Wannabe', which topped the charts in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland and Spain. In which East Asian island of over 20 million people, which has been ruled separately from mainland China since 1949, did it also crack the top 10 on the local IFPI chart?

Accepted Answer

In Taiwan, 'Wannabe' peaked at number 10 on the IFPI singles chart in 1996. Alongside Belgium, where it hit number one on both the Flemish and French-language charts, Taiwan was one of dozens of markets where the song became a hit.

Question 6

The first record of anyone making this Mexican drink from the agave plant comes from southern Jalisco, using tricks borrowed from Colima's coconut liquor. Durango was also one of the original states allowed to produce it, along with Oaxaca, Guerrero and Zacatecas. What is this drink?

Accepted Answer

Mezcal is a Mexican drink made from the agave plant. Durango was one of the states originally allowed to produce it, alongside Oaxaca, Guerrero and Zacatecas. The first record of the drink comes from southern Jalisco, using tricks borrowed from Colima's coconut liquor. Tequila is actually one special kind of mezcal, made only from blue agave near the town of Tequila in Jalisco.

Question 7

Zagreb has hosted an International Festival for this kind of show every mid-September since 1968, and Mississauga, Ontario has held its own festival every March since 2020. What art form, using everything from string marionettes to shadow figures, connects the two cities?

Accepted Answer

Puppetry is one of the oldest ways of putting on a show. Zagreb's festival, called PIF, is one of the longest-running puppet events in Europe and brings in puppet companies from all over the world. The newer festival in Mississauga shows how the art form is still spreading.

Question 8

Dutch field-hockey player Maartje Paumen won Olympic silver in Rio de Janeiro at the 2016 Summer Games after losing a penalty shootout to Great Britain. Which East Asian city, host of the 2008 Summer Olympics, was where she had won her Olympic gold eight years earlier by beating the host country 2-0 in the final?

Accepted Answer

Maartje Paumen is one of the most awarded players in women's field hockey. She won Olympic gold in Beijing at the 2008 Games, when the Dutch beat host China 2-0 in the final. Rio de Janeiro in 2016 was her last Olympics, ending with silver after a shootout loss to Great Britain.

Question 9

Korean dancer Choi Seung-hee sent her daughter and students to Prague in July 1947 for an international youth dance festival. In which East Asian capital did she and her dancers perform in December 1949, soon after the People's Republic of China began?

Accepted Answer

Choi Seung-hee is often called the first modern Korean dancer. She sent her daughter and students to Prague in July 1947 for an international youth dance festival, and in December 1949 performed in Beijing herself, soon after the People's Republic of China began. She later spent years in Beijing helping build Chinese dance moves with Peking opera stars.

Question 10

The British colony of Georgia was invaded by Spain in 1742 during this war between Britain and Spain. Further south, Puerto Cabello on the coast of Venezuela was the home port where the Caracas Company repaired ships to help the Spanish navy in this war. Which war involving these two places got its strange name from an alleged amputation?

Accepted Answer

The War of Jenkins' Ear (1739-1748) was named after the ear of a British sailor named Robert Jenkins. Spanish coast guards had cut it off in 1731, and years later he showed it to Parliament. During the war, Spain invaded the British colony of Georgia in 1742, and Puerto Cabello on the Venezuelan coast served as the repair port for ships supporting the Spanish navy.