Bunkagame — July 15, 2026

Question 1

Held on the night before May 1 with bonfires and parties meant to scare away witches, this old European festival is celebrated in local versions in Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia, plus much of the Baltic and Nordic region. What is it called?

Accepted Answer

Walpurgis Night (called Walpurgisnacht in German) is named after Saint Walpurga, a missionary who lived in the 700s. It falls on April 30, exactly six months from Halloween. Local versions are celebrated across Northern and Central Europe, including in Slovakia and Slovenia, and in Germany's Harz mountains big parties are still held on the Brocken peak.

Question 2

Shops of this American mall-and-airport bakery brand, famous for its sticky cinnamon rolls, are open in more than 50 countries including Cambodia, Honduras, Bangladesh and Aruba. Which chain, which was also the first US brand to open in Libya after Gaddafi was overthrown in 2011, do those markets share?

Accepted Answer

Cinnabon was started in 1985 in a shopping mall near Seattle. It now has franchise shops in over 50 countries, including Cambodia and Honduras. Its most famous roll is the Classic Roll, made with a special kind of cinnamon called Makara and topped with cream-cheese frosting.

Question 3

This German actress, best known for the 1998 cult movie 'Run Lola Run,' filmed the crime movie 'Shanghai' in Bangkok in 2008. She also starred in BBC America's first original show 'Copper' as a New York brothel owner during the American Civil War. Which red-haired European film star is being described?

Accepted Answer

Franka Potente became internationally famous as the red-haired Lola in Tom Tykwer's fast-paced Run Lola Run. She filmed the neo-noir film Shanghai in Bangkok in 2008, and starred as a Five Points brothel owner in New York City during the American Civil War in BBC America's first original show Copper (2012-2013).

Question 4

Which fried-chicken chain from Louisiana signed a big deal with India's Jubilant FoodWorks in March 2021 to open restaurants across India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan?

Accepted Answer

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen was started in New Orleans in 1972 by a man named Al Copeland. In March 2021 its parent company signed a big deal with India's Jubilant FoodWorks to open restaurants across India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. Its 2019 chicken sandwich set off a huge 'chicken sandwich war' online with Chick-fil-A.

Question 5

Since his Monty Python days, this British comedian has become a globe-trotting TV host for Channel 5, including a 2018 series filmed at the time of the meeting between North and South Korean leaders. In which very populated West African country did he film his 2023 documentary, which aired in 2024?

Accepted Answer

Michael Palin has been making travel shows for the BBC and Channel 5 for more than thirty years. His famous series include 'Around the World in 80 Days,' 'Pole to Pole' and 'Sahara.' His later Channel 5 films on Iraq, Nigeria and North Korea have won him new fans.

Question 6

Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre and Houston's Arena Theater both use this kind of stage layout, where the audience sits all the way around the acting area. What kind of theatre stage is it?

Accepted Answer

Theatre-in-the-round goes all the way back to ancient Greek and Roman outdoor theatres. It was brought back in the 1900s by directors like Margo Jones in Dallas and Stephen Joseph in England. Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre and Houston's Arena Theater are two of the best-known modern examples, both built around a stage the audience surrounds on all sides.

Question 7

A team from Montreal, Canada was the first team from outside the US to play in this yearly kids' baseball tournament, which American teams have won 40 times. Which August contest, held every year in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania since 1947 for players aged 11 and 12, brings them together?

Accepted Answer

The Little League World Series has been played every year since 1947 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, for players aged 11 and 12. American teams have won 40 titles, and Canada's first team, from Montreal, was the first from outside the US to play in the series. Taiwan has won the most titles of any country besides the US, with 17 wins.

Question 8

This Micronesian island's tourism is built around the coral reef that rings it. Oaxaca offers spots along its coast like Playa Carrizalillo near Puerto Escondido and Huatulco. What underwater activity, which uses air tanks and needs a training course, draws visitors to both places?

Accepted Answer

Scuba diving stands for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus, and grew from the Aqua-Lung invented by Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan in 1943. The coral reef ringing the island of Kosrae in Micronesia and the coast of Oaxaca in Mexico, at Puerto Escondido and Huatulco, both draw scuba visitors from around the world.

Question 9

Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls in scoring at 35.7 points per game during these playoffs, but the biggest single-game rebound total (25 by Hakeem Olajuwon) came from which Texan city's Rockets, whose center also had the most blocks and averaged 8 per game?

Accepted Answer

The 1987 NBA playoffs ended with a third championship for the Los Angeles Lakers during the Magic Johnson years. Michael Jordan led all scorers with 35.7 points per game for the Chicago Bulls, while Hakeem Olajuwon's big rebound and block numbers for the Houston Rockets hinted at the two championships he would go on to win in the mid-1990s.

Question 10

Before antibiotics were discovered, doctors often said mountain air and high altitude helped people with this bacterial lung disease. Special hospitals for it, called sanatoriums, sprang up from the small town of Warren, New Hampshire to the mountain resort of Abastumani in Georgia. What is this infectious disease, once called consumption?

Accepted Answer

Tuberculosis, once called consumption, was one of the biggest causes of death in the world until Selman Waksman discovered streptomycin in 1943. Before antibiotics, doctors sent patients to mountain-air sanatoriums, from the small town of Warren, New Hampshire to the mountain resort of Abastumani in Georgia, where rest, sunlight and fresh air were the standard treatment.