Bunkagame — July 19, 2026

Question 1

The American doughnut chain Krispy Kreme operates franchises in more than 50 countries, including the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf. Which East African country, whose capital is Addis Ababa, is also on that international franchise list?

Accepted Answer

Krispy Kreme runs stores in dozens of countries beyond the U.S. and Canada, including the United Arab Emirates alongside Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain in the Gulf region. Krispy Kreme also has franchise stores in Ethiopia and Nigeria on the African continent.

Question 2

MTV's acoustic-performance series Unplugged has taped Polish acts in Warsaw, including Brodka in 2019 and Lady Pank in 2022. Which US city, home to MTV's Latin studios, hosted the first Spanish-language Unplugged with Los Fabulosos Cadillacs in 1994 and Soda Stereo in 1996?

Accepted Answer

MTV Unplugged's Miami studios hosted early Latin sessions, starting with Los Fabulosos Cadillacs in September 1994 and Soda Stereo in March 1996. In 2019, MTV Unplugged recorded another show in Warsaw with Polish artist Brodka, and in 2022 taped Lady Pank in Warsaw as well.

Question 3

Disney's 2013 animated feature Frozen was the top-grossing Walt Disney Animation Studios release in more than 45 territories, including the UK/Ireland/Malta market. Its animators studied the fjords and folk costumes of which Scandinavian country to build the fictional kingdom of Arendelle?

Accepted Answer

For the 2013 film Frozen, the crew traveled to Norway to study the scale of the landscape, and costume designer Jean Gillmore mixed 1840 Western European silhouettes with 19th-century Norwegian folk costume. Frozen also became the highest-grossing Walt Disney Animation film in many markets, including Malta.

Question 4

Restorations of Chinese imperial cuisine include Qujiangchun in Xi'an, which recreates dishes from the Qin and Han dynasties using ancient texts. In which Beijing park does Fang Shan, one of the two most famous imperial-cuisine restaurants in the capital, operate?

Accepted Answer

In Xi'an, the Qujiangchun restaurant has restored Chinese imperial cuisine of the Qin and Han dynasties from ancient Chinese texts, with more than a dozen dishes. In Beijing, the most famous Chinese imperial cuisine restaurants are Fang Shan in Beihai and Ting Li Ting in the Summer Palace.

Question 5

The American cinnamon-roll chain Cinnabon has franchises in 50 countries, including Honduras in Central America and, famously, becoming the first US franchise to open in Libya after the 2011 ouster of Muammar Gaddafi. Which South Caucasus country, whose capital is Yerevan, is also on the franchise list?

Accepted Answer

Cinnabon runs franchise stores in 50 countries and places, including Honduras in Central America along with Costa Rica and Guatemala. In the South Caucasus, Cinnabon also has locations in Armenia, along with nearby Georgia and Azerbaijan.

Question 6

The Green Bay Packers' rivalry with the Detroit Lions, traditionally renewed on Thanksgiving Day, is one of the oldest regular matchups in the NFL. Which state capital, home to the University of Wisconsin's flagship campus, was the site of an early exhibition drubbing by the Packers that helped kill off a fledgling local pro team?

Accepted Answer

The Green Bay Packers count the Detroit Lions among their oldest rivals, alongside the Bears and Vikings in the NFC North. In Madison, the Madison Cardinals of the Northwest Football League once lost a 62-0 exhibition to the same Green Bay Packers before being pushed out of their league.

Question 7

The Regional Theatre Tony Award honors a nonprofit theater outside New York each year. The Denver Center Theatre Company took the prize in 1998, joining a roster that later included Chicago's Court Theatre in 2022 and Pasadena Playhouse in 2023. In which Pennsylvania city did the Wilma Theater win the 2024 award?

Accepted Answer

The Denver Center Theatre Company in Denver won the Regional Theatre Tony Award in 1998, following winners in Seattle, New Haven, Chicago, and San Diego. In 2024, the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia joined the list with its own Regional Theatre Tony Award.

Question 8

The England national rugby union team first played Australia in 1909 and defeated them in the 2003 Rugby World Cup final in extra time. Which Southern Hemisphere nation, whom England first faced in 1905 and famously drew with at Twickenham on 6 December 1997, has been one of England's most storied opponents?

Accepted Answer

The England national rugby union team first played New Zealand in 1905, then South Africa in 1906 and Australia in January 1909. Australia and New Zealand were among the first non-home teams to play the England national rugby union team, and Australia beat England 9-3 in their first match at Blackheath.

Question 9

Cavan won the 1933 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, becoming the first team from Ulster to lift the Sam Maguire Cup. Ulster teams later claimed four consecutive titles from 1991 to 1994. Which eastern Irish province, home to Dublin's perennially dominant county side, feeds another of the four provincial championships?

Accepted Answer

In the 1990s, Ulster teams claimed the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship four years in a row, from 1991 to 1994. Since then, Ulster has produced more All-Ireland winning teams than any other province, including Leinster, which was disrupted by a 1941 foot-and-mouth outbreak.

Question 10

The Köppen classification Csb, warm-summer Mediterranean climate, is best known from coastal California, but it shows up in surprising places, including inland St. Maries, Idaho. Which small city on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, sitting in a rain shadow and receiving only about 16 inches of rain per year, is also classified Csb?

Accepted Answer

St. Maries in northern Idaho has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate under the Koppen system, coded Csb. Sequim, Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula, also sits in the same warm-summer Mediterranean climate zone, sometimes classed as oceanic because of its cooler temperatures.