Bunkagame — July 22, 2026

Question 1

Two Swedish cities have hosted this annual televised European song competition organised by SVT: Gothenburg staged the 30th edition at the Scandinavium in 1985, and Malmö hosted the contest in 1992, 2013 and again in 2024. What is the event?

Accepted Answer

Sweden's SVT hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 1985 at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg. In the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, SVT then held the event in Malmö in 1992, 2013, and 2024, three times at Malmö venues.

Question 2

Glasgow's museums run the Boppard Conservation Project, a major reference for the study of stained glass. Which Middle Eastern city, a historic glassmaking hub of Syria alongside Raqqa and Damascus, produced highly transparent colourless and gilded glass during the Islamic period as another centre of this craft's history?

Accepted Answer

Under Islamic rule, Syria's glass industry had major centers at Raqqa, Aleppo, and Damascus, producing clear and gilded stained glass. In Glasgow, the Glasgow Museums' Boppard Conservation Project is a leading reference on European stained glass, from pot metal glass to silver stain techniques.

Question 3

This Italian classical ensemble is based in Bologna and has performed at leading European venues including the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Salzburg Festival, Salle Pleyel in Paris and the Alte Oper in Frankfurt. What is the ensemble?

Accepted Answer

The Orchestra Mozart, or Orchestra Mozart Bologna, is an Italian orchestra based in Bologna. It has performed at leading European concert halls, including the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, alongside the Salzburg Festival and the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid.

Question 4

Belgrade hosted the 20th edition of Festival Omladina, a landmark moment for the Yugoslav new-wave scene with Šarlo Akrobata, Idoli and Električni Orgazam performing. Which Vojvodina city, home to a National Theatre that repeatedly hosted the festival in the 1960s and whose 'Liberation' Award the festival received, is also central to Omladina?

Accepted Answer

Festival Omladina, also called Omladinski Festival, is a Serbian music festival held in Subotica at the Subotica National Theatre. Its performers were accompanied by the Radio Television Belgrade Big Band, and the festival received the Radio Belgrade Golden Microphone Award among others.

Question 5

This Armenian rock act celebrated six years on stage at the Yerevan State Puppet Theatre, played their debut Moscow solo show at Izvestiya Hall, and gave an open-air concert at Yerevan Brusov State University in support of student protests against a planned university merger. Who are they?

Accepted Answer

On 20 May, the Armenian band Nemra played their first solo concert in Moscow, at Izvestiya Hall. At home in Yerevan, Nemra has performed several sold-out solo shows at the Yerevan State Puppet Theatre, including one marking six years on stage.

Question 6

In 1998, a team from Toms River, New Jersey (Toms River East) won this annual youth baseball tournament held in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Nashville has sent three qualifying teams: in 1970, 2013 and 2014. What is the tournament?

Accepted Answer

In 1998, Toms River East Little League won the Little League World Series. From Nashville, three Little League teams have qualified for the Little League World Series, in 1970, 2013, and 2014.

Question 7

The National Theatre stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's War Horse toured to Oxford's New Theatre in 2019 as part of its UK run. Which North American city hosted a separate Canadian production at Mirvish Productions' Princess of Wales Theatre from 28 February 2012?

Accepted Answer

War Horse opened a Canadian production in Toronto on 28 February 2012 at Mirvish Productions' Princess of Wales Theatre, closing in January 2013. A later UK tour of War Horse also stopped at the New Theatre in Oxford from 22 August to 7 September 2019.

Question 8

Bulgaria beat Albania 4 to 1 on aggregate in the playoff round of the 1983 UEFA European Under-18 Championship. Which country did Albania later defeat 3 to 0 in that nation's capital to clinch qualification for Euro 2016, the Albanian men's team's first major tournament appearance in 50 years?

Accepted Answer

In the 1983 UEFA European Under-18 Championship, Albania nearly qualified but lost their playoff round against Bulgaria 4-1 on aggregate. Years later, Albania beat Armenia 3-0 in Yerevan to reach UEFA Euro 2016, its first men's football tournament in 50 years.

Question 9

Poland's Poznań hosted the 2010 edition of the EuroHockey Nations Challenge, a second-tier competition for European men's national field hockey teams. Which Mediterranean city, whose old town straddles a UN buffer zone dividing the island's north and south, hosted the 2018 Challenge?

Accepted Answer

Poznań hosted the EuroHockey Nations Challenge in 2010, one of the earlier stops on the tournament's rotation for Europe's second-tier field hockey nations. Nicosia hosted the same EuroHockey Nations Challenge in 2018, alongside Cypriot host town Athienou in 2022.

Question 10

Which Brazilian modernist architect, celebrated for the sinuous concrete forms of Brasília, designed the Constantine Mentouri Public University campus in Algeria in the late 1960s and provided the design for a major international cultural centre inaugurated in the Asturian city of Avilés in 2011?

Accepted Answer

The Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer designed Constantine Mentouri Public University in downtown Constantine, alongside Algerian architect Rashid Hassaine. Later, Oscar Niemeyer's International Cultural Centre, known in Spain as Centro Niemeyer, opened in Avilés in 2011.