Bunkagame — July 26, 2026

Question 1

Moscow hosts the Tchaikovsky International Music Competition (piano, violin, cello, singing), and Pretoria hosts the UNISA International Music Competition. Both events are members of what global umbrella body that unites the world's most prestigious classical contests?

Accepted Answer

The Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky International Music Competition, held in Moscow, was a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions until it was retracted in 2022. Pretoria hosts the UNISA International Music Competition, another member of the same federation.

Question 2

Which American alternative rock band, formed at Tufts University in 1991, won Album of the Year at the 2006 Boston Music Awards and played a four-show London stand during a 2004 British tour?

Accepted Answer

The band Guster played its first overseas shows in Canada in 1999, then toured Britain in 2004 with four dates in London and one in Manchester. On 27 September 2006, Guster won Album of the Year at the Boston Music Awards in their hometown of Boston.

Question 3

In this 2015 reality-TV competition, teams began a leg at Kolkata's Oberoi Grand Hotel before flying via Delhi, and a later leg started in the wine country of Penticton, British Columbia. Which season of a globe-trotting Canadian series connected these two stops?

Accepted Answer

The Amazing Race Canada 3 sent teams to Kolkata, with a leg starting at the Oberoi Grand Hotel before racers flew on to Delhi. A later leg then took the teams to Penticton in British Columbia, including stops at D'Angelo Estate Winery and the Osoyoos Desert Model Railroad.

Question 4

Which Indonesian-French pop singer performed at Roberto Cavalli's Casa Fashion Show in Casablanca in 2014 and traveled with Florent Pagny to Havana to shoot a music video?

Accepted Answer

In 2014, Anggun performed at Roberto Cavalli's Casa Fashion Show in Casablanca, Morocco, one of two African shows for her that year. Anggun also traveled to Havana, Cuba to shoot a music video with French singer Florent Pagny, directed by Igreco.

Question 5

Which Chinese contemporary painter, best known for his haunting Bloodline: Big Family portraits inspired by old family photos, saw his work travel in 1995 to both the Vancouver Art Museum and Barcelona's Contemporary Art Museum?

Accepted Answer

In 1995, Chinese artist Zhang Xiaogang was part of the group show 'Des del Pais del Centre: avantguardes artistiques xineses' at the Barcelona Contemporary Art Museum. That same year, Zhang Xiaogang's work also appeared in the New Arts show at the Vancouver Art Museum in Vancouver.

Question 6

Ancient Greeks practised which contest of pulling strength (alongside similar traditions in Egypt, India and China), while modern Poland plays a distinctive variant using dragon boats, with crews of six or eight rowing to drag each other?

Accepted Answer

Tug of war has ancient roots and was practiced in Greece, along with Cambodia, ancient Egypt, India, and China. In Poland, a modern version of tug of war is sometimes played using a dragon boat, with two teams of six or eight rowing against each other.

Question 7

Iran's Çûb-Bâzî or 'stick dance' likely re-enacts combat, and Zimbabwe's Zezuru people perform the Jerusema, whose music and movement once formed part of actual battlefield preparation. What broader dance category unites these two traditions?

Accepted Answer

In Iran, the weapon dance called Cub-Bazi, or 'stick game', is a dance form that likely began as a reenactment of combat with wooden sticks. In Zimbabwe, the Jerusema dance of the Zezuru people is another weapon dance, one that grew directly out of real battlefield preparations.

Question 8

In summer 2024, Kutno, Poland hosted the Europe-Africa Region Tournament from 14 to 21 July, while Bayamo, Cuba had hosted the Cuba Region Tournament earlier that year (from 10 February to 3 March). Both events determined who would fly to Williamsport, Pennsylvania for what youth championship?

Accepted Answer

The 2024 Europe and Africa Little League World Series qualification tournament was held in Kutno, Poland from 14 to 21 July. Cuba ran its own 2024 Little League World Series qualification tournament in Bayamo from 10 February to 3 March.

Question 9

Nashville Superspeedway hosted races in which open-wheel series from 2001 to 2008, while Mooresville, North Carolina (nicknamed 'Race City USA' and better known for NASCAR) is also home to at least one team competing in this same series?

Accepted Answer

IndyCar races were held at a Nashville track from 2001 to 2008, alongside NASCAR-sanctioned events at the same venue. Mooresville is best known as home to many NASCAR teams and drivers, along with an IndyCar team, earning the town the nickname Race City USA.

Question 10

Algeria has been a founding-era member of this oil producers' cartel since 1969, hosting the launch of its Special Fund in Algiers in 1975. Kazakhstan is not a full member but participates in the broader 'plus' grouping alongside Russia and Mexico. Which organisation links the two?

Accepted Answer

Algeria is a member of OPEC, alongside Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and other oil-producing nations. Kazakhstan is one of the countries in the wider OPEC+ group, which also includes Russia, Malaysia, Mexico, and Brazil.