Bunkagame — July 30, 2026

Question 1

This American subscription video service reached Indonesia via a Hotstar partnership in September 2020 and expanded into Sweden and other Nordic markets the same month. Which streaming platform links these two countries?

Accepted Answer

Disney+ launched in Indonesia through Hotstar on 5 September 2020. Ten days later, on 15 September 2020, Disney+ expanded into Sweden along with Norway, Denmark, Finland, Portugal, and Belgium, and in 2024 added live UEFA Europa League football in Sweden.

Question 2

Bucharest hosted this annual televised song competition for performers aged 9 to 14 under the slogan 'Let the Music Play', and Yerevan later took its turn as host city with the slogan 'Reach for the Top!'. Which contest links the two capitals?

Accepted Answer

Yerevan has hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest under the slogan 'Reach for the Top!', and again more recently as 'Spin the Magic'. Bucharest also hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, with the slogan 'Let the Music Play' for its edition.

Question 3

In his 2007 New Yorker article 'The Redirection', this Pulitzer-winning American investigative journalist alleged that the United States and one Gulf kingdom were covertly funding Sunni militant groups in Lebanon to counter Shiite Hezbollah. Which country did he name?

Accepted Answer

In a March 2007 article, Seymour Hersh alleged that the U.S. and Saudi Arabia were covertly backing Sunni extremist groups to push back against Shiite Iran and Syria. He also claimed the Lebanon government was arming Sunni militant groups in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon to counter Shiite-backed Hezbollah.

Question 4

This War of 1812 US naval commander gave his name to McDonough County in western Illinois, and in Vermont he is remembered with a monument on the Vergennes city green marking where the USS Saratoga was built for his victory at the Battle of Plattsburgh. Which commodore connects the two states?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Macdonough was reassigned to Burlington, Vermont in October 1812 to command U.S. naval forces on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812. Illinois later honored him by carving out McDonough County, whose seat Macomb is named for him.

Question 5

In 2002, director Juan José Campanella collected an Audience Award for his Argentine tragicomedy at the Oslo Films from the South Festival and, later the same year, another Best Foreign-Language Feature Audience Award at the São Paulo International Film Festival. Which film links the two cities?

Accepted Answer

In 2002, Juan Jose Campanella's film Son of the Bride won the Audience Award at the Oslo Films from the South Festival in Oslo. That same year, Son of the Bride also won the Audience Award for best foreign-language feature at the São Paulo International Film Festival.

Question 6

The flame for this event was ignited at Olympia in Greece on 24 March 2008 and, weeks later, its Nagano leg in Japan prompted the head of the National Public Safety Commission to refuse Chinese security runners on Japanese soil. Which relay connects the two countries?

Accepted Answer

The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay began when the Olympic flame was lit on 24 March 2008 in Olympia, Greece, then carried through Athens to Beijing. In Japan, the Zenko-ji temple's main hall in Nagano was later vandalized with spray paint, and Japan barred Chinese security runners from guarding the flame.

Question 7

The Homestead-Miami Speedway oval near Miami hosts the season-ending races for which American motorsport's premier stock-car series. Its earliest history begins with the Occoneechee Speedway just outside Hillsborough, North Carolina, one of the first two tracks to open in 1949.

Accepted Answer

The Homestead-Miami Speedway near Miami hosts NASCAR races on its oval each year. Near Hillsborough, the Occoneechee Speedway was one of the first two NASCAR tracks to open, back in 1949.

Question 8

In April 2012 the Andalusian city of Seville formally declared this practice part of its cultural heritage, while across the Atlantic it takes centre stage each December during the Cali Fair in Colombia. What tradition connects the two cities?

Accepted Answer

In April 2012, the Andalusian city of Seville declared bullfighting to be part of the city's cultural heritage. In Cali, Colombia, bullfighting is staged as part of the Cali Fair held every December in the city.

Question 9

Valencia's vineyards were devastated during the civil war from 1936 to 1939 along with Catalonia's, while the small Murcian town of Jumilla is best known for its Monastrell-based Denominación de Origen output. What broad Iberian industry links the two places?

Accepted Answer

During the Spanish Civil War, Spanish wine regions like Valencia and Catalonia were hit especially hard, with vineyards neglected and wineries destroyed. Jumilla is another major Spanish wine region, best known for its Monastrell red wines.

Question 10

South Ayrshire delivered a well-above-average 57.9% 'No' vote in this ballot, while neighbouring Renfrewshire split more narrowly at 52.8% 'No' to 47.2% 'Yes'. Which nationwide vote returned these council-area results?

Accepted Answer

In the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, South Ayrshire rejected independence by an above-average margin of 57.9% No to 42.1% Yes. Renfrewshire also voted No, with 52.8% against and 47.2% in favor, a higher Yes vote than the national result.