Bunkagame — August 25, 2026

Question 1

A few years after rescuing a Chinese diplomat's daughter, LAPD Detective James Carter travels to Hong Kong on vacation with his friend, Chief Inspector Lee. This action-comedy sequel starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker premiered on July 26, 2001, on a United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Hong Kong. Which film is it?

Accepted Answer

Rush Hour 2 (2001) was directed by Brett Ratner and became the highest-grossing martial arts film in North America at the time. Chan and Tucker returned for Rush Hour 3 in 2007.

Question 2

This 2008 song by Beyoncé was released in Portugal, Canada, and many other countries on February 5, 2009. It won three Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year, and its black-and-white music video with three dancers became one of the most parodied videos of the era. Which song is it?

Accepted Answer

'Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)' has been credited with reviving interest in dance choreography for pop videos and inspired countless imitations, most famously from Justin Timberlake on Saturday Night Live.

Question 3

This American burger chain, founded in Los Angeles in 1941 and known for its Six Dollar Burger and Western Bacon Cheeseburger, has franchises across Central America including in Costa Rica and Honduras. Which fast-food chain connects the two countries?

Accepted Answer

Carl's Jr. was founded by Carl Karcher as a hot dog cart in Los Angeles in 1941. It now operates in over 30 countries, though it competes globally against much larger chains like McDonald's and Burger King.

Question 4

In 2008, activist Denis Hayes flew to Chicago to help reorganize the local Earth Day committee, which had been targeted by pro-business interests. Two years earlier, Earth Day Network partnered with Global Village to organize the first-ever coordinated Earth Day events in the capital of which East Asian country?

Accepted Answer

Beijing was the site of the first coordinated Earth Day events in China in 2006. Earth Day itself began in 1970 in the United States, spurred by Senator Gaylord Nelson, and became global in 1990.

Question 5

This British alternative rock band, known for 1990s hits like 'Every You Every Me' and 'Pure Morning', toured Russia in June 2014. In March 2022 they launched the Never Let Me Go tour, an extensive European trek that stopped in Austria among many other countries. Which band is it?

Accepted Answer

Placebo was formed in London in 1994 by Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal. Their genre-blending sound and Molko's androgynous stage presence made them a defining act of the late-1990s British alt-rock scene.

Question 6

The first codified rules of this centuries-old racket sport were written by a professional named Forbet and published in 1599. The game thrived among 17th-century nobility in France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. It is called courte-paume in France, and court tennis in the United States. Which sport is it?

Accepted Answer

Real tennis (from French 'royal tennis') is the historical ancestor of modern lawn tennis. Only about 50 active courts survive worldwide, mostly in England, France, Australia, and the United States.

Question 7

Mexico City's golf courses have hosted women's tour events run by this American organization, which is the oldest continuing women's professional sports body in the United States. Phoenix, Arizona, hosts the same tour's Founder's Cup. Which golf organization connects the two cities?

Accepted Answer

The LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) was founded in 1950 and is the leading tour for women's professional golf. The USGA distractor is close-but-wrong; it governs both amateur and professional golf in the United States but does not run a tour.

Question 8

The Municipal Theater in Santiago, Chile, seats 1,500 spectators and hosts regular opera and ballet performances. Which Austrian city, hosting the Landestheater's Musiktheater venue with opera and typical Austrian operetta performances, connects to Santiago through this same art form?

Accepted Answer

Linz, Austria's third-largest city, is home to the Musiktheater am Volksgarten, a modern opera house opened in 2013 that hosts the Landestheater Linz opera company. The city was also Adolf Hitler's boyhood home and later UNESCO City of Media Arts.

Question 9

This North African football team won the 2022 Kirin Cup Soccer in Japan for the first time, defeating both Chile and the hosts, with Ferjani Sassi named best player. Earlier, at the 2018 World Cup finals hosted by Russia, they exited in the group stage after a 1 to 1 draw with Belgium and losses to Russia's co-host Japan. Which team is it?

Accepted Answer

Tunisia has qualified for six FIFA World Cups but never advanced past the group stage. In their 2022 Kirin Cup win, they were preparing for the Qatar World Cup, where they upset defending champion France but again exited in the group phase.

Question 10

Emmitsburg, Maryland is home to the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes. Stockbridge, Massachusetts has a similar structure at the Shrine of The Divine Mercy. Both replicate which famous French pilgrimage cave where Bernadette Soubirous reported Marian apparitions in 1858?

Accepted Answer

Replicas of the Lourdes grotto (the natural cave where Bernadette Soubirous saw visions of the Virgin Mary in 1858) sprang up around the Catholic world in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Emmitsburg's shrine, dating to 1875, is one of the oldest in North America.