Bunkagame — August 26, 2026

Question 1

This 19th-century American sculptor of African American and Ojibwe heritage was profiled in Maine Antique Digest in 2011, and her work was showcased alongside Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1995. Which artist made her name carving neoclassical marble figures in the 1860s while in Rome?

Accepted Answer

Edmonia Lewis (c. 1844-1907) was the first sculptor of African American and Native American heritage to achieve international acclaim. Her signature marble works, including 'Forever Free' and busts of abolitionist figures like Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, were carved during a long expatriate career in Rome.

Question 2

Comayagua, Honduras, is famous for the Holy Week processions in its historic center, where images of saints are carried on huge wooden platforms in a tradition similar to Guatemala's. Which Spanish city, in the region of Castile and León, also holds elaborate Holy Week processions?

Accepted Answer

Palencia's Holy Week (Semana Santa) processions date back to the 15th century and were declared of International Tourist Interest in 2019. Similar processions take place across many Spanish cities during the week before Easter.

Question 3

Zambian striker Godfrey Chitalu played in the 1978 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana, but Zambia lost him to injury in the first game. A decade later Zambia beat this Central American country 4 to 0 at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics football tournament, though Chitalu was left out of that squad. Which country did they defeat?

Accepted Answer

Zambia's 4 to 0 win over Guatemala at Seoul 1988 was one of the biggest results in that country's football history. Zambia later stunned Italy in the same tournament with a shocking 4 to 0 victory, one of Africa's finest Olympic performances.

Question 4

This global girl group, formed through a HYBE and Geffen Records reality-show competition, has members from South Korea, Switzerland, the United States and the Philippines. The group made its M Countdown debut in Seoul in September 2024. Which pop act is being described?

Accepted Answer

Katseye debuted in June 2024 as a girl group assembled from a global casting reality series called 'The Debut: Dream Academy'. Their multinational lineup and viral English-language singles like 'Touch' and 'Gnarly' turned them into one of the fastest-rising acts in K-pop-inflected Western pop.

Question 5

The Olympic Amphitheatre in Hamar, Norway hosted the figure skating events at the 1994 Winter Olympics, where American skater Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan shared the ice after the Kerrigan attack scandal. In which US city did Matt Harkins and Viviana Olen open a Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding Museum in their apartment in 2014?

Accepted Answer

The Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding Museum lived from 2014 in a tiny Brooklyn apartment, collecting news clippings and memorabilia from figure skating's most infamous rivalry. Harding won two US championships and was the first American woman to land a triple axel in competition.

Question 6

This NBA team, awarded a franchise in 1968, played its early home games at the Coliseum in Phoenix before moving to America West Arena in 1992. In the 2023 playoffs, they defeated the Los Angeles Clippers in five games before losing to Denver. Which team is it?

Accepted Answer

The Phoenix Suns reached the 2021 NBA Finals but lost to the Milwaukee Bucks. They acquired Kevin Durant in February 2023, briefly rocketing their championship odds among the best in the league.

Question 7

In the early 1920s, American bartender Victor Vaughen Morris invented this cocktail in Lima, the capital of Peru. The Chilean version is often made with juice from limón de Pica, a small citrus grown near the Chilean town of Limón. Which cocktail, based on a grape brandy, connects the two cities?

Accepted Answer

Both Peru and Chile claim the pisco sour as their national cocktail, and both countries have Pisco Sour Days. The core recipe combines pisco brandy, lime juice, simple syrup, egg white, and Angostura bitters.

Question 8

Beginning in the early 1980s, this avant-garde Japanese dance form began touring abroad. It is marked by full-body white or dark paint, near or complete nudity, shaved heads, grotesque costumes, and mouths opened in silent screams. San Francisco has hosted a festival for the form, and Kyoto has a dedicated theatre. Which dance form is it?

Accepted Answer

Butoh emerged in Japan in 1959 through choreographers Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno as a rebellion against both Western dance and traditional Japanese forms. It grew out of the trauma of post-war Japan.

Question 9

Sherman Indian High School in Riverside, California, and Uintah River High School in Duchesne, Utah, both have teams that play this Native American style of basketball. It emphasizes an extremely fast pace and constant shooting, and is a cultural staple of many US reservation communities. Which sport is it?

Accepted Answer

Rezball (short for 'reservation basketball') is a fast, high-scoring style closely associated with Native American communities in the American Southwest. Tournaments among tribal schools are major community events.

Question 10

Waste on Adak Island in Alaska was previously buried at a permitted site operated under state environmental regulations. In Amarillo, Texas, non-hazardous solid waste is also collected for burial at a similar city-run facility. Which basic type of waste-disposal site connects the two towns?

Accepted Answer

Landfills are the most common waste-disposal method in the United States, though rates vary widely by state. Modern sanitary landfills include liner systems and gas capture that older 'dump' sites lacked.