Bunkagame — September 1, 2026

Question 1

This crispy wafer chocolate bar is made by Nestlé in 16 countries. In the United Kingdom it comes in flavours like White Chocolate, Caramel and Peanut Butter. In France it is sold as 'Choc'n'Go' individually wrapped fingers. Which chocolate bar is it?

Accepted Answer

Kit Kat is made by Nestlé in 16 countries including the United Kingdom, where the 'Chunky' single-finger bar launched in 1998, and France, where the fingers are sold individually wrapped as 'Choc'n'Go'. The bar also comes in shapes like square 'Kubes' and praline 'Senses'.

Question 2

This bean and meat stew is a national dish of Brazil. In Bahia, cooks add plantains, kale and pumpkins to the pot. In Ceará, an 1860 newspaper described it as salted sun-dried meat, black beans, bacon and coarse cassava flour. Which dish is it?

Accepted Answer

Feijoada is a bean and meat stew widely called a national dish of Brazil, especially of Pernambuco and Bahia. In Ceará, an 1860 newspaper described a version made with sun-dried salted meat, black beans, bacon and coarse cassava flour.

Question 3

This American athlete, considered one of the greatest all-around sportsmen of the early 1900s, played football for a Quad Cities team in 1924 and earlier played minor league baseball for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1916. Which sports legend is it?

Accepted Answer

Jim Thorpe, the Native American Olympic gold medalist and professional football pioneer, played for the Quad Cities team in 1924 and appeared for the minor league Milwaukee Brewers in 1916 during a career that also included Major League Baseball.

Question 4

In Portugal a battered version of this seafood is called 'lulas à sevilhana', named after Seville which popularised the dish. In Manhattan restaurants a black-ink pasta is made with it. In English kitchens it is often called calamari. Which seafood is it?

Accepted Answer

Squid, often called calamari in English kitchens, features in the Portuguese dish 'lulas à sevilhana' named for Seville, and in squid-ink pasta at Manhattan restaurants. It is also common grilled, stewed or stuffed with minced meat.

Question 5

The 2012 Carly Rae Jepsen pop hit 'Call Me Maybe' topped the charts across Europe, including in Hungary, Luxembourg, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Which large Central European country, with capital Warsaw, also saw the song reach number one?

Accepted Answer

'Call Me Maybe' topped the charts in Poland alongside Hungary, France, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. The song became a global viral phenomenon in 2012.

Question 6

In May 2011 The Bahamas' Football Association vice-president said he had been offered $40,000 in cash to vote for Mohamed bin Hammam's presidential bid for this body, while Cameroon's Issa Hayatou faced separate allegations of taking Qatari payments for 2022 World Cup support. Which sport's world governing body is at the centre?

Accepted Answer

FIFA is the international governing body of association football, founded in 1904 and headquartered in Zürich. The bribery allegations tied to the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids eventually toppled longtime president Sepp Blatter in 2015.

Question 7

This Armenian grandmaster was born in Yerevan in 1982, defeated Vladimir Kramnik in a 2007 rapid match, and played the World Rapid and Blitz Championship in Berlin in October 2015. In 2012 he founded a chess school in his home city. Which player is it?

Accepted Answer

Levon Aronian was born in Yerevan in 1982, became one of the world's top chess players, and played the World Rapid and Blitz Championship in Berlin in 2015. His Yerevan chess school trains talented young players aged 10 to 18.

Question 8

In October 1988 India banned the importation of Salman Rushdie's fourth novel and Sierra Leone was among a group of Muslim-minority states that later imposed penalties for possessing the book. What is this novel?

Accepted Answer

The Satanic Verses controversy erupted after Salman Rushdie's 1988 novel was condemned by many Muslim communities for perceived blasphemy. Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie's death in February 1989, and dozens of countries including India and Sierra Leone banned or restricted the book.

Question 9

The Montreal Canadiens' operated the St. John's IceCaps from 2015 to 2017 in the American Hockey League. In which Quebec city on the St. Lawrence River did their ECHL farm club, the Lions, begin play in 2021?

Accepted Answer

Trois-Rivières, on the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, hosts the ECHL's Trois-Rivières Lions, the farm team of the Montreal Canadiens, from the 2021–22 season onward. The Canadiens' Molson-family ownership had earlier operated the St. John's IceCaps in the AHL.

Question 10

This northwestern Iberian language is part of a language family spread through Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Cape Verde and Mozambique. Which language, spoken in the Spanish region north of Portugal, is it?

Accepted Answer

The Galician language, spoken in Galicia in northwestern Spain, belongs to the same Ibero-Romance family as Portuguese. That kinship links Galician to speakers in Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Cape Verde and Mozambique across the Portuguese-speaking world.