Bunkagame — September 26, 2026

Question 1

Which South African musician, nicknamed the Princess of Africa and hailing from Soweto, has been a star of township pop for over 35 years and has toured widely, from Cameroon and Nigeria to Gabon and Ivory Coast?

Accepted Answer

Yvonne Chaka Chaka, born in 1965 and raised in Soweto, has been a leading force in South African pop for over 35 years, earning the nickname Princess of Africa through tours in Cameroon, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, Ghana, Gabon, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast.

Question 2

Which famous American racehorse of the early 1900s ran at the Brighton Beach track in New York City in one of his most talked-about starts, and later had a short passenger railway line running from Bloomington, Minnesota to Minneapolis named after him?

Accepted Answer

Dan Patch was a champion American racehorse of the early 20th century, so beloved that a Minneapolis-to-Bloomington passenger railway line took his name. He ran famous starts at tracks such as Brighton Beach in New York City.

Question 3

Which 2008 pop hit by Katy Perry, about a boyfriend who can't make up his mind, charted at number one in more than a dozen countries and reached the top five in Australia and Bulgaria?

Accepted Answer

Hot n Cold, a 2008 single by Katy Perry, charted in the top five in Australia and Bulgaria and was certified diamond in Australia and Brazil, becoming one of the most successful pop songs of its year.

Question 4

Which fizzy drink was tested by the Coca-Cola Company in 1994 in cities including Austin, Texas and Denver, Colorado, aimed at Generation X with cynical, art-heavy cans, but never captured more than 3 percent of the market and was quietly killed off within two years?

Accepted Answer

OK Soda was Coca-Cola's 1994 attempt to market a moody, ironic drink to Generation X. Test-launched in cities like Austin and Denver, its art cans became cult items but sales never took off, and it was pulled after less than two years.

Question 5

Which Broadway musical, famous for its puppet-and-actor cast and adult humour about post-college life that riffs affectionately on Sesame Street, won the 2004 Tony for Best Musical and has been staged around the world, including in Brazil, Portugal, Mexico and Australia?

Accepted Answer

Avenue Q, the puppet-and-actor Broadway hit, has been staged in Brazil, Portugal, Mexico, France, Germany, Hong Kong, South Africa, Spain and Denmark. Its bawdy songs about lost twenty-somethings gently mock Sesame Street.

Question 6

Which 19th century American poet, who spent his last years in Camden, is honoured by a famous long-span bridge across the Delaware River near Camden, New Jersey that opened in 1957, with the University of Pennsylvania library holding a large collection of letters about the controversial naming?

Accepted Answer

The Walt Whitman Bridge, opened in 1957, crosses the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Gloucester City, New Jersey, near the poet's home in Camden. Letters about the controversial naming are held in the University of Pennsylvania library.

Question 7

This Latin American partner dance, tightly linked to fast horn-driven Latin music, is loved across Ecuador and other Andean nations. Cuba has its own version called Casino, which is often marketed abroad as the Cuban style of the same dance. Which dance is being described?

Accepted Answer

Salsa is a Latin American partner dance danced to salsa music. In Cuba, a version called Casino was marketed abroad as Salsa Cubana in the 1970s to distinguish it from other salsa styles, while Ecuador and other South American countries have their own local scenes.

Question 8

Ice hockey is one of the most popular sports in Latvia, one of Europe's hockey heartlands. In which Asian country did the Daur people play a very old field hockey style game called beikou for about 1,000 years?

Accepted Answer

Mongolia, specifically Inner Mongolia, is where the Daur people have played a field hockey style game called beikou for about 1,000 years. In Latvia, ice hockey is one of the most popular sports.

Question 9

Lithuania made their first appearance in this continental basketball championship in 1992 after the Soviet Union dissolved, and Israel shocked the basketball world at the 1979 edition by defeating Yugoslavia in the opening round before losing to the Soviets in the final. Which continental basketball championship is being described?

Accepted Answer

EuroBasket is the FIBA-run European championship for men's national basketball teams. Lithuania won their first EuroBasket title in 2003 by defeating Spain in the final, while Israel's stunning 1979 run to the final ended with a 96-77 loss to the Soviet Union.

Question 10

Which ancient religious teacher, according to some Islamic scholars born near Lake Urmia in what is today Iran, in either East Azerbaijan or West Azerbaijan province, preached the worship of a single god of light, and has followers who still practice their fire-based faith today?

Accepted Answer

Zoroaster, the founder of Zoroastrianism, was traditionally said by some Islamic writers to have been born near Lake Urmia (Lake Orumieh) in what is now Iran's Azerbaijan region, at sites named Chichesht or Ganzak.