Bunkagame — June 5, 2026

Question 1

What musical genre saw a global epicenter in Chicago and produced the band Fiction Factory in Perth?

Accepted Answer

In the 1980s and 90s, Chicago was a global center for house and industrial music and also embraced new wave music, punk, and alternative rock. In Perth, Scotland, the new-wave band Fiction Factory formed and had a hit with '(Feels Like) Heaven' in 1984.

Question 2

What comic artist depicted Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in a 1930s strip and also portrayed the Blackfoot tribe in a "broadly sympathetic" manner in a 1930s adventure set in the United States?

Accepted Answer

In a Quick and Flupke comic strip, Hergé lampooned the far-right leaders of Germany and Italy, Hitler and Mussolini. He also condemned racism in the United States in Tintin in America, where he sympathetically depicted the Blackfoot tribe's oppression at the hands of the U.S. Army.

Question 3

What aviation pioneer's involvement is noted at both the original Union Air Terminal in Burbank and an early airport in Squantum?

Accepted Answer

Amelia Earhart was among the aviation pioneers who piloted planes in and out of the original Union Air Terminal in Burbank. She also helped develop an early airport in Squantum, a village in the city of Quincy, Massachusetts, one of the world's first.

Question 4

What international sporting event has featured both Nagoya and Matsumoto in Japan as host cities?

Accepted Answer

Nagoya was a host city for the Women's Volleyball World Championship in 1998, 2006, and 2010. Matsumoto, Nagano hosted the same tournament in 1998 and 2010.

Question 5

What league has both SV Austria Salzburg and Wiener Neustädter SC (2008) competed in?

Accepted Answer

SV Austria Salzburg, founded in 2005 in Salzburg, once played in Austria's Erste Liga, the tier below the Bundesliga now known as the Austrian Football First League. Wiener Neustadter SC also played in the same league, at a stadium in Wiener Neustadt that was later replaced by the Wiener Neustadt Arena.

Question 6

Charleston, West Virginia has a soccer team that plays in USL League Two. Which other city is home to a USL League Two team?

Accepted Answer

A soccer team in Charleston, West Virginia plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of American soccer, in the Eastern Conference's South Atlantic Division. The Ventura County Fusion Soccer Club, based in Ventura, California, plays in the same league.

Question 7

What junior ice hockey league features teams in both Victoria, British Columbia and Spokane, Washington?

Accepted Answer

The Victoria Royals of the Western Hockey League play their home games in Victoria, British Columbia, replacing the older Victoria Salmon Kings. The Spokane Chiefs also play in the same league and are based at the Spokane Arena in Spokane, Washington.

Question 8

What religious figure is honored by churches in both Idrija and Neeleeswaram?

Accepted Answer

In Idrija, one of the town's churches is dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua, alongside churches for the Holy Trinity and Our Lady of Sorrows. In Neeleeswaram, St. Antony's Church in Naduvattom is also named for Anthony of Padua and hosts local cultural events.

Question 9

What colonial administrative entity incorporated Bondoukou and made Abidjan its financial center?

Accepted Answer

The French incorporated Bondoukou into French West Africa in 1899. Abidjan later became the main financial center of French West Africa, the sprawling colony that grouped several French territories in the region.

Question 10

What indigenous group's ancestral lands are referenced in relation to both Chadron, Nebraska, and Rapid City, South Dakota?

Accepted Answer

The Sioux used the land around Chadron, Nebraska as a hunting ground after pushing other tribes west. Rapid City, South Dakota lies at the edge of the Black Hills, which a court later ruled the federal government had unfairly taken from the Sioux by breaking a treaty.