Bunkagame — August 17, 2026

Question 1

This 2017 concert tour by the Korean pop group BTS was their first world tour, with dates in China, Japan, Australia and the US as well as sold-out shows across Europe. It was named after the band's second studio album. Which tour was it?

Accepted Answer

The Wings Tour was BTS's first world tour, running from February to December 2017. It followed the album Wings and included their first arena shows in Australia and expanded arena dates in China ahead of the group's global breakthrough.

Question 2

Italian pop singer Laura Pausini launched her 1997 World Wide Tour from Geneva, playing dates in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and more. The tour then crossed the Atlantic to Canada and which other large country where she also performed?

Accepted Answer

Laura Pausini's 1997 tour crossed from Europe into the Americas, with US shows on top of her Canadian and Latin American dates. She would later perform full US arena runs on her 2009 World Tour, reaching cities across the country.

Question 3

In Bulgaria and neighboring Balkan countries, this water pipe for smoking flavored tobacco is called naргиле, from a Sanskrit word for coconut. In Oman and across the Arabian Peninsula, it's often called shisha, from a Persian word for a glass container. Which smoking device is it?

Accepted Answer

The hookah, or shisha, is a communal water pipe used to smoke flavored tobacco through a long hose. It spread from India and Persia across the Arab world and into the Balkans during the Ottoman era, taking on local names in each region.

Question 4

This Hawaiian holiday song by R. Alex Anderson, made famous in 1950 by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, saw a modern chart revival between 2018 and 2025. It reached number 63 on Greece International, appeared on Latvia's DigiTop100, and charted on the Sverigetopplistan Heatseeker in Sweden. Which song is it?

Accepted Answer

Mele Kalikimaka means Merry Christmas in Hawaiian. The Bing Crosby and Andrews Sisters version, first released in 1950, still enters European Christmas charts each December seven decades on.

Question 5

In Detroit, WLLZ leans into harder edged music from the 1980s to the 2000s in this radio format. In Easton, Pennsylvania, WODE-FM (The Hawk) at 99.9 FM plays the same format. Which broad radio format is it?

Accepted Answer

Classic rock is a radio format anchored on the 1970s and 1980s catalog of major rock acts, with playlists that drift into the 1990s and 2000s at some stations. Local classic rock stations like WODE-FM in Easton and WLLZ in Detroit are staples in mid-sized American markets.

Question 6

These Olympic Games were awarded to Sweden and held in Stockholm, the only nominated host city. Finland's football team defeated Russia 2-1 and Italy 3-2 in the first round before losing 9-0 to the Netherlands. In women's diving, Greta Johansson took gold at the 10-metre platform. Which Olympics were these?

Accepted Answer

The 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm are remembered for introducing electric timing, the photo finish, and the first women's swimming and diving events. Finland competed as an autonomous grand duchy of Russia and won its share of medals.

Question 7

In 1906, Joseph Martin of Castle Gate, Cornwall was the champion of this sport in Toronto, followed in 1907 by W. Sampson of Penzance. In 19th-century Nottingham a wrestler known for the Bunny tournament won five titles and reportedly lost only one bout. Which folk sport, native to south-west England, is this?

Accepted Answer

Cornish wrestling is one of Britain's oldest folk sports, with a rulebook dating to the medieval period. Cornish diaspora communities carried it to North America, and Toronto had a lively Cornish wrestling scene through the early 20th century.

Question 8

This 19th-century Urdu poet is remembered as one of the great voices of Delhi, alongside Mir Taqi Mir. In the 1850s, after the fall of the Mughal court, he joined the patronage of the Rampur court in Uttar Pradesh, along with Daagh Dehlvi and Amir Meenai. Which poet is being described?

Accepted Answer

Mirza Ghalib (1797 to 1869) was the towering poet of late-Mughal Delhi, writing in Urdu and Persian. His witty, melancholy verses on love and loss remain widely quoted across South Asia and are still set to music by ghazal singers today.

Question 9

Detroit was one of the bidding cities for this edition of the Summer Games, alongside Lausanne, Brussels and Budapest. Rome won the vote in the first round of balloting. Tokyo and Mexico City hosted the two Olympics that followed. Which Games are these?

Accepted Answer

The 1960 Summer Olympics were held in Rome from 25 August to 11 September 1960, the first Games broadcast live across Europe via television. Detroit made its Summer Games bid but lost early; Mexico City would eventually get its turn eight years later.

Question 10

Adams Lutheran Church in Adams, Green County, Wisconsin was founded by immigrants from the Valdres and Hadeland areas of the origin country of this church. In Tromsø, that same church serves the northern reaches of a country where only 20 percent of people say religion is important. Which church is it?

Accepted Answer

The Church of Norway is a Lutheran state-linked church that traces its lineage to the Reformation. It was long the mother church for many Norwegian-American Lutheran congregations, including Adams Lutheran in Wisconsin, and continues to serve towns like Tromsø in the Arctic north.