Bunkagame — September 13, 2026

Question 1

Which American coffee-and-donut chain, founded by William Rosenberg in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1950, opened its first Asian outlet in Ginza, Tokyo in 1969, and expanded into Colombia with a first Bogotá store in 1983?

Accepted Answer

Dunkin' Donuts (rebranded simply as Dunkin' in 2019) now operates more than 13,000 stores worldwide. Its Japan business closed in 1998 but a Middle East and Southeast Asia expansion in the 2000s and 2010s made it a global chain, second only to Starbucks in coffee sales.

Question 2

Traditionally eaten by hand in Japan, this dish has roots in a fermented rice preservation technique that likely began along the Mekong River basin in what is now Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Which dish is now a global staple thanks in part to conveyor-belt restaurants?

Accepted Answer

Modern nigiri sushi, a slice of raw fish on hand-pressed vinegared rice, dates only from 1820s Edo (Tokyo), but the underlying rice-and-fish fermentation technique is a millennium older. Norway's push to sell salmon for raw consumption in the 1980s created what is now one of the most familiar sushi toppings.

Question 3

Which 2012-13 Lady Gaga concert tour sold out its Barcelona pre-sale so fast that Spanish ticketing sites crashed, and drew more than 22,000 fans to an outdoor concert in Bucharest, Romania?

Accepted Answer

The Born This Way Ball ran from April 2012 to February 2013 and grossed over $180 million worldwide. It was cut short by Gaga's hip surgery in February 2013, forcing cancellation of the remaining North American dates.

Question 4

This 2012 song by the British singer-songwriter Passenger (Mike Rosenberg) topped the charts in Germany, Luxembourg and more than a dozen other countries in 2013, and made him a global name after years of busking around Europe. Which acoustic folk-pop ballad?

Accepted Answer

'Let Her Go' spent five weeks at number two on the UK Singles Chart in early 2013. Its melancholy refrain, 'only missing the light when it's fading', turned Passenger from a Sydney street busker into an arena headliner within two years.

Question 5

Which 1965 Bob Dylan song, begun after Mardi Gras in New Orleans during a February 1964 road trip, was famously played at journalist Hunter S. Thompson's funeral and named in his novel 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'?

Accepted Answer

Bob Dylan released 'Mr. Tambourine Man' on his 1965 album 'Bringing It All Back Home'. The Byrds' jangly cover, released the same year, hit number one in the US and UK, and helped launch the folk-rock genre.

Question 6

This New Zealand rugby team, announced in August 2012 to play three matches in the United Kingdom, was controversially excluded from the first three All Blacks tours of South Africa in 1928, 1949 and 1960 during the apartheid era. Which side is being described?

Accepted Answer

The Māori All Blacks are one of the oldest representative rugby union sides in the world, dating to 1888. Their exclusion from apartheid-era South Africa tours became a lightning rod in New Zealand's anti-apartheid movement, culminating in the disruption of the 1981 Springbok tour.

Question 7

Which mixed martial arts promotion, taken over by Irishman Graham Boylan in 2010 and expanded across mainland Europe and Asia to Ukraine, Russia, Jordan and the UAE, saw its 114th event become the first MMA show officially approved by the United Kingdom government?

Accepted Answer

Cage Warriors was founded in 2001 and became one of Europe's leading MMA promotions. Its UK event number 114 marked the first time a mixed martial arts card received official UK government approval. Under Irishman Graham Boylan, the promotion also staged shows in Ukraine, Russia, Jordan and the UAE.

Question 8

Which cue sport is widely accepted to have originated in Jabalpur, India, in the 1870s among British Army officers, and today is played in venues around the world including a billiards hall in Banagher, County Offaly?

Accepted Answer

Snooker was reputedly named by British officer Sir Neville Chamberlain in 1875, using an old slang term for a raw recruit. It became a professional sport in 1927 with the first World Championship, and Ronnie O'Sullivan has since dominated modern snooker with a record seven world titles.

Question 9

Piedmont grows Nebbiolo (whose autumn-fog namesake shapes Barolo and Barbaresco), Moscato blanc (for Moscato d'Asti) and the 15th-century white grape Arneis. Marche's native Pecorino grape features in Falerio dei Colli Ascolani DOC wines. Which national wine tradition includes both of these regions?

Accepted Answer

Italian wine dates back to the Etruscans and, at more than 60 million hectoliters a year, competes with France for the title of world's largest producer. The DOCG and DOC designations, introduced in the 1960s, formalised the country's rich patchwork of regional grapes and styles.

Question 10

This late 14th century monarch left a regency council including the Marquis of Villena to rule Castile in his absence, and in July 1385 marched his army with French cavalry through Ciudad Rodrigo into Portugal, only to be crushed at Aljubarrota. Which Castilian king led that ill-fated 1385 invasion?

Accepted Answer

John I of Castile (reigned 1379–1390) failed to seize the Portuguese crown through his marriage to Beatrice of Portugal. His crushing defeat at Aljubarrota by the outnumbered Portuguese army secured the House of Aviz's rule and confirmed Portugal's independence for centuries to come.