Bunkagame — September 18, 2026

Question 1

When Chinese Communist delegates first arrived in Prague in 1949, having just taken control of Beijing in the Chinese Civil War, they helped launch what would become their new national anthem. Which patriotic song, originally written for a 1935 anti-Japanese film, is it?

Accepted Answer

'March of the Volunteers' was written in 1935 as the theme of an anti-Japanese film. After the Communist victory in 1949 it was adopted as the People's Republic of China's national anthem and first heard on the international stage at events like the 1949 Prague peace congress.

Question 2

This 2015 Adam McKay film about the 2007-2008 housing crash was shot partly in Manhattan on Mercer Street in May 2015, and released in just eight theatres in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Chicago on 11 December 2015. Which Wall Street drama starring Christian Bale and Steve Carell is it?

Accepted Answer

The Big Short, directed by Adam McKay in 2015, dramatises the subprime mortgage crisis through Michael Lewis's non-fiction book. It opened in just eight US theatres in December 2015 across Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Chicago, earning around $705,000 in its opening week.

Question 3

American classical crossover singer Jackie Evancho, who rose to fame on America's Got Talent as a child, appeared on Fox's Good Day Chicago at Christmas 2016. A major Canadian city's tabloid ran an early profile of her on 10 December 2010, when she was just ten years old. Which city was that?

Accepted Answer

The Toronto Sun ran an early profile of Jackie Evancho in December 2010, when she was only 10 and had just finished runner-up on America's Got Talent. Chicago audiences saw her on Fox's Good Day Chicago Christmas segment years later.

Question 4

This German violinist gave anniversary concerts in Seoul and Tokyo, and has performed regularly in Trondheim and other Nordic classical venues. Her best-selling recordings include 'Carmen Fantasie' with James Levine and the Vienna Philharmonic. Which world-renowned violinist is she?

Accepted Answer

Anne-Sophie Mutter, born in Rheinfelden in 1963 and mentored by Herbert von Karajan, is one of the most recorded classical violinists of her generation. Her Vienna Philharmonic recording of 'Carmen Fantasie' remains a top-seller.

Question 5

The Architecture of Bangladesh, shaped by Mughal architectural traditions that spread from Delhi, includes Sultanate-era cities like Sonargaon, capital of the Baro-Bhuyan Confederacy. Which South Asian capital city, sitting on the Buriganga River, is the greatest surviving centre of this national architectural tradition?

Accepted Answer

Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital on the Buriganga River, holds the country's greatest concentration of Mughal, Sultanate, colonial, and modernist architecture, including Louis Kahn's Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.

Question 6

This company, based in Moncton, is the only ballet company in Canada whose 'home' territory covers four provinces including Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, plus New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador. Which dance company is it?

Accepted Answer

Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada, founded in 2002 and based in Moncton, New Brunswick, serves as the resident ballet for all four Atlantic provinces, an arrangement unique among Canadian dance companies.

Question 7

This cult stage production, first staged in London in 1973, opened its Haymarket production in Leicester in August 1979 in association with Cameron Mackintosh, and a Spanish-language version had already been staged at Teatro Pigalle in Buenos Aires by Héctor Cavallero and Leonardo Barujel in July 1975. Which stage musical is it?

Accepted Answer

The Rocky Horror Show, written by Richard O'Brien and premiered in London in 1973, quickly spread worldwide, reaching Buenos Aires in 1975 and touring UK regional theatres like Leicester's Haymarket by the late 1970s.

Question 8

Composer Mykola Lysenko believed this Ukrainian opera, based on a Gogol novel about Cossacks, would be too ambitious for Ukrainian houses, so it was first fully performed in Moscow, and its Act 4 prelude was given at a Kyiv concert in 1914 under Russian composer Reinhold Glière. Which opera is it?

Accepted Answer

Lysenko's 'Taras Bulba', based on Gogol's Cossack novel, is considered Ukraine's national opera. It waited decades for a full Ukrainian production after its Moscow premiere; the 1914 Kyiv performance featured only its Act 4 prelude.

Question 9

Azerbaijan counts this five-a-side indoor variant of football among its most popular sports, and Spain is one of a handful of nations, along with Brazil and Portugal, where it is played professionally rather than only as an amateur pastime. Which sport is being described?

Accepted Answer

Futsal is FIFA's recognised five-a-side indoor variant of association football, played on a hard court with a low-bounce ball. Brazil, Spain, Portugal and Iran have historically dominated the FIFA Futsal World Cup, while amateur leagues exist across most of the football-playing world.

Question 10

After the 1138 testament of Boleslaus III divided Poland into duchies for his sons, this Piast prince ruled the western duchy including Poznań for decades and was later buried in Kalisz. Which medieval Polish ruler is he?

Accepted Answer

Mieszko III the Old (1122–1202), a son of Bolesław III Wrymouth, ruled Greater Poland from his seat at Poznań and briefly held the senior duchy at Kraków several times. He was buried in Kalisz Cathedral.