Q 01/05

Bali, far smaller than neighbouring Java, is the westernmost of which island group?

A) The Moluccas

B) The Lesser Sunda Islands

C) The Greater Sunda Islands

D) The Riau Islands

Answer · why

B) The Lesser Sunda Islands

The Lesser Sunda Islands run east from Bali towards Timor, yet Bali is the odd one out: west of the deep Lombok Strait, its wildlife matches Java's, n...

Q 02/05

What is the capital of Bali province?

A) Kuta

B) Ubud

C) Denpasar

D) Singaraja

Answer · why

C) Denpasar

Denpasar took over only after independence: the Dutch had governed Bali from Singaraja, a port on the opposite, northern coast.

Q 03/05

Unlike mostly Hindu Bali, nearly nine in ten Indonesians follow which religion?

A) Islam

B) Buddhism

C) Christianity

D) Confucianism

Answer · why

A) Islam

Islam is the faith of about 87% of Indonesians; Bali differs because Hindu nobles and priests took refuge there when Java's courts converted in the 16...

Q 04/05

Beans for Bali's kopi luwak coffee pass through which animal?

A) Civet

B) Macaque

C) Fruit bat

D) Pangolin

Answer · why

A) Civet

A civet eats the coffee cherries and the beans are collected from its droppings; a 2016 study of 16 Bali plantations found the wild-caught civets kept...

Q 05/05

Bali's tallest statue, unveiled in 2018, shows the god Vishnu riding which mythical bird?

A) Jatayu

B) Hamsa

C) Phoenix

D) Garuda

Answer · why

D) Garuda

Garuda carries Vishnu in the 121-metre monument, which took 28 years to finish as money ran short and building stopped and started.