Q 01/05

Borneo ranks where among the world's largest islands?

A) First

B) Second

C) Third

D) Fifth

Answer · why

C) Third

Third: only Greenland and New Guinea are bigger, because Australia, though ringed by sea, is counted as a continent rather than an island.

Q 02/05

Which reality TV show filmed its first American season in 2000 on Pulau Tiga, off Borneo's north coast?

A) The Amazing Race

B) Survivor

C) Temptation Island

D) Shipwrecked

Answer · why

B) Survivor

Survivor made the uninhabited jungle island famous, and the local parks authority now bills Pulau Tiga and its two neighbours as the 'Survivor islands...

Q 03/05

What trophies did Borneo's Iban warriors once carry home from raids?

A) Boar tusks

B) Enemy shields

C) Crocodile skulls

D) Enemy heads

Answer · why

D) Enemy heads

Enemy heads: among the Iban a taken head was proof of a warrior's bravery, and until the early 20th century a man won his standing through his prowess...

Q 04/05

Which line of latitude crosses Borneo, dividing it roughly in half?

A) 10 degrees north

B) The Tropic of Capricorn

C) The Tropic of Cancer

D) The equator

Answer · why

D) The equator

The equator crosses the island at the city of Pontianak, where around midday on the March and September equinoxes the sun stands directly overhead and...

Q 05/05

Which silent weapon do Penan hunters of Borneo's rainforest traditionally use, armed with poison made from tree sap?

A) Blowpipe

B) Crossbow

C) Longbow

D) Sling

Answer · why

A) Blowpipe

Blowpipe: its darts are dipped in the latex of the upas tree, whose toxin stops the heart, and the Penan prize wild pigs above all other game.