Q 01/05

Borneo ranks where among the world's largest islands?

A) Fifth

B) Third

C) First

D) Second

Answer · why

B) Third

At 748,168 km2 it trails only Greenland and New Guinea, and is home to about 23 million people.

Q 02/05

How many sovereign states share the island of Borneo?

A) Three

B) Two

C) One

D) Four

Answer · why

A) Three

Indonesia holds about 73%, Malaysia's Sabah and Sarawak about 26%, and Brunei roughly 1%.

Q 03/05

What is the Indonesian name for Borneo and for its part of the island?

A) Nusantara

B) Sundaland

C) Sulawesi

D) Kalimantan

Answer · why

D) Kalimantan

Indonesian Kalimantan is split into five provinces: West, Central, South, East and North.

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 island sits at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, north of Java and east of Sumatra.

Q 05/05

Roughly what share of Borneo is Indonesian territory?

A) About 90%

B) About 50%

C) About 26%

D) About 73%

Answer · why

D) About 73%

Sabah and Sarawak make up about 26%, and Brunei about 1%; Malaysia's Labuan sits on an islet just offshore.