Q 01/05

On which island does Brunei lie?

A) Java

B) Borneo

C) Sumatra

D) Sulawesi

Answer · why

B) Borneo

Borneo. Brunei is the only country that sits wholly on the world's third-largest island, yet it holds under one percent of it; Indonesia has almost th...

Q 02/05

What is the capital and largest city of Brunei?

A) Kota Kinabalu

B) Kuala Belait

C) Bandar Lampung

D) Bandar Seri Begawan

Answer · why

D) Bandar Seri Begawan

Bandar Seri Begawan. It was plain Brunei Town until 1970, when the sultan renamed it in honour of his father, who had taken the title Seri Begawan on ...

Q 03/05

Brunei's only coastline faces which sea?

A) Philippine Sea

B) South China Sea

C) Andaman Sea

D) Celebes Sea

Answer · why

B) South China Sea

South China Sea. Brunei claims a slice of its contested waters, but as of 2025 it was the one claimant in the Spratly Islands dispute that occupied no...

Q 04/05

Apart from its coastline, Brunei is completely surrounded by which Malaysian state?

A) Johor

B) Kelantan

C) Sarawak

D) Sabah

Answer · why

C) Sarawak

Sarawak. It began in 1841 as a patch of Brunei's own land, handed by the sultan to an English adventurer whose family ruled it as rajahs for a century...

Q 05/05

Which Malaysian district cuts Brunei into two unconnected parts?

A) Miri

B) Lawas

C) Labuan

D) Limbang

Answer · why

D) Limbang

Limbang. A neighbouring rajah annexed it in 1890 over the sultan's protests; when the other side announced in 2009 that the dispute was settled, Brune...