Q 01/05

Roughly how many islands does Indonesia consist of?

A) About 500

B) About 3,000

C) About 17,000

D) About 100,000

Answer · why

C) About 17,000

About 17,000 is the usual figure, but official counts have ranged from roughly 13,500 to 18,300, partly because some surveys counted sandbars and reef...

Q 02/05

As of 2025, India, China and which country have more people than Indonesia?

A) Bangladesh

B) United States

C) Pakistan

D) Philippines

Answer · why

B) United States

The United States is third. More than half of Indonesia's roughly 280 million people live on a single island, and that crowding is one reason the gove...

Q 03/05

Which spice comes from a tree native to Indonesia's Banda Islands?

A) Cinnamon

B) Black pepper

C) Saffron

D) Nutmeg

Answer · why

D) Nutmeg

Nutmeg once grew almost nowhere else, which made the Bandas so valuable that in the 1667 peace treaty the Dutch kept the tiny Banda island of Run and ...

Q 04/05

In 2022 Indonesia went from 34 provinces to 38 by carving four new ones out of which region?

A) Papua

B) Kalimantan

C) Java

D) Maluku

Answer · why

A) Papua

Papua, Indonesia's half of New Guinea, tripled its number of provinces that year; the last one created, Southwest Papua, actually sits at the island's...

Q 05/05

Indonesia's highest peak, Puncak Jaya, is better known to climbers by which name honouring a Dutch explorer?

A) Carstensz Pyramid

B) Wilhelmina Peak

C) Juliana Peak

D) Mount Idenburg

Answer · why

A) Carstensz Pyramid

Carstensz Pyramid is named for Jan Carstenszoon, who in 1623 reported ice on the peak, barely four degrees from the equator; those glaciers have shrun...