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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
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| In the period 1942-1945 the country was occupied by what other country? | Indonesia
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| Which countries have an official land boundary with Indonesia? | Indonesia
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Malaysia and Papua New Guinea.
| Indonesia has an estimated number of 6,000 inhabited islands. But what is the estimated total number of islands? | Indonesia
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| The Indonesian flag is similar to the flag of what other country? | Indonesia
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Monaco. The flag of Monaco also has two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white. The flag of Poland has the colors reversed with the white band on top. The Indonesian flag is the Dutch flag, without the blue band that is at the bottom of the Dutch flag.
| The estimated population of Jakarta is...? | Indonesia
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| What is the main religion in Indonesia? | Indonesia
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Islam. Islam 87 percent, Protestant 6 percent, Catholic 3 percent and Hindu 2 percent.
Garuda. Silkair is from Singapore, TAROM from Romania, MAS mean Malaysian Air Service, Garuda is International and Domestical Indonesia Airline, founded since 1949. Garuda itself mean Giant Eagle.
| What's the name of orange coloured Indian three-wheeler car, which is a very noisy car and only seen in Jakarta? | Indonesia Fun Facts
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Bajaj. Bajaj (spelled "baa- jay") is made in India, a very noisy form of transportation (some expat would say, "a lawnmower on three wheels" because of the sound), that is very similar to Tuk Tuk in Thailand. Becak is threecycle bike human powered (it was banned since 1991 in Jakarta, due to bad habits of the drivers), Bemo is Daihatsu's (Japan) threecycle passenger motorcar. Metro Mini is also orange coloured, but they are kinds of local commuter bus.
8 hours. Jakarta is 7 hours ahead and Denpasar is 8 hours ahead.
Sulawesi. Papua borders Papua New Guinea, Kalimantan (Borneo) borders Malaysia and Timor borders Timor Leste. Sulawesi is also called Celebes.
hati hati . 'hati hati' mean be careful. Interesting Facts : There are many (but not ALL) of Indonesian single meaning, made up from two words repetition. But if you speak only single word, it could be different meaning. "Hati hati" for example. Single "hati" word mean "liver", and if you said it twice, it mean "Be careful". So do "beri beri" (single "beri" mean "give it", two "beri"s mean deficiency of vitamin B), "jala jala" ("jala" is a fishing net, "jala jala" is an electrical AC power supply outlet), "kacang kacang" ("kacang" is peanut, meanwhile "kacang kacang" is a kind of long snout sea fish aka Hemiramphus brasiliensis!), "agar agar" ("agar" means "in order to", "agar agar" is gelatine made of Euchema seaweed (jelly)).
Who is that?. Who are you? is "Siapa anda?",
Who is s/he? is "Siapa dia?",
Who said that? is "Siapa bilang?"
Adi Soemarmo. Halim PK is a military airport in Jakarta, Adi Soetjipto is in Yogyakarta, and Talang Betutu was previously name of Sultan Mahmud Badarudin, Palembang (South Sumatra). Adi Soemarmo and Adi Soetjipto (they were brotherhood)were national heroes from Central Java, they died after their plane crashes with a Dutch bomber in a Civil War.
PERUMKA. PERURI (Perusahaan Uang Republik Indonesia) is a Mint, owned by government. ANGKASAPURA is Administration of Indonesian Air Service & carrier. TELKOM is telecommunication services, owned by goverment also. PERUMKA shorten from "Perusahaan Umum Kereta Api". "Kereta Api" in English mean 'train'
Soekarno . Jakarta International Airport is Soekarno - Hatta. Soekarno (1901 - 1970) as the first President, and Mr Mohammad Hatta (1910 - 1981) as Soekarno's Vice President.
Balinese Cat. The Balinese cat actually is not from Indonesia. It is more likely a Siamese Cat (from Siam or Thailand), and called Balinese, because the cat moves very gently like an Exotic Bali Dancer, when they are wanna sit.
Komodo Dragon (Varanus Komodoensis) is a kind of giant lizard (almost 7 feet in long) found only in Komodo Island, Nusa Tenggara Barat province, Maleo Bird (Macrocephalon Maleo) is from Celebes & Amboina (sometimes called "Ambon Island"). Orang utan ( Pongo pygmaeus) is only from Borneo and a little group from Sumatra. Their status were endangered animals now.
Gudeg. Gudeg is young jackfruit and chicken, cooked in a gravy coconut milk with some palm sugar. Soto betawi is mutton soup from Jakarta, Pempek is fish cake with vinegar sauce from South Sumatra and Rawon is beef soup in black broth (normal broth plus some black spicy ingredient named 'kluwak' or black candlenuts come from the kepayang plant (pangium edule) ). A very popular soup from Surabaya, East Java. . They are very delicious.. mm yummy...
Selamat Tinggal. Selamat Datang means 'Welcome', Selamat Natal means 'Merry Christmas', Selamat Siang means 'Good afternoon'. I hope you enjoyed my quiz. Sampai berjumpa kembali.
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