Indonesia Fun Facts Trivia Quiz

Answer: 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.

Answer: Dragon Air

Dragon Air is a Hongkong aircarrier. The other three are only domestic Indonesian airlines.

Answer: Bajaj

Bajaj (pronounced "baa- jay") is made in India, a very noisy form of transportation (some expats 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) three cylinder passenger motorcar. Metro Mini is also orange coloured, but they are kinds of local commuter bus.

Answer: 8 hours

Jakarta is 7 hours ahead and Denpasar is 8 hours ahead.

Answer: Sulawesi

Papua borders Papua New Guinea, Kalimantan (Borneo) borders Malaysia and Timor borders Timor Leste. Sulawesi is also called Celebes.

Answer: 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)).

Answer: Who is that?

Who are you? is "Siapa anda?",
Who is s/he? is "Siapa dia?",
Who said that? is "Siapa bilang?"

Answer: 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.

Answer: Pontianak

This city lies on the equator. Its coordinates are 0°0′N 109°20′E.

Answer: 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'

Answer: 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.

Answer: 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.

Answer: 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...

Answer: Minahasa

Batak is from North Sumatra. Javanese, you guessed it correctly, is from Central and East Java (West Java people called Sunda or Sundanese). Minang are people from West Sumatra.

Answer: 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.