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Indonesia is a country located in Southeast Asia, known for its diverse culture, beautiful landscapes, and rich history. The country is composed of thousands of islands, and it is the fourth most populous country in the world. Indonesia is also the world's largest island country and the largest Muslim-majority country.
Indonesia's culture is heavily influenced by its history of trade and colonization. The country has a mix of traditional customs, religions, and languages. It's famous for its batik fabric, traditional dances such as the Javanese Ramayana and the Balinese Kecak, and its delicious cuisine. Some of the most popular Indonesian dishes include nasi goreng (fried rice), sate (grilled meat skewers), and gado-gado (vegetable salad with peanut sauce).
Indonesia is also known for its rich biodiversity, many national parks, and diverse wildlife. Some of the famous tourist destinations in Indonesia include Bali, Jakarta, Lombok, and the famous Komodo National Park, where you can find the largest lizard in the world, the Komodo Dragon. Trivia questions about Indonesia can range from its culture, history, and geography, to its food, and wildlife, making it a great topic for a trivia night or quiz.
1. The largest living species of lizard is named after which Indonesian island?
Answer: Komodo
2. There's a whole Indonesian national park named for what ginormous, terrifying lizard that anagrams to GOOD ROAD MONK?
Answer: Komodo dragon
3. Assuming office in 2024, Prabowo Subianto is president of which Asian country?
Answer: Indonesia
4. What member of the monitor lizard family, whose adult males can weigh as much as 200 pounds, is the national animal of Indonesia?
Answer: Komodo dragon
5. In the Indonesian dish nasi goreng, "goreng" means "fried" and "nasi" means what staple food?
Answer: Rice
6. Named one of the “New 7 Wonders of Nature” in the late 2000s, Komodo Island is the famous home of the namesake largest lizard on Earth that’s located within what Southeast Asian country whose capital is Jakarta?
Answer: Indonesia
7. What nine-letter P-word means a person from Singapore, Indonesia, or Malaysia of mixed local and foreign, usually Chinese, ancestry?
Answer: Peranakan
8. A 2007 summit in what “B” island of Indonesia created an action plan to have a global climate change deal by 2009? This island is an oft cited vacation destination due to its climate and beaches.
Answer: Bali Action Plan
9. What Southeast Asian country is made up of over 17,000 islands, about 7,000 of which do not have anyone living on them?
Answer: Indonesia
10. August 17 – Coinciding with its Independence Day in 2024, Indonesia inaugurated Nusantara as the nation’s capital, replacing what Javanese city in that capacity?
Answer: Jakarta
11. Coir is a material often used in mattresses around the world that is made from coconuts. What island nation is the current world leader in coconut production, with more than 180 million tons annually?
Answer: Indonesia
12. One of the greatest drivers of deforestation in Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries is the planting of monocultures of what type of tree, from which oil is produced?
Answer: Palms
13. Which country is the number one exporter of coal in the world?
Answer: Indonesia
14. In a 2019 Forbes magazine article, the "beaches, volcanoes, Komodo dragons and jungles sheltering elephants, orangutans and tigers" of what Indonesian island made it number one on a list of the top 50 bucket-list travel destinations?
Answer: Bali
15. About 13% of Muslims around the world live in what country, which is by far the largest Muslim-majority nation in the world?
Answer: Indonesia
16. Coffee plants were introduced to the Indonesian islands of Java, Sumatra, and Sulawesi by what European nation in the 17th century?
Answer: Netherlands
17. Unlike other islands in Indonesia, what island got its coffee industry going not by Dutch colonial plantations but by plants imported by traders from the island of Lombok in the early 20th century?
Answer: Bali
18. What trench, located off the coast of Indonesia, contains the deepest point in the Indian Ocean, with a depth of 25,344 feet?
Answer: Sunda Trench
19. What Southeast Asian nation moved its capital to the newly created city of Nusantara on East Kalimantan in 2024, because its previous capital and largest city has been sinking at a rate of six inches per year?
Answer: Indonesia
20. The language known as "Indonesian," spoken by about 260 million people worldwide, is a standardized variety of what Austronesian language?
Answer: Malay
21. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, what country is home to the world’s tallest library? With 27 floors, that’s a lot of stacks!
Answer: Indonesia
22. "Bamboo," "gingham," and "cockatoo" are a few of the loanwords that come into English, through Dutch, from what world language?
Answer: Malay (Indonesian)
23. Indonesian was the official language of East Timor while it was under the nation’s rule. But in 2002, Tetum and what language spoken in Brazil were established as East Timor’s official languages?
Answer: Portuguese
24. In 2022, what country announced that the name of its new capital, planned for the region of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo, would be named "Nusantara?" The new city will be much more centrally located than its current capital, the largest city in Southeast Asia.
Answer: Indonesia
25. The Oceania country of Papua New Guinea has maritime borders. However, it only has one land border, with which other country?
Answer: Indonesia
26. Which city in Indonesia, nicknamed “The Big Durian”, was formerly known as Batavia?
Answer: Jakarta
27. What art form, the practice of dyeing cloth by using dye-resistant wax to make patterns, is recognized as an ancient cultural tradition of Indonesia?
Answer: Batik
28. An apex predator due to its size, the Komodo dragon gets its name from an island in which country?
Answer: Indonesia
29. What Indonesian art form involves dyeing cloth on which wax patterns have been laid down, creating designs where the wax resists the dye?
Answer: Batik
30. The Indonesian Ayam Cemani breed of chicken, often called the most expensive chicken in the world, is specifically bred for its coloring. The feathers, beak, feet, and even meat of the Ayam Cemani chicken are what color?
Answer: Black
31. Garuda, one of the national symbols of Indonesia, is the animal ridden by what Hindu god known as "the preserver?"
Answer: Vishnu
32. The fungus Rhizopus oligosporus is used as the "starter" to ferment soybeans, which take on a cake form as they become what traditional Javanese protein?
Answer: Tempeh
33. Dating from the 8th and 9th centuries, what massive three-tiered complex in central Java is one of the largest Buddhist temples in the world?
Answer: Borobudur
34. Featuring scenes set in Karangasem, East Bali, what 2012 film stars Tyler Perry as the titular detective, a creation of American author James Patterson?
Answer: Alex Cross
35. In music, what G-word means a traditional Indonesian orchestra, especially one that contains a number of percussion instruments such as xylophones, gongs, and drums?
Answer: Gamelan
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