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.
42 Indonesia Trivia Questions Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated for 2024)
- What is the programming language developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and named after the type of coffee from Indonesia?
Answer: Java
- There's a whole Indonesian national park named for what ginormous, terrifying lizard that anagrams to GOOD ROAD MONK?
Answer: Komodo dragon
- What unofficial state nickname of Connecticut refers to a spice that is native to Indonesia?
Answer: The Nutmeg State
- The largest living species of lizard is named after which Indonesian island?
Answer: Komodo
- In 1967, Singapore formed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations with Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and what archipelagic country?
Answer: Philippines
- "One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia" is the original subtitle of what bestselling 2006 memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert?
Answer: Eat, Pray, Love
- What festively named island in the Indian Ocean roughly 200 miles south of Indonesia is one of Australia's seven external territories?
Answer: Christmas Island
- What is the largest city in Western Australia, which is actually closer to Bali, Indonesia than to the Australian capital Canberra?
Answer: Perth
- 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
- In the Indonesian dish nasi goreng, "goreng" means "fried," and "nasi" means what staple food?
Answer: Rice
- What high-level, class-based, object-oriented programming language was indirectly named by designer James Gosling after the island on which the Indonesian capital city is located?
Answer: Java
- 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 that's capital is Jakarta?
Answer: Indonesia
- What nine-letter P-word means a person from Singapore, Indonesia, or Malaysia of mixed local and foreign, usually Chinese, ancestry?
Answer: Peranakan
- 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
- 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
- Coinciding with its Independence Day on August 17, Indonesia will officially be inaugurating Nusantara as the nation’s capital, replacing what Javanese city in that capacity?
Answer: Jakarta
- 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
- In January 2018, a partial building collapse at what type of financial institution injured over 80 in Jakarta, Indonesia?
Answer: Stock exchange
- 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
- 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: Palm
- As of 2022, which country is the number one exporter of coal in the world?
Answer: Indonesia
- 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
- 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
- Coffee plants were introduced to the Indonesian islands of Java, Sumatra, and Sulawesi by what European nation in the 17th century?
Answer: Netherlands
- What five-letter acronym refers to an economic organization of nations including Indonesia, Cambodia, and the Philippines, among others, includes some of the world's fastest growing economies?
Answer: ASEAN
- 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
- 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
- What southeast Asian nation will move their capital to the newly created city of Nusantara on East Kalimantan by 2024, because their current capital and largest city is sinking at a rate of six inches per year?
Answer: Indonesia
- The equator runs through Ecuador and 12 other countries. Name one that is not in South America.
Answer: Sao Tome & Principe, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Maldives, Indonesia, Kiribati
- The Oceania country of Papua New Guinea has maritime borders. However, it only has one land border, with which other country?
Answer: Indonesia
- Which city in Indonesia, nicknamed “The Big Durian”, was formerly known as Batavia?
Answer: Jakarta
- What art form, the practice of dying cloth by using dye-resistant wax to make patterns, is recognized as an ancient cultural tradition of Indonesia?
Answer: Batik
- What “c” is genus of large flightless bird, the largest species of which is only smaller than the ostrich and the emu, that is found in the tropical forests of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia? These birds are considered dangerous due to being able to kick powerfully with their sharp claws.
Answer: Cassowary
- An apex predator due to its size, the Komodo dragon gets its name from an island in which country?
Answer: Indonesia
- What Indonesian art form involves dying cloth on which wax patterns have been laid down, creating designs where the wax resists the dye?
Answer: Batik
- The Indonesian Ayam Cemani breed of chicken, often called the most expensive chicken in the world, is specifically bred for its colouring. The feathers, beak, feet, and even meat of the Ayam Cemani chicken are what colour?
Answer: Black
- With more 852 living languages (passing Indonesia's 722), what Oceanic country is home to more languages than any other?
Answer: Papua New Guinea
- Garuda, one of the national symbols of Indonesia, is the animal ridden by what Hindu god known as "the preserver?"
Answer: Vishnu
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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