| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Jakarta; listed by some measures as the world's 2nd-largest city, it may soon top the list. | Java | 98%
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| Denpasar, a popular tourist destination. | Bali | 94%
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| Medan, the country's biggest city north of the equator. | Sumatra | 94%
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| Surabaya, Indonesia's second city, located on the Madura Strait. | Java | 92%
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| Bandung. In 1809, the governors of this island built improved defences - by the order of Napoleon, who feared a British attack. | Java | 90%
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| Yogyakarta, a large city in the firing line of the country's most dangerous volcano (Merapi). | Java | 88%
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| Manokwari, the majority-Christian capital of West Papua. | New Guinea | 88%
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| Pontianak, the capital of West Kalimantan province. | Borneo | 83%
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| Bekasi, another large city with a population of over 2.5 million. | Java | 79%
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| Manado; this large island is bounded by the Molucca, Celebes and Flores Seas and the Makassar Strait. | Sulawesi | 65%
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| Bandar Lampung, whose former names are Oosthaven and Tanjungkarang–Telukbetung. | Sumatra | 63%
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| Kupang, the provincial capital on the sixth-largest island in the Indonesian archipelago. | Timor | 54%
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| Batang Toru, the location where the rare Tapanuli orangutan is found. | Sumatra | 48%
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| Metro, whose unusual name is unrelated to the word "metropolitan". | Sumatra | 44%
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| Nggorang, which is also the name of a plant thought to have medicinal qualities. | Flores | 31%
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