| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Country that invaded Indonesia in 1942 | Japan | 92%
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| Country that colonized Indonesia between 1816–1949 | Netherlands | 92%
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| Indonesia suffered 130,000 deaths from this type of disaster in 2004 | Tsunami | 89%
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| First President of Indonesia, 1945–1967 | Sukarno | 82%
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| Portuguese-speaking country that gained its independence from Indonesia in 2002 | East Timor | 80%
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| President who ruled as a military dictator until his resignation in 1998 | Suharto | 76%
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| 19th century volcanic eruptions | Krakatoa | 75%
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| Jakarta's official former name until that country invaded | Batavia | 74%
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| Famous export of the 17th and 18th centuries | Spice | 74%
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| Mass killings of members and sympathisers of this political party took place in 1965–1966 | Communist Party | 57%
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| Supervolcano that erupted 74,000 years ago, nearly causing humans to become extinct | Lake {Toba} | 57%
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| Indonesia's name during that country's rule | Dutch East Indies | 55%
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| Island on which the Free Papua Movement has been active since the 1960s | New Guinea | 51%
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| City that was established in 2022 – planned to become Indonesia's future capital | Nusantara | 45%
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| 19th century volcanic eruptions | Mount Tambora | 39%
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| "Upright" hominid species that inhabited Indonesia as far back as two million years ago | Homo erectus | 38%
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| International organisation that Indonesia became a member of in 2025 | BRICS | 31%
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| Language from which the word "Indonesia" derives | Ancient Greek | 28%
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| Name of that president's regime or an English rock band that released "Blue Monday" | New Order | 25%
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| Name for a "sea" empire – such as Indonesia's Srivijaya and Majapahit | {Maritime} Empire | 24%
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