From batik brilliance to volcanic bangs, prove you can juggle Indonesia's wild blend of epic culture, history, and nature like a true local.
In the traditional Javanese wax-resist dyeing art of batik, which two base fabrics are most commonly used for those intricate patterns?
Cotton and silk
Which Sumbawa volcano unleashed 1815’s most violent eruption in recorded history?
Mount Tambora
Adopted August 17, 1945 and often mistaken for Monaco’s, which two colors make up Indonesia’s two-band flag?
Red and white
What is the world's largest living lizard?
Komodo dragon
Amid Japan’s surrender, on what exact date did Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim independence in Jakarta?
August 17, 1945