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Question	Answer	% Correct
What country invaded Indonesia in 1941?	Japan	94%
What type of natural disaster killed over 130,000 people in 2004?	Tsunami	92%
What was Indonesia colony of between 1816–1949?	Netherlands	90%
What volcano's 1883 eruption could be heard over 3000 miles away?	Krakatoa	89%
Who was the first President of Indonesia?	Sukarno	85%
What U.S. President lived 4 years in Indonesia, between 1967–1971?	Barack Obama	77%
What Portuguese-speaking country gained its independence from Indonesia in 2002?	East Timor	75%
What is the former name of Jakarta?	Batavia	74%
What independence-seeking region on New Guinea, starting with P, has been suppressed by the Indonesian government since 1962?	Papua	72%
On what island did Islamic terrorist bombings kill 202 people in 2002?	Bali	71%
What supervolcano erupted 74,000 years ago, which nearly caused the humans' extinction?	Lake {Toba}	71%
What trade did that country dominate in 17th and 18th centuries?	Spice	71%
What Jakarta governor became President in 2014?	Joko Widodo	69%
What president's "New Order" constructed a military-dominated government?	Suharto	63%
What international body was Indonesia one of the five founding members in 1967?	ASEAN	53%
What African island nation's first inhabitants came from the islands of Indonesia about 10,000 years ago?	Madagascar	47%
The eruption of what Indonesian volcano in 1815 caused the "Year Without a Summer"?	Mount Tambora	42%
What popular flying toy was first invented by the Muna people of Sulawesi?	Kite	33%
What "upright" hominid species inhabited Indonesia as far back as two million years ago?	Homo erectus	26%
The only time Indonesia entered and competed in the FIFA World Cup was in 1938. To what European country did it lose to in the Round of 16?	Hungary	25%