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Indonesia Quiz - Experts Only

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1. What isolated Sundanese village eschews modern technology (such as shoes) and doesn't allow foreigners to enter?
2. Where was Soekarno born?
3. What British ecologist drew a line between Borneo/Sulawesi and Bali/Lombok demarcating two different areas of vegetation?
4. What is the Javanese name of the "Goddess the South Sea"?
5. What is the highest mountain in Indonesia outside Papua? Mount  
6. What is the largest city on Madura?
7. What street does Soeharto live on?
8. What was Jakarta known as before it was known as Batavia and Jayakarta?
9. What year did Krakatau erupt?
10. What valley in West Papua was unknown to outsiders until the 1930's?
11. What is the name of the tribe that lives there? (see question 10)
12. What is the Indonesian name of the 'adornment' these tribes are most famous for? (see question 11)
13. What city, headquarters of Djarum, is the center of the clove cigarette production?
14. What two islands held a monopoly on clove production until the Portugese invaded in the 16th century? 1

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15. Who was the original leader of the Dutch East Indian Company, who gained a monopoly on the spice trade by ruthlessly slaughtering the entire native population of the Bandas?