Brunei - The Green Heart of Borneo Quiz

Answer: South China Sea

Brunei shares a total of 161 km coastlines with the South China Sea. Brunei belongs to the Commonwealth of Nations.

Answer: Kuala Lumpur

Brunei's four districts (daerah in Malay) are Belait, Brunei-Muara, Temburong and Tutong. These four districts are further divided into 38 mukims (a Malay word meaning smaller areas) or wards.

Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia. The word "kuala" means confluence, while "lumpur" means mud or muddy.

Answer: Yes

The three largest cities of Brunei are Bandar Seri Begawan, Gadong Town and Jerudong. The word "bandar" is a Malay word, which means city.

Answer: Brunei dollar

In Malay, the Brunei dollar is ringgit Brunei.

Peso is used in the Philippines, while Rupiah is used in Indonesia. On the other hand, Dong is used in Vietnam.

The Brunei dollar (BND) is pegged with the Singapore dollar (SGD) at the fixed ratio 1:1.

Answer: True

At a height of 1850 metres, Bukit Pagon is Brunei's highest mountain. In Malay, the word "bukit" means mountain. Low's Pitcher-Plant was named after Hugh Low, a British naturalist who first found the species on Mount Kinabalu (Sabah, Malaysia).

Answer: Hari Raya Aidilfitri

Muslims celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri after a month of fasting during the Ramadan month.

The palace is opened for three days. Each year, more than 100,000 people visit the palace for the open house function over the three-day period.

Answer: Crude oil and natural gas

The company that is in charge of the crude oil and natural gas production in Brunei is Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP). This company is owned partly by the Brunei government and also the Royal Dutch company.

Manufactured goods and chemicals are Brunei's main imports.

Answer: Malay

Malay, or Bahasa Melayu, is the national language of Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore. However, English is spoken widely in these three countries. School children are taught both Malay and English in schools. The word "peliharakan" or "pelihara" is a Malay verb which means to look after or to bless.

Answer: United Kingdom

Malaya (Malaysian Federation) gained its independence from the UK in 1957. At that time, Malaya consisted of West Malaysia and Singapore.

Initially, Brunei's territory included most parts of Sarawak. However, the nation lost its land to Sarawak's White Rajahs (the dynasty of that ruled Sarawak). Brunei remained a British protectorate until 1984.

Answer: True

"Forbes" magazine reported that Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has had total assets of more than 25 billion US dollars. Bolkiah has been known for being an avid car collector. At one time, he reputedly had more than 530 Mercedes-Benzes, 500 Rolls-Royces and 360 Ferraris in his car collection.