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A billionaire ignores basic OSHA regulations and opens a biological hazard park, resulting in a disastrous employee field test.
What is Jurassic Park
Founded in 1993, this major F&B group started as a single Japanese restaurant in Kelapa Gading and expanded into a massive empire operating brands like Bakerzin, Pepper Lunch, Paradise Dynasty, and Shaburi.
What is Boga Group
Clue: While standard Indonesian uses "Saya" and "Kamu", Chinese-Indonesians in informal Jakarta slang widely popularized these two personal pronouns derived directly from Hokkien terms for "I" and "you".
What is "Gua"(Gwa) and "Lu"
In 2007, the government of Iran detained 14 of these small garden mammals near a border area, suspecting they were equipped with foreign intelligence listening devices.
What are Squirrels
In 1945, Percy Spencer noticed a candy bar melted in his pocket while working on radar technology, leading to this essential kitchen appliance.
What is Microwave
A garbage collector's son gets a line-cook job at a prestigious French restaurant, only to achieve culinary greatness by letting an unlicensed, non-verbal roommate manipulate his motor functions from under his chef hat.
What is Ratatouille
Co-founded by Gibran Rakabuming Raka and Kaesang Pangarep alongside chef Arnold Poernomo, this food-tech startup secured millions in venture funding with its modern take on Indonesian rice bowls.
What is Mangkokku
To circumvent strict assimilation policies under the New Order regime, Chinese-Indonesian families famously maintained ancestral clan connections by registering these formal fraternal associations (Perkumpulan Marga) under civic or social welfare titles.
What is Yayasan
In 1992, Singapore imposed a near-total nationwide ban on the import and sale of this everyday item in an effort to keep public spaces, sidewalks, and transit systems clean.
What is Chewing Gum
Clue: Dr. Spencer Silver was trying to develop an ultra-strong aircraft adhesive in 1968, but ended up creating a weak, reusable one that Art Fry later used to bookmark his church hymnal, creating this office staple.
What is Post-it Notes
An ambitious small-town recruit joins the big-city police force, gets assigned to parking duty, and teams up with a local tax-evading scam artist to uncover a municipal conspiracy where public officials are secretly drugging citizens to incite ethnic paranoia and maintain political power.
What is Zootopia
Co-founded by Edward Tirtanata and James Prananto in 2017, this tech-enabled grab-and-go coffee chain became Southeast Asia's first F&B "unicorn" valued at over $1 billion.
What is Kopi Kenangan
Located in Tangerang, this historical sub-ethnic Peranakan group—whose name translates literally to "Inland Chinese"—is known for distinct traditions, darker skin complexions from generations of intermarriage, and unique agricultural roots dating back to the Dutch colonial era.
What is Cina Benteng
In 1980, the Iranian government under Ayatollah Khomeini banned playing this classic board game, believing its rules and strategy promoted gambling and war-mongering before lifting the ban in 1988.
What is Chess
While attempting to synthesize a quick-curing plastic sight for WWII gun sights in 1942, Harry Coover created a substance so stubbornly sticky it ruined his equipment, accidentally inventing this adhesive.
What is Super Glue
A totalitarian government solves poverty and unemployment by making teenagers kill each other on live reality television.
What is Hunger Games
Starting from a humble bakery in 2003, this premier F&B conglomerate created iconic local lifestyle brands including BreadTalk Indonesia, J.CO Donuts & Coffee, and Roppongi Roti.
What is Johnny Andrean
Derived from Hokkien, this common term is used by young Jakarta entrepreneurs when discussing business ethics, fair dealing, or whether a deal makes sense financially.
What is Ceng li
Under local law in the Pacific island nation of Samoa, a husband can reportedly receive an official police warning—and potentially jail time if repeated—for forgetting this specific date.
What is Wife's Birthday
In 1928, Alexander Fleming returned from vacation to find a moldy petri dish had stopped the growth of staphylococcus bacteria, leading to the discovery of this revolutionary antibiotic.
What is Penicillin
An unhoused orphan moves to a boarding school where teachers repeatedly let a serial killer attempt to murder him every May.
What is Harry Potter
Long before launching Djakarta Warehouse Project (DWP) or We The Fest through Ismaya Live, founders Bram Hendrata, Christian Rijanto, and Brian Sutanto officially kicked off Ismaya Group in 2003 with this legendary nightlife venue in Cityloft Sudirman.
What is Blowfish
Derived from Hokkien, this everyday slang term literally translates to "dry," but young Chindo traders and friends use it to describe being completely broke or having zero cash flow, or can also be a slang word that means "Male Pig"
What is Ti-Ko
In 2018, the mayor of Rome banned tourists and locals from eating messy street food or drinking liquid near these historic outdoor structures to prevent trash and grease stains.
What are Water-Fountains
In 1957, engineers Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes tried to invent a textured, three-dimensional plastic wallpaper, but after failing to market it as wallpaper or greenhouse insulation, they found a better use for this material.
What is Bubble Wrap