World Cup
This country hosted the historic 2022 FIFA World Cup, which saw Argentina take home the trophy.
What is Qatar
This is the name of the founding family who officially started the school right in their Jakarta living room back in 1951.
Who are the Joint-Smiths?
Dragons Athletics secured a Gold medal during the 2025 season in this sport.
What is volleyball
Boasting over 41.9 million residents in its greater metropolitan area and is the most populated city in the world.
What is Jakarta, Indonesia (followed by 37 million Tokyo)
The very first FIFA World Cup in 1930 featured 13 teams, but the modern tournament expands to this massive number of competing nations starting in 2026.
What is 48 nations
The school opened its doors at the Pattimura campus in 1953, and later expanded to open the Cilandak campus in this milestone year.
What is 1969?
These are the top four student nationalities represented in our enrollment data over the last two years.
What are Indonesia, the United States, South Korea, and Japan?
Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam make up six of the member nations of this prominent regional bloc.
What is ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)?
Instead of just one city, the 2026 FIFA World Cup is being hosted across this many North American cities.
What is 16 cities? (Eleven in the US, three in Mexico, and two in Canada).
While the school proudly sports blue and white today, it previously used a combination of these other colors.
What are yellow and black
Can you name four of the Heads of School who have historically led JIS?
Maya Nelson (2021–Present)
Tarek Razik, Ed.D. (2017–2021)
Timothy Stuart (2014–2017)
Steve Clark (2008–2014)
Niall Nelson / Dr. Bruce Leiper (Early 2000s)
Ed Ladd (1990s)
Everett Gould (1980s)
Arvol Fincher & early Embassy-appointed Superintendents (1950s–1970s)
This phenomenal sports star continues to top the Forbes list as the highest-paid athlete in the world, thanks to a massive contract and global endorsements.
Who is Cristiano Ronaldo?
This legendary player holds the record for the most FIFA World Cup goals scored in a career, with 22 total goals.
Who is Kylian Mbappé- Record broken twice in 2026 by Lionel Messi (21) and Kylian Mbappé (22).
hese four specific countries are credited with supporting and driving the initial launch of the school in the 1950s.
What are the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Yugoslavia?
When was the JLC (JIS Learning Center) opened at the Cilandak Campus?
2022
This sci-fi epic sequel directed by Denis Villeneuve or this historical drama by Steve McQueen dominated headlines leading into the 98th Academy Awards in early 2026
What is Dune Part Two?
To date, only two countries have successfully won back-to-back FIFA World Cup titles; name one of them.
What is Italy (1934, 1938) or Brazil (1958, 1962)?
This was the original name of the school before it officially transitioned to the "Jakarta Intercultural School" the name we use today.
What is JES- Joint Embassy School
To manage the school's governance, members are placed onto the Board of Trustees through this dual process.
What is a mix of election (by the parents/community) and appointment?
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What is Friday July 3 in NYC