Malaysia Trivia
Fun Facts, Opinions & Travel News

This Malaysia Trivia section is a fascinating A-Z list of trivia, Malaysia culture, food, statistics, curiosities as well as my opinions and comments on various travel-related news items.

Much of this material used to be in my e-book Offbeat Malaysia which was sold via the Blurb bookstore. I have now decided to discontinue the book but to incorporate the contents free of charge into this Malaysia Traveller website instead so that more people can enjoy it and to make it easier for me to update and expand.

If you want to know:

  • why KL Railway Station was built to withstand six feet of snow.
  • where is the most polluted place in South East Asia
  • which genus of Malaysian mosquito eats ants' vomit
  • where you are least and most likely to suffer from food poisoning 
  • what is the difference between a pawang and a bomoh
  • what are the health benefits of dragon fruit
  • where litter bugs go after they die
  • the breakdown of Malaysia's hotel occupancy rates by state
  • who was Malacca's hero banker
  • average household income figures
  • when to use 'Lah!'
  • which Malaysian ethnic groups have the highest and lowest life expectancy
  • the ingredients of the most popular local dishes
  • a list of the tallest mountains in Malaysia
  • where you can find a bound feet shoe shop
  • the wettest places in Malaysia
  • which state has the cheapest domestic water rates

You can find all the answers to these Malaysia Trivia questions and many more by clicking on the links below.

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Malaysia Traveller Trivia


As mentioned, my Malaysia Trivia takes the form of an A-Z guide and covers hundreds of subjects. Click on any subject you like but I hope you will read them all in turn.

ACRONYMS

AH LONG

AIR POLLUTION 

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN MALAYSIA

AMOK

ANG POW

ANTHONY BURGESS

ANTONG COFFEE FACTORY

ARCHITECTURE IN MALAYSIA

ARMED FORCES

ARTISTS

ASIAN APHRODISIACS

ASSAM LAKSA

AYAM BRAND


BABIES

BACK ROADS OF KEDAH & PERAK

BADMINTON

BAHASA MALAYSIA

BAJU KURUNG

BALIK KAMPUNG

BAMBOO

BAMBOO CHICKS

BANKS

BANK NOTES

BARBERS

BAS MINI 

BATU

BEGBIE, PETER JAMES

BENEDICTINE DOM

BENTONG

BIRD CAGES

BIRD PARK

BIRTH PANGS

BLACK MAGIC

BOOKS

BOUND FEET SHOE SHOP

BOUSTEAD & CO.

BROADBAND

BROGA

BROTHEL NO. 8

BRUNEI-MALAYSIA BORDER

BUDDHA JAYANTI TEMPLE

BUJANG VALLEY

BUKIT CHANDAN MILITARY CEMETERY

BUKIT LARUT

BUKIT ROTAN

BUMIPUTERA

BUNGALOW

BUTTERFLY PARKS


CALENDAR

CAMERON HIGHLANDS

CANTONESE

CAPE RACHADO

CAPE RACHADO'S PULAU MASJID BEACH

CAREY ISLAND

CARS

CATS

CAUSEWAY

CHAMANG WATERFALL

CHARLES ALMA BAKER 

CHERATING

CHINA MALAYSIA FRIENDSHIP GARDEN, PUTRAJAYA

CHINATOWN

CHINESE CEMETERIES

CHINESE NEW YEAR

CHIN SWEE CAVES TEMPLE

CHOPSTICKS

CIGARETTES

CIVIL SERVANTS

CLASSIC CARS IN TAIPING

CLIMATE

COAT OF ARMS

COCOA

COLISEUM

COLTMAN, ARTHUR OAKLEY

CONCUBINE LANE

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

COOLIES

COUNTRY HEIGHTS, KAJANG

CRIME 

CUTCH

CYCLE RICKSHAWS


DADAH

DATUK 

DAVID BROWN

DEATH MARCH

DEEPAVALI

DEMONYMS 

DENGUE FEVER

DENTISTS

DEWAN BAHASA DAN PUSTAKA

DIABETES

DINDINGS

DIVORCE

DOGS

DRAGON FRUIT FARM - SEPANG

DRIVING HABITS

DURIAN 

DUTCH


EARTHQUAKE RISK

EAST INDIA COMPANY

EMERGENCY

EURASIANS

EXECUTIONS

EXOTIC PET SHOP, KAMPUNG SUNGAI SERAI

EXPATRIATES

EXPORTS


FENG SHUI

FISHING

FISHING INDUSTRY

FLAGS OF MALAYSIA

FLOATING MOSQUES

FLOR DE LA MAR

FMS BAR & RESTAURANT, IPOH

FOREIGN WORKERS

FOOD POISONING

FOREST RESERVES

FORT DUYONG, KUALA TERENGGANU

FRANCIS LIGHT'S LAST WILL & TESTAMENT

FRASER’S HILL OR CAMERON HIGHLANDS


GAMBLING

GARBAGE

GARDENS

GAYS

GEARBOX SOUP

GEMAS

GEOGRAPHY

GEOLOGY

GOD’S LITTLE ACRE, BATU GAJAH

GIN PAHIT

GODOWN

GOLD

GOLF

GONG XI FA CAI

GOPENG, PERAK

GRAND SHANGHAI FOOD THEME PARK, PUCHONG

GURKHAS

GREETINGS

GUINEA FOWL FARM, SEMENYIH

GUINNESS

GUNUNG NUANG VS. DATUK VS. ANGSI

GURNEY ASSASSINATION


HAKKAS, HOKKIEN & HAINANESE

HANG TUAH

HAPPINESS

HARD ROCK CAFE, MELAKA

HARI RAYA

HAZE

HEALTH BENEFITS OF TROPICAL FRUIT

HEIGHT

HERIOT WATT MALAYSIA'S GREEN ROOF

HERITAGE

HIBISCUS

HIGH ROAD ACROSS MALAYSIA

HIMALAYA/MALAYA

HIV/AIDS

HMS AMETHYST IN MALAYA

HONG KONG BAR, CHULIA STREET, PENANG

HORSE RACING

HOTEL LUGGAGE LABELS

HOTELS

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

HOUSING

HUBBACK A B

HUNGRY CATERPILLARS

HUNGRY GHOST


ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

INDIA

INDONESIAN

INTER-ETHNIC MARRIAGE

IPOH RAILWAY STATION

IPOH REVISITED

ISTANA JAHAR, KOTA BHARU

ISTANA NEGARA



JALAN BELLAMY

JALAN TUANKU ABDUL RAHMAN 

JALAN TUN H S LEE

JAPANESE OCCUPATION

JELI EELS

JIM THOMPSON

JUGRA - LIGHTHOUSES AND LEGENDS

JUNGLE


KAJANG'S ORNATE DRAGON TEMPLES

KAKI LIMA

KAMPUNG BARU COLDSTREAM

KAMPUNG BUKIT CHANDANG, BATANG KALI

KAMPUNG KOH, SITIAWAN

KAMPUNG MALAYSIA RAYA

KAMPUNG PANTAI

KAPITAN CHINA CHUNG KENG QUEE, TAIPING

KARAYUKI-SAN

KARST TOWERS

KELANTAN’S THAI TEMPLES

KITES

KL

KLIA

KLCI

KOLAM

KRAMAT

KRIS

KUALA KUBU BARU

KUALA LUMPUR CENOTAPH

KUALA LUMPUR'S LESSER KNOWN CEMETERIES

KUALA SELANGOR

KUAN YIN

KUANTAN CHRISTIAN CEMETERY

KUDAT TOWN

KUNDASANG WAR MEMORIAL


LAH!

LANGKAWI

LANDSLIPS

LCCT

LIFE EXPECTANCY

LIGHTNING

LITTLE INDIA

LORRY

LOTUS PLANT


MACC

MAEDA-SHIMA

MAHATHIR

MAIDS

MAINTENANCE

MAKARA IN MALACCA

MALACCA’S HERO BANKER

MALARIA

MALAYA

MALAY COLLEGE

MALAYSIA

MALAYSIA BOOK OF RECORDS

MALAYSIA'S ROUTE 66

MALAYSIAN FOOD

MALAYSIAN SAKURA

MALAYSIAN SPITTING COBRA

MALLS

MANDARIN

MANGLISH

MANGROVE

MANNERS

MAPHILINDO

MARRIAGE

MASJID TANAH, MELAKA

MAT REMPIT

MAT SALLEH

MEASUREMENT

MELAKA TOURISM

MERDEKA DAY

MINANGKABAU

MM2H

MONARCHY SYSTEM

MONSOON

MOROCCAN PAVILION PUTRAJAYA

MULU CAVES

MY KAD


NAMES

NATIONAL BIRD

NATIONAL PRINCIPLES

NATIONAL SERVICE

NEGARA KU

NEWSPAPERS

NIAH NATIONAL PARK QUARRYING

9-1 MARTYRS MEMORIAL


OBELIX AND THE MALAYSIAN MENHIRS

OIL

OLD MALAYA PHOTOS

OM SRI MAHA ATHI NAGESWARY AMMAN TEMPLE, PUCHONG

ORANG ASLI

ORANG UTAN

ORCHIDS

ORIENT EXPRESS

OUESSANT

OSTRICH WONDERLAND, SEMENYIH


PADANG SEMARAK, PUTRAJAYA

PAGODAS

PANDAN LEAVES

PARENTS

PARKING

PASAR MALAM

PAWANG

PAWN SHOPS

PETALING JAYA

PETROL PRICES

PEWTER

PHILLUMENY

PIRATES OF MALAYSIA

PLACE NAMES

PLASTIC BAGS

POLICE

POLLUTION

PONDAN

POPULATION

POPULATION DENSITY

PORTUGUESE

PORTUGUESE SETTLEMENT CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

PORT WELD

POSTCARD FROM PENANG

POST OFFICES

P PLATES

PRECEDENCE

PRIME MINISTER'S WALK, PUTRAJAYA

PRINCE'S HOTEL, KL

PRISONS

PROBOSCIS MONKEY

PROPERTY VALUES

PROTON & PERODUA

PUDU WET MARKET

PUSING, PERAK

PUTRAJAYA MONORAIL


QUARRYING

QUEEN VICTORIA FOUNTAIN

QUIRKY BUILDINGS


RABIES

RACES

RAFFLESIA

RAINFALL

RAMADHAN

RAPID KL

REAL ESTATE

REDANG ISLAND - WHAT'S KILLING THE FISH?

REFUGEES

RELA

RELIGION

RINGGIT

ROAD SIGNS

ROTAN



SAMSU

SCHOOLS

SECRET GARDEN OF 1 UTAMA

SELANGOR CLUB

SELANGOR'S STEEPEST BRIDGE?

SELANGOR TIN DREDGE

SENIORS

SHIPPING

SHOPHOUSES

SHOPLIFTING

SHOPPING

SIGNATURE TOWER

SILAT SENI GAYONG

SILLY SIGNAGE

SIN HIAP HIN BAR

SIPADAN ISLAND

SMOKING PENALTIES

SMUGGLING

SNAKES

SNATCH THIEVES

SPIES

SPOOKIEST PLACES IN MALAYSIA

STAMPS

STATE FLAGS OF MALAYSIA

STENGAH

STEROTYPES

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER IN MALACCA

ST. MARY’S

ST. MICHAEL’S INSTITUTION, IPOH

STUDYING ABROAD

SUBSIDIES

SULTAN ABDUL SAMAD BUILDING

SUPERMARKETS

SUPERSTITIOUS

SWIFTLETS' AMAZING ENDURANCE

SWIFTLET FARMS




TAMAN PUTRA PERDANA, PUTRAJAYA

TAMIL 

TANJUNG BIDARA - THE DIANA SHIPWRECK

TAX

TAXIS

TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND DIALLING CODES

THE GAP RESTHOUSE

13 MAY 1969

THOUSAND YEAR OLD EGG

TIFFIN

TIFFIN CARRIERS

TIGERS

TINDAKON DAZANG BEACH LONGHOUSE, KUDAT, SABAH

TIOMAN

TIP OF BORNEO

TIPPING

TODDY

TOILETS

TONG NAM PILES SPECIALIST

TOUCH ’N GO

TOURIST ARRIVALS

TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

TRAVELLER'S PALM

TREE HOUSE

TREES

TRIADS/SECRET SOCIETIES

TRONOH, PERAK

TUNE HOTELS

TURTLES

TV


UBUDIAH MOSQUE, KUALA KANGSAR

UNCLE

UNESCO HERITAGE SITES

UMNO

URBANISATION


VACANCIES

VEHICLE REGISTRATION PLATES

VICE

VICTORIA BRIDGE, KARAI

VINTAGE POSTCARDS



WAKAF, SURAU & MASJID

WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL

WAR MEMORIAL

WATERFALLS

WATER QUALITY

WATER TARIFF

WILD BOARS

WOK


XIAMEN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA

XYLOPHONE


YUM SING


ZOOS

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