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Malaysia in a nutshell: eight easy-going questions about the things it is best known for. Young or old, everyone can play along and learn something new.
Curious newcomer 0–3 · Night-market regular 4–6 · Malaysia insider 7–8
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Kuala Lumpur means 'muddy confluence' in Malay, because the city grew up at the spot where two rivers, the Klang and the Gombak, flow together. Malaysians often just call it KL, and it is the biggest city in the country.
Photo: Renek78, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
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A two-storey skybridge joins the towers on the 41st and 42nd floors, about 170 metres above the street, and visitors can walk across it. From 1998 to 2004 the 88-storey towers were the tallest buildings in the world.
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In parts of Southeast Asia the durian is called the 'king of fruits'. One fruit usually weighs 1 to 3 kilos, and fans love its sweet, creamy flesh, while others say its smell reminds them of rotten onions.
Photo: مانفی, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The flag is called Jalur Gemilang, which means 'Stripes of Glory'. Its 14 stripes and the 14 points of its star stand for the 13 states and the federal territories, and the yellow is the royal colour of the Malay rulers.
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So far, about three out of every four Olympic medals Malaysia has won came from badminton. Its biggest star, Lee Chong Wei, was ranked world number one for a record 349 weeks and won three Olympic silver medals, in 2008, 2012 and 2016.
Photo: Antony Stanley, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Singapore is an island country, and the Johor–Singapore Causeway, about 1 km long, links it to the Malaysian city of Johor Bahru. It is one of the busiest border crossings in the world, used by hundreds of thousands of people every day, while Brunei, Malaysia's other small neighbour, lies far away to the east.
Photo: Lionel Lim, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
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Borneo is the third-largest island in the world, and it is shared by three countries: Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. Its rainforests, some of the oldest in the world, are home to the proboscis monkey with its long, dangling nose, while Sumatra, to the west, belongs entirely to Indonesia.
Photo: M. Adiputra, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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The Malayan tiger lives in the forests of the Malay Peninsula, and two tigers hold up the shield on Malaysia's coat of arms. The national football team is even nicknamed Harimau Malaya, which means 'Malayan Tiger'.
Photo: Tu7uh, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.
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