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Poland Country Quiz

Can you name these facts about the country of Poland?
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Last updated: May 15, 2020
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First submittedFebruary 17, 2014
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Capital city
Warsaw
Second biggest city / former capital
Kraków
Former free city known to the
Germans as Danzig
Gdańsk
Main city of Upper Silesia
Katowice
Longest river
Vistula
River at the German/Polish border
Oder
Sea to the north of Poland
Baltic Sea
The only Polish pope
John Paul II
Donuts eaten on the
last Thursday before Lent
Pączki
Name of Poland in Polish
Polska
Currency of Poland
Złoty
Hint
Answer
Creator of the heliocentric model
of the solar system
Nicolaus Copernicus
Wild cattle that went extinct in 1627
Aurochs
Radiation researcher who was the
first woman to win a Nobel Prize
Marie Skłodowska
Curie
Piano virtuoso and
"Minute Waltz" composer
Frédéric Chopin
Trade union that resisted the Soviets
Solidarity
Leader of the above and
President of Poland from 1990-95
Lech Wałęsa
Fugitive filmmaker of "The Pianist"
Roman Polanski
Polish stuffed dumpling
Pierogi
Last king of Poland
Stanisław II August
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Level 60
Apr 15, 2014
Poor Aristarchus of Samos.
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Level 73
Aug 7, 2020
I get it lol
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Level 53
Jan 8, 2024
Comment about the heliocentric system if anyone is unaware
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Level 78
Apr 15, 2014
Thought it was spelled paczi. Couldn't remember how it was really spelled.
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Level 69
Apr 25, 2014
Accept "Skłodowska" for the nobelist - she was Polish after all and she only accepted her husband's surname as the second one
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Level ∞
May 15, 2020
6 years later... that will work now!
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Level 26
Mar 9, 2021
hHhHhahahahahahahhahaahhahaahah
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Level 18
May 12, 2014
Firstly Maria Skłodowska also should work because it was her real name: Maria Skłodowska-Curie. Secondly we all Poles use names pierogi and pączki. 3rd issue I didn't know how to spell Tur in English. 4th The last king was Stanisław August Poniatowski. Stanislaw was only his first name, in Poland we call kings by their surnames. 5th Also Mikołaj Kopernik should work because it is his real name. 6th First name of Chopin is Fryderyk not Frederic. 7th Oder id Odra in Polish so it also should work. 8th I think Solidarność is more popular name than Solidarity of that trade union. But thanks for making quiz about Poland :) you probably didn't know about those facts.
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Level 78
Mar 10, 2020
Copernicus didn't have a "real name" (at least no "real" spelling): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus#Name.
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Level 65
Aug 8, 2020
You should have taken the quiz in Polish!
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Level 41
Sep 21, 2014
If you ask for a dumpling (singular), then the right answer is pierog - pierogi is the plural form!
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Level 87
Nov 18, 2014
Also accept Solidarnosc for Solidarity.
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Level ∞
May 15, 2020
Okay
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Level 54
Mar 19, 2016
If you ask about pączki which is plural for pączek you should have put donuts not donut
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Level ∞
May 15, 2020
Fixed
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Level 45
Mar 7, 2017
Accept Odra and Wisla since those are the only names Polish people use for the rivers. Also "paczek" should also be accepted since it's the singular version of paczki.
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Level ∞
May 15, 2020
Okay
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Level 64
Feb 15, 2018
lack of Poniatowski as a correct answer it's like in english accept only Barrack (not Obama) for US presidents quiz
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Level 62
Aug 8, 2020
Exactly! I tried three times to write Poniatowski and every time i looked for a mistake in spelling. Poniatowski should be accepted for sure.
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Level 70
Nov 29, 2018
But ... can Poland into space?
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Level 20
Sep 3, 2020
Yes
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Level 52
Nov 19, 2021
Hermaszewski done it
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Level 75
Mar 26, 2023
Obviously not
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Level 43
Jul 31, 2019
How you expect answers if you don't accept correct spelling or non Polish keybord. Solidarity should also be accepted as Solidarnosc and Paczki you cant spell different in English you need Polish keybord
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Level 70
Apr 8, 2020
Polak Wegier dwa bratanki i do szabli i do szklanki. Zawsze razem. :)
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Level 35
Sep 5, 2022
yesses
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Level 89
Aug 8, 2020
Dang. I didn't do so good on this one.
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Level 73
Aug 8, 2020
Wow, just realised how little I know about Poland.
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Level 78
Aug 8, 2020
Oh, how I want to see Forrest Whitaker in "The Last King of Poland."
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Level 81
Aug 8, 2020
Can Stanislaus be accepted for the last one?
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Level 75
Aug 8, 2020
No Tadeusz Kosciusko? Alright.
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Level 75
Mar 26, 2023
Agreed, that would be an interesting addition. And maybe those Polish soldiers who were sent to Haiti to crush the rebellion but ended up helping the rebels because they realised their struggle was just. One of my favourite stories from history, gives you back some faith in humanity.
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Level 62
Aug 10, 2020
River at the German/Polish border can be also Lusatian Neisse. You should be more precise.
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Level 66
Aug 10, 2020
If we're being pedantic, Copernicus didn't "create" (that would be whatever higher being you believe in) or even really "discover" (Aristarchus of Samos, Seleucus, and many others before Copernicus) the heliocentric model. A better clue would be "Polish astronomer who popularized the heliocentric model" or something like that.
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Level 80
Jul 6, 2022
Perhaps he didn't create or discover heliocentrism but he still did create the most accurate heliocentric model for the solar system
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Level 71
Aug 12, 2020
Is it just me, or is this quiz particularly difficult among the country quizzes? I feel some of the questions here are rather specific. Might just be that I don't know much about Poland though.
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Level 78
Aug 13, 2020
I thought I knew relatively much about Poland but I'd never get the three least-guessed answers.
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Level 45
Feb 22, 2023
I’m Polish and don’t have all answers
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Level 62
Sep 14, 2020
Surprised how few people got the question about the aurochs, and how many people got the questions about the filmmaker and the pianist.
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Level 26
Oct 5, 2020
Shouldn't solidarity mean a worker union, not trade ? Also solidarity protested against polish communist government, not USSR or eastern block at all
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Level 66
Nov 14, 2020
Anyone who doesn't know 'a wild polish cattle that went extinct in 1627' and 'the last king of Poland', must live under a rock. Not.
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Level 59
Dec 2, 2020
Jan Pawel for John Paul should count too
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Level 72
Dec 2, 2020
Jesus, this one is massively harder than the others in the series.
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Level 46
Mar 22, 2021
I have read the comments, and the lack of can into space jokes is mildly annoying
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Level 16
May 7, 2021
Stanisław II August wasnt the last polish king
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Level 46
Jun 7, 2021
please accept pierog and Poniatowski and tur
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Level 74
Aug 24, 2021
Will you accept Stanislav for Stanislaw?
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Level 57
Jan 23, 2022
And Stanislaus
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Level 23
Nov 1, 2021
if there is one dumpling - you say pieróg

YOU SAY PIEROGI ONLY IF THERE ARE FEW

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Level 71
May 4, 2022
Apparently I don't know much about Poland, but my extremely niche knowledge about Aurochs got me one. Wish they were still around, those massive cattle that must have been amazing.
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Level 37
Jul 18, 2022
W ostatnim pytaniu powinna być odpowiedź '' Stanisław August Poniatowski '' :).
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Level 47
Apr 22, 2023
could you accept Jan Paweł for John Paul?
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Level 57
Nov 24, 2023
The word "Tur" should be accepted for aurochs as is it the Polish name for them
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Level 66
Mar 20, 2024
spend most of my time trying to spell aurochs.. :(