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Poland Multiple Choice
How much do you know about Poland?
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Last updated: February 10, 2019
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| First submitted | February 10, 2019 |
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1.
Who is Donald Tusk?
A TV parody of Donald Trump ("tusk" means "crazy")
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A winner of the Eurovision Song Contest
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The richest man within the European Union in 2018
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The President of the European Council and former Polish PM
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2.
What applies to around 90% of the Polish population?
They are Catholic.
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They live in rural areas.
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They speak Russian as a first or second language.
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They regard the Communist era in a positive light.
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3.
What is King John III. Sobieski's most notable feat?
Attacking Prussia and occupying Berlin for a short time
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Defeating the Turks at the Battle of Vienna
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Refusing to flee the country in World War II and fighting for the Underground State
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Introducing Christianity by massacring pagan tribes
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4.
What are pierogi?
A kind of cheese
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Dumplings
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Sausages
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Soups
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5.
What is remarkable about the time between 1795 and 1918?
The city of Danzig was destroyed in 1795 and not re-settled until 1918.
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Exclusively female monarchs reigned over Poland.
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Christians, Jews and Muslims were granted equal rights under the Edict of Warsaw.
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Poland did not exist as a sovereign country.
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6.
Which of these people was not Polish?
John Paul II.
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Marie Curie
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Franz Kafka
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Frédéric Chopin
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Franz Kafka was a citizen of Austria-Hungary, then of Czechoslovakia. He lived in Prague.
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Regarding pronounciation, which letter from the English alphabet is most similar to the Polish letter ł?
d
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v
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w
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j
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8.
Whose native language was Polish?
Herman Melville
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J. D. Salinger
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Bram Stoker
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Joseph Conrad
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He was born as Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski. He wrote his books, among them "Heart of Darkness", in English, which he learned in his twenties.
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Which of these rivers passes through Poland?
Danube
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Volga
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Vistula
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Elbe
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10.
How many people approximately live in Poland?
40 million
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75 million
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5 million
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18 million
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11.
What was the Solidarity movement opposed to?
The Nazi occupation
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The Pope
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The Austrian empire
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The Communist regime
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Its leader, Lech Wałęsa, became president of the republic in 1990.
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Which book did Henryk Sienkiewicz write?
The Grass Crown
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Quo Vadis
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Ben-Hur
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I, Claudius
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13.
Which of these movies was made by a Polish director?
The French Connection
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
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Taxi Driver
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Chinatown
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Chinatown (1974) was directed by Roman Polanski.
14.
Who lived in present-day Polish city Toruń?
Claudius Ptolemy
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Nostradamus
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Thomas Aquinas
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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15.
Which historical event is known as "Potop", or "Deluge"?
A famine that significantly reduced the population shortly before World War I
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Mass emigration of workers after the fall of communism
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It is the Polish name for "Blitzkrieg"
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The devastating invasion of the Swedish army
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