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The ballerina fountains in Wrocław that were designed by Małgorzata Chodakowska are made entirely of:	Bronze	100%
When covered with snow, the silhouette of Jakub Wejher's statue in the town of Wejherowo bears a striking resemblance to:	Darth Vader	100%
Białowieża Forest is among the oldest undisturbed forests in the world. It serves as a home for wild:	European bison	100%
The village of Sułoszowa developed from a medieval system of rural development known as "Waldhufendorf." Thus, behind each house are:	Narrow strips of farmland about 75ft in width	100%
Despite interference from antagonistic Soviet fans, Władysław Kozakiewicz set a world record at the 1980 Summer Olympics for:	Pole vault	100%
The Polish immigrant Frank 'Rocky' Fiegel served as the inspiration for Elzie Segar's popular cartoon character known as:	Popeye	100%
In addition to animal cruelty laws that protected rat-consuming cats, Poland was mostly spared from the Bubonic Plague thanks to the popularity of the Łaznia, which is the Polish word for:	Saunas	100%
The resort town of Zakopane is a center of the indigenous Górale (Polish Highlander) culture and features the largest of this in Europe:	Snow maze	100%
The scenic reservoir and garden of Łazienki was originally built by King August II and was maintained until its demolition by the Nazis during World War II. It was located in the city of:	Warsaw	100%
Formism, also known as Polish Expressionism, was an art movement that espoused the superiority of form over content in artistic works. The movement was prominent in Poland during the:	1920's	50%
Tupolevism is a journalistic term invented by Piotr Stankiewicz and defined as "a tendency to do things without adequate preparation and without appropriate time reserved." It was coined in the aftermath of the:	2010 Smolensk air disaster	50%
The "Polish Pyramids" refer to a group of megalithic tombs that have recently been discovered in Wietrzychowice, Poland. These elongated mounds were most likely created by members of the Funnelbeaker culture around what year?	4000 BCE	50%
In addition to being the tallest figure of Jesus Christ in the world by some metrics, the statue known as "Christ the King" in Świebodzin is famous for:	Antennas within the Crown that provide Internet	50%
In Shakespeare's "Hamlet," the character of Polonius was named in honor of what real-life contemporary event?	A Polish envoy who gravely offended Queen Elizabeth I of England	50%
The Polish sculptor Jerzy Kędziora is famed for his:	Balancing sculptures	50%
Having originally opened in 1275, the "Piwnica Świdnicka" in Wrocław is among the oldest restaurants in all of Europe. The name comes from the nearby city of Świdnica, from which this was imported in the Middle Ages:	Beer	50%
BONUS - The forest straddles the border between Poland and:	Belarus	50%
Poland's Malbork Castle is the world's largest castle by area as well as the biggest building made of:	Bricks	50%
The Polish city of Bolesławiec is known for producing among the oldest and most famous brands of what in Central Europe?	Ceramics	50%
The fairytale Little Crooked House in Sopot was inspired by the designs of Jan Szancer, who was a famous twentieth-century:	Children's book illustrator	50%
The Upside-Down House in Szymbark was designed by Daniel Czapiewski and built in 2007. Its design and furnishings are meant to evoke the time period of the:	Communist era	50%
Pustynia Błędowska in southern Poland is Central Europe's largest:	Desert	50%
Wolin is the largest Polish island in the Baltic Sea. Its inhabitants annually hold the largest type of this festival in Europe:	Festival of Slavs and Vikings	50%
The "eastern barrier" was a diplomatic scheme to bind Sweden, Poland, and the Ottoman Empire into a defensive alliance against Russia. The project was mainly propagated by:	France	50%
Liczyrzepa is a mythological creature similar to Bigfoot that resides in Poland's Giant Mountains. The ruler of an underground realm rarely glimpsed by mortals, his attitudes towards humans are generally:	Friendly or cruel depending on whether the humans respect his laws	50%
The Polish designer Ewa Nowak created facial jewelry that renders the wearer undetectable to algorithms used in facial recognition software. This jewelry is known as:	Incognito	50%
The word tak means "yes" in Polish and "no" in:	Indonesian	50%
Following the failed November Uprising of 1830, many Poles fled to this city and established the ethnic neighborhood of Polonezköy:	Istanbul	50%
Polonosuchus was an archosaur named by two Polish paleontologists after their home country. It could grow up to 20 feet long and lived during the:	Late Triassic	50%
The floral motives in the "Painted Village" of Zalipie were originally made from:	Leftover dumpling fat	50%
Zawisza the Black (1380-1428) was said to be the greatest knight of his era, with his legendary honor being an ingrained-part of Polish national lore. His fame primarily resulted from the 1428 Siege of Golubac, where Zawisza:	Refused to abandon his men while they covered their allies' retreat	50%
Poles with surnames like Czochran, Machlejd, and Szynkier are descended from 16th century merchants who settled in Pomerania and gradually became polonized. They were originally from:	Scotland	50%
The distant constellation of Scutum was discovered in 1684 by Jan Heweliusz of Gdańsk. What was the original Latin name that he gave this grouping of stars?	Scutum Sobiescianum	50%
Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz was a Polish naval engineer who became the first woman to sail around the world solo. She began and ended her circumnavigation in:	The Canary Islands	50%
Konstantynopolitańczykowianeczka is widely believed to be the longest word in the Polish language. It means:	"The daughter of a man from Constantinople"	50%
During the 1803 Haitian Revolution, many soldiers in Napoleon's Polish Legions defected from his army and settled in the new country, congregating around the community of Cazale. Many descendants of these Poles retained aspects of their culture, such as:	Traditional Slavic hair braids	50%
Anna Anderson Manahan was (likely) a Polish woman who moved to Charlottesville in 1968 and, up until her death in 1984, claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov of Russia. She lived at:	University Circle	50%
The Crooked Forest near Gryfino was created by:	Unknown human methods	50%
The community of Panna Maria in Texas is the oldest permanent Polish settlement within the United States, having been founded on Christmas Eve in 1854 by a group of 100 Polish families. From which part of Poland did these families mostly originate?	Upper Silesia	50%
Dożynki is a harvest festival celebrated in many Polish rural communities. Its most central feature is this object, symbolizing both the prospect of wealth and power of new life:	Wreath made from the last batch of gleaned grain	50%