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Question	Answer	% Correct
What Polish scientist discovered Radium and Polonium with his husband?	Marie Curie	91%
Which three countries partitioned Poland among themselves starting in 1772, removing Poland from the world map? (name any)	Austria \| Prussia \| Russia	89%
In what concentration camp did Nazi Germany at least kill 1.1 million people during WWII?	Auschwitz	87%
After what war did Poland re-emerge as an independent country after 123 years?	World War I	83%
Which Polish priest began his papacy in 1978?	John Paul II	80%
What Polish scientist determined that the Earth revolves around the Sun, not vice versa?	Nicolaus Copernicus	79%
In what city was Poland's first university founded in 1364?	Kraków	76%
What country was Poland in a union with between 1569–1795?	Lithuania	72%
What German encryption machine was cracked by British and Polish codebreakers?	Enigma	67%
What Polish piano virtuoso composed "Minute Waltz"?	Frédéric Chopin	64%
What empire did the Polish king John III Sobieski defeat at the Battle of Vienna in 1683?	Ottoman Empire	64%
Which "free city" existed on the Baltic coast between 1920–1939?	Danzig	61%
What leader of the above served president of Poland between 1990–1995?	Lech Wałęsa	61%
What military alliance was founded in Poland in 1955?	Warsaw Pact	59%
Which Polish filmmaker has been a fugitive from the U.S. criminal justice system?	Roman Polanski	56%
What language was created by Polish linguist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, intended to be a universal language?	Esperanto	55%
What trade union resisted the Soviets?	Solidarity	49%
What movie, directed by the above, was based on the life of Władysław Szpilman?	The Pianist	45%
At the WWII conference of what city were the modern-day borders of Poland formed?	Yalta	45%
Which Polish-born British author wrote "Heart of Darkness" and "Lord Jim"?	Joseph Conrad	26%