| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What Polish scientist discovered Radium and Polonium with his husband? | Marie Curie | 92%
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| In what concentration camp did Nazi Germany at least kill 1.1 million people during WWII? | Auschwitz | 90%
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| Which three countries partitioned Poland among themselves starting in 1772, removing Poland from the world map? (name any) | Austria | Prussia | Russia | 90%
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| After what war did Poland re-emerge as an independent country after 123 years? | World War I | 83%
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| Which Polish priest began his papacy in 1978? | John Paul II | 82%
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| What Polish scientist determined that the Earth revolves around the Sun, not vice versa? | Nicolaus Copernicus | 80%
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| In what city was Poland's first university founded in 1364? | Kraków | 76%
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| What country was Poland in a union with between 1569–1795? | Lithuania | 72%
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| What German encryption machine was cracked by British and Polish codebreakers? | Enigma | 68%
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| What empire did the Polish king John III Sobieski defeat at the Battle of Vienna in 1683? | Ottoman Empire | 65%
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| What Polish piano virtuoso composed "Minute Waltz"? | Frédéric Chopin | 64%
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| Which "free city" existed on the Baltic coast between 1920–1939? | Danzig | 63%
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| What military alliance was founded in Poland in 1955? | Warsaw Pact | 62%
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| What leader of the above served president of Poland between 1990–1995? | Lech Wałęsa | 61%
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| What language was created by Polish linguist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, intended to be a universal language? | Esperanto | 57%
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| Which Polish filmmaker has been a fugitive from the U.S. criminal justice system? | Roman Polanski | 56%
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| What trade union resisted the Soviets? | Solidarity | 49%
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| What movie, directed by the above, was based on the life of Władysław Szpilman? | The Pianist | 48%
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| At the WWII conference of what city were the modern-day borders of Poland formed? | Yalta | 48%
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| Which Polish-born British author wrote "Heart of Darkness" and "Lord Jim"? | Joseph Conrad | 27%
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