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