Poland Multiple Choice

How much do you know about Poland?

Quiz by

Rate:

Last updated: February 10, 2019

You have not attempted this quiz yet.

More quiz info >>

First submitted	February 10, 2019
Times taken	300
Average score	66.7%
Report this quiz	Report

Quiz and answer stats >>

Friends stats >>

5:00

The quiz is paused. You have remaining.

Scoring
You scored / = %

    This beats or equals
    % of test takers
    also scored 100%
    
The average score is 

      Your high score is
      
    
Your fastest time is 
more stats >>
friends stats >>

Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...

1. Who is Donald Tusk?

The richest man within the European Union in 2018 ✓

A winner of the Eurovision Song Contest ✓

The President of the European Council and former Polish PM ✓

A TV parody of Donald Trump ("tusk" means "crazy") ✓

2. What applies to around 90% of the Polish population?

They are Catholic. ✓

They live in rural areas. ✓

They speak Russian as a first or second language. ✓

They regard the Communist era in a positive light. ✓

3. What is King John III. Sobieski's most notable feat?

Introducing Christianity by massacring pagan tribes ✓

Refusing to flee the country in World War II and fighting for the Underground State ✓

Defeating the Turks at the Battle of Vienna ✓

Attacking Prussia and occupying Berlin for a short time ✓

4. What are pierogi?

Sausages ✓

A kind of cheese ✓

Soups ✓

Dumplings ✓

5. What is remarkable about the time between 1795 and 1918?

Christians, Jews and Muslims were granted equal rights under the Edict of Warsaw. ✓

Poland did not exist as a sovereign country. ✓

The city of Danzig was destroyed in 1795 and not re-settled until 1918. ✓

Exclusively female monarchs reigned over Poland. ✓

6. Which of these people was not Polish?

Franz Kafka ✓

Marie Curie ✓

Frédéric Chopin ✓

John Paul II. ✓

Franz Kafka was a citizen of Austria-Hungary, then of Czechoslovakia. He lived in Prague.

7. Regarding pronounciation, which letter from the English alphabet is most similar to the Polish letter ł?

d ✓

w ✓

j ✓

v ✓

8. Whose native language was Polish?

Herman Melville ✓

Bram Stoker ✓

Joseph Conrad ✓

J. D. Salinger ✓

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.

9. Which of these rivers passes through Poland?

Vistula ✓

Danube ✓

Elbe ✓

Volga ✓

10. How many people approximately live in Poland?

40 million ✓

75 million ✓

5 million ✓

18 million ✓

11. What was the Solidarity movement opposed to?

The Communist regime ✓

The Pope ✓

The Nazi occupation ✓

The Austrian empire ✓

Its leader, Lech Wałęsa, became president of the republic in 1990.

12. Which book did Henryk Sienkiewicz write?

Ben-Hur ✓

Quo Vadis ✓

The Grass Crown ✓

I, Claudius ✓

13. Which of these movies was made by a Polish director?

Taxi Driver ✓

One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest ✓

Chinatown ✓

The French Connection ✓

Chinatown (1974) was directed by Roman Polanski.

14. Who lived in present-day Polish city Toruń?

Thomas Aquinas ✓

Nostradamus ✓

Nicolaus Copernicus ✓

Claudius Ptolemy ✓

15. Which historical event is known as "Potop", or "Deluge"?

Mass emigration of workers after the fall of communism ✓

The devastating invasion of the Swedish army ✓

It is the Polish name for "Blitzkrieg" ✓

A famine that significantly reduced the population shortly before World War I ✓

Suggested Quizzes See all >>

Countries That Border Russia

Countries by Partial Flag Images #6

Brand Logos That Start With L

Logos Revealing Logos #1