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  • For how many days did Westerplatte defend itself in 1939?
    6 or 7 days
  • What was the name of the bishop that had his arm cut off by Prussia and became a martyr and saint?
    Wojciech (Adalbert)
  • Name every professional football club that Robert Lewandowski played for since 2008, when he made his international debut.
    Lech Poznań, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, FC Barcelona, Chicago Fire
  • What was the name of this famous Polish musical composer?
    Fryderyk Szopen (Chopin)
  • Who was the first woman to become King of Poland?
    Jadwiga
  • When did Poland stop the Bolshevik Russia and save Europe from communism? Which year?
    1920
  • What was the name of this famous Polish painter that depicted Polish history?
    Jan Matejko
  • How many days was Mirosław Hermaszewski in space?
    8
  • What is the oldest tree in Poland?
    Cis Henrykowski
  • Who is this Polish strongman and MMA fighter, 5 time Strongman World Champion?
    Mariusz Pudzianowski
  • Name at least two Polish Literature Nobel Prize winners
    Henryk Sienkiewicz, Władysław Reymont, Czesław Miłosz, Wisława Szymborska, Olga Tokarczuk
  • What was the real name of Polish Pope John Paul II?
    Karol Wojtyła
  • What was the Warsaw Pact?
    Union of communist states after World War II (including Polish People's Republic, Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia etc.)
  • Which two countries, other than Germany, attacked Poland in September 1939?
    Soviet Union, Slovakia
  • What is the name of these soldiers?
    Hussars
  • Name at least one Polish military fleet ships from World War II
    Destroyers - Błyskawica, Grom, Burza, Wicher (Lightning, Thunder, Storm, Hurricane), submarines - Orzeł, Wilk, Sęp, Ryś, Żbik (Eagle, Wolf,Vulture,Lynx,Wildcat)
  • What was the name of the Polish goalkeeper who played for Liverpool and famously saved penalties in 2005 Champions League final?
    Jerzy Dudek
  • What was the name of this Polish tank from World War II?
    7TP
  • Which island did Poland want to buy from France before World War II?
    Madagascar
  • What year did Poland start as a country? (when was the baptism of Poland?)
    966
  • What was the first capital city of Poland?
    Gniezno
  • What year was the Kraków Academy created?
    1364
  • What is the name of this iconic Polish car, the most widely produced Polish car of all-time?
    Fiat 126p "Maluch" ("The Little One")
  • What was the name of Józef Piłsudski's famous horse?
    Kasztanka (Chestnut)
  • What is the fish that is traditionally eaten during the Christmas Eve?
    Carp
  • For how many days did Poland defend itself against Germany in 1939?
    36
  • Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize?
    Maria Skłodowska-Curie
  • Who was the first Polish person to fly to space?
    Mirosław Hermaszewski
  • Which tank did the Polish soldiers in the Warsaw Uprising steal from the Germans?
    Panther
  • Nearby which two rivers is the Modlin Fortress located?
    Wisła (Vistula) and Narew
  • Which years did Russia, Prussia and Austria-Hungary do partitions of Poland?
    1772, 1793, 1795
  • What is the name of this Polish tennis player?
    Iga Świątek
  • Which year did Warsaw become the capital city of Poland?
    1596
  • What was the name of this man, former Polish president and hero of Solidarność (Solidarity) social/political movement.
    Lech Wałęsa
  • What was the name of this famous Polish leader?
    Józef Piłsudski
  • When did the Warsaw Uprising happen? Which year?
    1944 (August 1)
  • Which year did Poland and Lithuania create one country (when was the Lublin Union)?
    1569
  • What is the breed of bird that is the symbol of Poland?
    Eagle
  • Who was the author of Polish famous Trilogy and Quo Vadis, first Polish Nobel Prize winner in literature?
    Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • What day is the Polish Independence Day celebrated?
    November 11
  • Who was the first king of Poland?
    Bolesław Chrobry
  • What is the name of this Polish NBA basketball player?
    Marcin Gortat
  • Who was the oldest Polish person ever, that lived to be 116 years old?
    Tekla Juniewicz
  • What was the name of the Polish mountaineer woman who was the first woman in Europe to reach the top of Mount Everest in 1978?
    Wanda Rutkiewicz
  • What flower is the symbol of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising from 1943?
    Daffodil
  • What was the name of the Polish engineer who invented mine detector?
    Józef Kosacki
  • Which century was Poland at its largest in terms of territory? You can make a mistake of 50 years at most.
    17th century (1619)
  • When did the Grunwald battle happen?
    1410
  • What is the title of the Polish national anthem?
    Mazurek Dąbrowskiego
  • What was the name of German occupied Polish territory, including Warsaw and Kraków during World War II? Its initials are GG.
    General Government