Poland Quiz

Poland Quiz Questions

1) Who is the first pope from Poland?
a) Paul VI
b) John Paul I
c) John Paul II
d) Benedict XIV

2) Which countries annexed Poland in 1939?
a) Austria and Italy
b) Germany and Italy
c) Italy and Turkey
d) Germany and USSR

3) Who was the leader of Solidarity?
a) Lech Walesa
b) Wojciech Jarulzeski
c) Karol Wojtyla
d) Yuri Andropov

4) Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1980?
a) Frederick Sanger
b) Czeslaw Milosz
c) Ernest Baldwin
d) Taslima Nasreen

5) Who was the king of Poland in 960-992?
a) Mieszko I
b) Mieszko II
c) Wladyslaw Herman
d) Boleslaw Wrymouth

6) Which of the following poets is a woman?
a) Czeslaw Milosz
b) Stanislaw Baranczak
c) Wislawa Szymborska
d) Zbigniew Herbert

7) How many medals were won by Poland in Moscow Olympics 1980?
a) 16
b) 24
c) 32
d) 48

8) Who succeeded Karol Wojtyla as archbishop of Krakow?
a) Jozef Glemp
b) Kaziemerz Nycz
c) Adam Sapieha
d) Franciszek Macharski

9) Who of the following is not a patron saint of Poland?
a) St. Patrick
b) St. Hyacinth
c) St. Florian
d) St. Casimir

10) Who painted ” Lake Switez “?
a) Tommaso Dolabella
b) Julian Falat
c) Adolf Karol Sandoz
d) Daniel Schultz

11) When did Poland become a member of the European Union?
a) Octobe 3, 1990
b) January 1, 2001
c) May 1, 2004
d) July 7, 2007

12) How are Lech Kaczynaki who became president on December 23, 2005 and Jaroslaw Kaczynaki who became prime minister on July 10, 2006 related?
a) Father and son
b) Twins
c) Cousins
d) Uncle and nephew

13) Who was born in Warsaw and became National Security Advisor in USA?
a) Condoleezza Rice
b) Alexander Hague
c) Janet Reno
d) Zbigniew Brzezinski

14) Which is the currency of Poland?
a) Euro
b) Zloty
c) Yen
d) Pound

15) Who invented interferometer?
a) Marie Curie
b) Pierre Curie
c) Albert Abraham Michelson
d) Wladyslaw Orlicz

16) Who first discovered an extra-solar planet?
a) Alexander Wolszczan
b) Alfred Tarski
c) Jan Sniadecki
d) Waclaw Sierpinski

17) Who of the following offered to die for another during World War II?
a) St. Casimir
b) St. Maximillian Kolbe
c) St. John Berchmans
d) St. Hedwig

18) Who won the Battle of Danzig in 1807?
a) French
b) Russians
c) Germans
d) British

19) In which city is the Central Museum of Textiles?
a) Krosno
b) Lodz
c) Plock
d) Krakow

20) When was LOT Polish Airlines founded?
a) 1903
b) 1914
c) 1929
d) 1945

21) Who won the Shipping Line of the year 2007 award?
a) Red Star
b) White Star
c) Euroafrica
d) Maersk

22) Which is the national flower of Poland?
a) Tulip
b) Rose
c) Marigold
d) Cornflower

23) Which mast collapsed in 1991?
a) RCN Konstantynow
b) RTCN Myslowice
c) RTCN Piaki
d) RCN Zygry

24) Which of the following rivers empties into the Baltic Sea?
a) Pilica
b) San
c) Vistula
d) Lyna

25) When is the National Day of Poland?
a) 1 May
b) 3 May
c) 1 November
d) 9 May

Poland Quiz Questions with Answers

1) Who is the first pope from Poland?
c) John Paul II

2) Which countries annexed Poland in 1939?
d) Germany and USSR

3) Who was the leader of Solidarity?
a) Lech Walesa

4) Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1980?
b) Czeslaw Milosz

5) Who was the king of Poland in 960-992?
b) Mieszko II

6) Which of the following poets is a woman?
c) Wislawa Szymborska

7) How many medals were won by Poland in Moscow Olympics 1980?
c) 32

8) Who succeeded Karol Wojtyla as archbishop of Krakow?
d) Franciszek Macharski

9) Who of the following is not a patron saint of Poland?
a) St. Patrick

10) Who painted “Lake Switez”?
b) Julian Falat

11) When did Poland become a member of the European Union?
c) May 1, 2004

12) How are Lech Kaczynaki who became president on December 23, 2005 and Jaroslaw Kaczynaki who became prime minister on July 10, 2006 related?
b) Twins

13) Who was born in Warsaw and became National Security Advisor in USA?
d) Zbigniew Brzezinski

14) Which is the currency of Poland?
b) Zloty

15) Who invented interferometer?
c) Albert Abraham Michelson

16) Who first discovered an extra-solar planet?
a) Alexander Wolszczan

17) Who of the following offered to die for another during World War II?
b) St. Maximillian Kolbe

18) Who won the Battle of Danzig in 1807?
a) French

19) In which city is the Central Museum of Textiles?
b) Lodz

20) When was LOT Polish Airlines founded?
c) 1929

21) Who won the Shipping Line of the year 2007 award?
d) Maersk

22) Which is the national flower of Poland?
d) Cornflower

23) Which mast collapsed in 1991?
a) RCN Konstantynow

24) Which of the following rivers empties into the Baltic Sea?
c) Vistula