POLISH HISTORY
1. Q: The son of Mieszko I who became the first Polish King in 1025.
A: Who is Boleslaw Chrobry?
2. Q: There were many Nazi extermination camps on Polish territory during the WWII, but
this one is the most infamous.
A: What is Auschwitz –Birkenau?
3. Q: Polish lawyer and politician who was recently elected as the new President of Poland.
A: Who is Andrzej Duda?
4. Q: Declared in Poland in 1791, it was the first constitution in modern Europe and the
second in the world, following the American one.
A: What is Constitution of May 3?
5. Q: Day of the end of the World War I also marked independence of Poland. Today this is
Polish national holiday.
A: What is November 11th?
6. Q: In the early 1980s this organization became the first independent labor union in the
country.
A: What is Solidarity?
7. Q: In 966, Mieszko I wanted to unite Poland with European Christian culture bringing
Czech missionaries and marrying the Czech Princess Dabrowka. This marked an
important event in a Polish history.
A: What is the Baptism of Poland?
8. Q: On July 15, 1410 Poland and Lithuania were involved in the largest battle of the
Middle Ages with Teutonic Knights (Krzyzacy).
A: What is “Bitwa pod Grunwaldem”?
9. Q: This famous Polish king led the armies against the Ottoman Empire in 1683 during
the Battle of Vienna.
A: Who was Jan III Sobieski?
10. Q: On this day government of Poland declared martial law as an attempt to crush
political opposition. Thousands of opposition members and Solidarity activists were
interned.
A: What is December 13, 1981?
11. Q: In 2004 Poland joined this economic/political union.
A: What is the European Union?
12. Q: After the tragic death of the Polish President Lech Kaczynski this Minister of National
Defense took over his position.
A: Who is Bronislaw Komorowski?
13. Q: This Polish president perished in the plane crash in on April 10, 2010.
A: Who is Lech Kaczynski?
14. Q: He was the last Polish monarch who died in prison in 1798 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
A: Who is Stanislaw August Poniatowski?
15. Q: Three territorial divisions of Poland in 1772, 1793 and 1795 were perpetrated by
those 3 countries.
A: What are Russia, Prussia and Austria?
16. Q: This war started on September 1, 1939 when fascist Germans attacked Poland and
eventually came to include most of the countries in the world.
A: What is World War II?
17. Q: During World War II Soviet Russia captured and executed thousands of Polish
military, intelligence and Polish officers in this Russian city.
A: What is Katyn?
18. Q: August 1, 1944 marks the beginning of a heroic and tragic 63-day struggle to liberate
Warsaw from Nazi/German occupation.
A: What is Warsaw Uprising?
19. Q: This institution was founded by King Kazimierz Wielki in 1364 and it became one of
the best know universities in Poland.
A: What is Uniwersytet Jagielloński or Akademia Krakowska?
20. Q: The most important Polish military action during World War II took place around this
monastery in Italy.
A: What is Battle of Monte Casino?
21. Q: The largest castle in the world by the surface area built by the Teutonic Knights in the
XIII century.
A: What is Malbork Castle?
22. Q; Time in Polish history between 1772-1775 when Polish territory was seized between
Russian Empire, Kingdom of Prussia and Habsburg Austria resulting in elimination of
sovereign Poland for 123 years.
A: What is partition of Poland?
23. Q: The name” Poland “originates from the name of tribe Polanie which means the
following..
A: What are people living in open fields?
24. Q: Located in Gdansk, on the Baltic Sea, this military fort was attacked by the Germans
at the onset of World War II.
A: What is Westerplatte Peninsula?
25. Q: This is where the Polish head of state resides.
A: What is Belvedere?