Poland MCQ Questions and Answers for Practice

1. The Polish flag has two equal horizontal bands, which colour is at the top?

1. White
2. Red
3. Pink
4. Black

2. For the performance of whose plays was a theatre built in Gdansk?

1. Arthur Millar
2. Anton Chekhov
3. William Shakespeare
4. Julius Ceaser

3. In 1999, what organisation did Poland become a full member of?

1. World Health Organization
2. World Trade Organization
3. NATO
4. UNICEF

4. In which month in 1939 did Germany invade Poland?

1. March
2. August
3. September
4. October

5. The Polish currency is called the:

1. Banknot poliski
2. Krona
3. Zloty
4. Euro

6. What are pierogi?

1. Omelettes stuffed with jam, fruit, cottage cheese.
2. Traditional small white dumplings, filled with sauerkraut with mushrooms, cheese and potatoes, meat or with fruits.
3. Seasoned stew made from sauerkraut with chunks of various meats and sausages.
4. Cabbage parcels stuffed with meat or meat and rice.

7. Which chemical element is named after Poland?

1. Lead Pb
2. Phosphorus P
3. Protactinium Pa
4. Polonium Po

8. Which city is now the capital of Poland?

1. Astana
2. Warsaw
3. Krakow
4. Bucharest

9. Which countries border Poland?

1. Germany; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Ukraine; Belarus; Lithuania and Russia
2. Hungary; Slovakia; Spain; France; Lithuania and Austria
3. Finland; Romania; Sweden; Italy; Croatia; Lithuania and Russia
4. Andorra; Luxembourg; Malta; Vatican; Cyprus; Lichtenstein

10. Which of these countries has NOT claimed control of Polish lands in the past?

1. Austria
2. Russia
3. Netherlands
4. Germany

11. Who or what is Kubus Puchatek?

1. Winnie-the-pooh. The fictional bear is so popular in Poland a Warsaw street is named after him.
2. The Rubik Cube. Warsaw University has a course devoted to the mathematics of the gadget.
3. The polish equivalent of Robin Hood. Some versions of the folktale even have the two meeting in a forest.
4. None of the above

12. Who were Henryk Zygalski, Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Rozcki and what did they do?

1. Mobile phone engineers who accidentally developed SMS text messaging in the 1990s
2. English teachers who invented the game Scrabble as an educational aid in the 1970s
3. Mathematicians who helped crack the Nazis enigma code in the 1930s
4. None of the above