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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
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9,300 . Poland has 9,300 lakes! The area of those lakes is 2.5 acres.
| Who was the greatest composer born and raised in Poland? | Poland Mixture
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Chopin. Chopin was the most famous composer in Poland. There are some who believe a young talent, Karol Szymanowask, is growing up to his potential.
Roman Catholic. Roman Catholicism is the main religion, with 95 percent of the population as members. Some think that 75 percent of the 95 percent are practising Catholics.
A's, B's, C's, D's. As in some states and many other countries, Poland's passing grades are A's, B's, C's and D's.
| Do Poles prefer Western clothing over their traditional dress? | Poland Mixture
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24th. Although Americans celebrate Christmas on the 25th, Poland celebrates it on the 24th. They also have a St. Nikolas day.
| In 2006, what is Poland's yearly average income per individual worker? | Poland Mixture
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$6,400. Compared to the United States yearly income ($28,600), Poland's seems very low.
| The address of Poland's embassy is 2640 16th street, Washington DC, NW 20009. True or false? | Poland Mixture
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Baltic Sea. Poland's coastline is on the Baltic sea, the easternmost part of the coastline is a bay of this sea, the Gulf of Danzig (Gdansk), and it is here that the port of Danzig (Gdansk) is located.
Carpathians. The Urals are in Russia and form part of the boundary between Europe and Asia. The Jura are on the French Swiss border.
Oder. The Oder, or Odra, rises in the Czech Republic and runs north to the Baltic Sea.
Danzig . Danzig was declared a free port in the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. It was to gain control of this port that Hitler's troops marched into Poland in 1939. Protests against the COmmunist government were centered in this city.
Vistula (Wisla). Warsaw was almost totally destroyed in World War II. It has since been rebuilt.
Germany. Poland's borders have changed many times.
| The ruined grave housing Poland's first documented ruler Mieszko I is located where? | Tough Poland Quiz
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Poznan Cathedral. Mieszko I and Boleslav (Boleslaw) Chrobry both originally had graves in the crypt of Poznan Cathedral, but both graves are now in ruin.
Kalisz. Believe it or not, Kalisz was mentioned in Ptolemy's atlas in the 3rd century AD. It bore the name Calissa and it was a stopping point on the amber route.
| Akademia Gorniczo Hutnicza (a.k.a. Stanislaw Staszic university) is located where? | Tough Poland Quiz
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Krakow. AGH is one of three famous universities in Krakow in addition to the Jagiellonian University and the Krakow Polytechnic.
Sandomierz. In the town of Sandomierz there is a Gothic house (now a museum) that once belonged to Jan Dlugosz.
| Ludwik Zamenhof was a Polish Jew who invented the artificial language Esperanto. Where was he born? | Tough Poland Quiz
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Rysy. Poland’s highest point lies in the High Tatras and it's called Rysy (2,499 m above sea level), which can be translated into "scratches" or "crevices". Rysy consists of three peaks: middle (2,503 m), north-western (2,499 m) and south-eastern (2,473 m), but only the south-eastern peak lies on the Polish side of the Polish-Slovakian border.
Vistula. Yes, Vistula (Wisla) is the longest river in Poland (1047 km). The next one is Oder (Odra) - 854 km, and then Warta which is 808 km. The source of the Vistula River is at Barania Gora (1220 m above sea level) in the Silesian Beskids (western part of Carpathian Mountains). The Vistula passes through several large Polish cities including: Cracow, Warsaw, Torun and Gdansk.
| Poland shares borders with seven countries. Which border is the longest? | Fantastic Poland
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Czech Republic. Poland shares borders with Germany (467 km) to the west, the Czech Republic (796 km) and Slovak Republic (541 km) to the south, Ukraine (535 km), Belarus (418 km) and Lithuania (104 km) to the east and Russia, Kaliningrad Oblast (110 km) to the north. Poland also borders the Baltic Sea from the north.
Lake Hancza. In Europe, only Finland has a greater density of lakes than Poland. The largest lakes are Lake Sniardwy and Lake Mamry in Masuria and Lake Lebsko and Lake Drawsko in Pomerania. However the deepest lake is Lake Hancza (108,5 m depth) in the Wigry Lake District, east of Masuria in Podlaskie Voivodship.
| What is the name of the largest National Park situated in Poland? | Fantastic Poland
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Biebrza National Park. Biebrza National Park (Biebrzanski Park Narodowy), located along the Biebrza River, is the largest (592 square km) of the 23 Polish National Parks. The most valuable part of the Biebrza National Park are the marshes. It's also a home for many birds and mammals such as elks and beavers.
Wolin Island. The total area of the Wolin Island is 265 square km. This island is one of the biggest tourist attractions in northwestern Poland due in part to the Wolin National Park which is situated in the middle.
Palace of Culture and Science. Prior to 2008 the Palace of Culture and Science (Palac Kultury i Nauki) was the tallest building in Poland (237 m) and the 187th tallest building in the world. The construction, which lasted three years, was completed in 1955. The Palace was "a gift" from the Soviet Union to Polish citizens. Today, this huge building contains a museum of technology, a museum of evolution, a very big congress hall, three theaters and an observation balcony located on the 30th floor.
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