poland

     

– on the European continent  (camel & white) – in the European Union  (camel)                  [Legen]

Trivia about poland

  • Of nations entirely within Europe, it was the largest in area in 1571 & 1771, not on the map in 1871, & No. 6 in 1971
  • Wladyslaw Gomulka was first secretary of this country's Communist party from 1956-1970
  • Saint Hyacinth, whose uncle was the bishop of Krakow, is the apostle of this country
  • President Aleksander Kwasniewski
  • In Europe:Old pan
  • USC's center for this country's music, open since 1985, features the works of Andrzej Koszewski, among others
  • Krakow & Gdansk
  • Wroclaw & Gdansk
  • In December 1995 Aleksander Kwasniewski became president of this country
  • In 1981 Wojciech Jaruzelski established martial law in this country & outlawed Solidarity
  • The country where you'll find the city of Gdansk
  • This country's highest mountain is Rysy peak, about 60 miles south of Krakow
  • Pope John Paul II was born in the city of Wadowice in this country
  • In 1980 the Solidarity labor union was formed when the Gdansk shipworkers went on strike in this country
  • Pal Don
  • Janusz Wysocki designed this country's 1.40-zloty rollerblading stamp
  • In 1967 Marie Curie was honored on a 10 zlotych piece by this, her native country
  • In 960 Mieczyslaw I became the first ruler of this country
  • Central Park has a statue of King Wladyslaw II Jagiello of this country, who was also Grand Duke of Lithuania
  • The Pomeranian is a small dog named for a European region now mostly in this country
  • James Michener's novel about this country centers on a village on the Vistula River
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands next to a restaurant billboard.) I’m in this country getting used to some unfamiliar letter combos, like "DZISIAJ W PROMOCJI:"--"Today's specials are:"
  • This European country's most populous province is Katowice in the south
  • Former electrician Lech Walesa became president of this country in 1990
  • On Sept. 1, 1939 citizens of this nation discovered their country had been invaded by the Nazis, beginning WWII
  • Peru,Poland,Papua New Guinea
  • Przewodnik Katolicki &Glos Koszalinski
  • Polska
  • In the late 18th century it was divided among Prussia, Russia & Austria
  • Casimir III, who passed the statute of Wislica, allowed the Jews to settle in this country that he ruled
  • (Jon of the Clue Crew reads from the WW II Memorial in Westerplatte, Germany.) I'm in Westerplatte, where early on September 1, 1939, a German battleship opened fire on this country's forces & began World War II
  • The 1606-07 Zebrzydowski Rebellion was an uprising of nobles against this country's king
  • The John Paul II International Airport is in this country
  • The family tree of actress Leelee Sobieski includes Jan Sobieski, a 17th century king of this country
  • This country had rulers named Boleslaw the Bold, Boleslaw the Brave & Boleslaw the Wrymouthed
  • President Bronislaw Komorowski; that should be all you need
  • ...the Wieliczka Salt Mine
  • We should all make a pact to meet one year from now in Warsaw, this country's capital
  • After helping out in the American Revolution, Tadeusz Kosciuszko went home to fight for this land's freedom
  • Katowice & Warszawa are this country's two most populous provinces
  • In 1978 men from this country took residence in the Vatican & the Salyut 6 space station
  • A lot of visitors to this country fly LOT, its national airline, to cities like Poznan & Szezecin
  • Ukraine, Germany & the Baltic Sea all border this country
  • In 1795 Austria, Prussia & Russia partitioned this country, eliminating its existence
  • Casimir Pulaski Day, the first Monday in March, celebrates a Revolutionary War hero born in this country
  • In 1025 Boleslaw I became this country's first king but died within the year
  • Ruling from 1764 to 1795, Stanislaus II was the last king of this country
  • Czestochowa is found in the southern part of this country, just north of Katowice
  • Bialystok,Slupsk,Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski
  • In January 1995 this country's government knocked 4 zeroes off its zloty
  • In central Europe:President Aleksander Kwasniewski
  • The western portion of the Baltic island of Usedom belongs to Germany; the eastern, to this country
  • From Koluszki to Kolno, & Wozniki to Strzelce, visit us, but just know we've heard all the jokes already
  • Our lady of Czestochowa, called The Black Madonna, is one of this country's most beloved icons
  • Lubelski
  • This country's Jagiellonian University was largely built by Queen Jadwiga
  • The 2004 addition of 10 countries including this one brings the E.U.'s population to 450 million
  • Bialowieza National Park straddles the border of Belarus & this western neighbor
  • Marshal Rydz-Smigly was the commander in chief of this country's army when it was invaded in 1939
  • In 2005 Lech Kaczynski became the president of this country
  • In 1940 the Soviets massacred officers of this country's army in the Katyn Forest, but blamed it on the Nazis
  • In 1569 Lithuania & this country merged to form the largest single kingdom in Eastern Europe
  • Casimir IV was succeeded as king of this country by his son John Albert
  • In November 1918 this country proclaimed its independence, with Jozef Pilsudski as its first chief of state
  • Boleslaw I & Stanislaw II August Poniatowski
  • The Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork & the Wieliczka Salt Mine
  • Rzeczpospolita Polska
  • Bydgoszcz,Przemysl,Szczecin
  • With the crowning of King Boleslaw, this central European nation is recognized as an independent state
  • Gen. John Shalikashvili &Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski
  • The name of this country means "plain" & its flatness was helpful to the Nazi war machine
  • The 2 countries that border the Czech Republic to the north are Germany & this other large country
  • A 1795 partition ended its existence as a separate state in E. Europe; in 1918 it was back as a republic
  • The Russians should have reckoned with Marshal Pilsudski before fighting with this, his country
  • Formerly known as Schrottersburg, Plock is smack in the middle of this country, Germany's eastern neighbor
  • You're on a roll if you know that Bialystock is one of this country's largest provinces
  • "Mazurek Dabrowskiego"
  • In the 1569 Union of Lublin, Zygmunt II united Lithuania & this country
  • In 1587 Sigismund, the son of Sweden's king, became ruler of this Eastern European country
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  • Many Belarusians & Ukrainians live in this country bordered on its east by Belarus & Ukraine
  • Hanna Suchocka became this eastern European country's first female prime minister in 1992
  • In 1982, this country issued a 5,000-zloty note featuring a green Frederic Chopin
  • It was first united under Casimir I in 1047
  • The Crooked House seen here was completed in 2003 in Sopot in this country; the language over the door is a big clue
  • Politechnika Krakowska, Politechnika Wroclawska
  • Jagiello, Grand Duke of Lithuania, married Queen Jadwiga & became King Wladyslaw II of this country in 1386
  • Lodz
  • In 1683 Jan Sobieski, king of this country, saved Vienna by routing the besieging Turks
  • The Awangarda Krakowska was an avant-garde literary movement begun in this country in 1922
  • John III Sobieski:1674 to 1696
  • Marshal Jozef Pilsudski
  • 1704 to 1709 & back for round 2 from 1733 to 1734:Stanislaw I
  • "Katyn", from this country, is the story of the killing of its army officers by Soviet soldiers in 1940
  • 500,000 people, many lighting candles, marched in this country in 2005 to honor the late Pope