Q 01/05

Prince Polo, the Polish wafer bar made in Cieszyn since 1955, was for decades the top-selling chocolate bar of which country?

A) Norway

B) Finland

C) Iceland

D) Ireland

Answer · why

C) Iceland

Iceland has bought more Prince Polo than any other chocolate bar for decades, Nielsen data shows, and for years it was one of the few bars sold there ...

Q 02/05

Which MLB team stages a race of mascots in giant pierogi costumes between innings, copying Milwaukee's racing sausages?

A) Pittsburgh Pirates

B) Chicago Cubs

C) Detroit Tigers

D) Cleveland Guardians

Answer · why

A) Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates run the Great Pierogi Race between the fifth and sixth innings, and once a year the pierogi travel to Milwaukee to take on the ...

Q 03/05

Włoszczyzna, the Polish name for the soup-vegetable bundle of carrot, parsley and leek, literally credits which country?

A) France

B) Italy

C) Hungary

D) Austria

Answer · why

B) Italy

Italy, Włochy in Polish, gives włoszczyzna its name, literally 'Italian stuff'. Tradition credits the Italian-born Queen Bona Sforza, who married King...

Q 04/05

Ptasie Mleczko, the chocolate-coated marshmallow bars E. Wedel has sold since 1936, translates from Polish as what?

A) Angel's breath

B) Bird's milk

C) Cloud sugar

D) Snow cream

Answer · why

B) Bird's milk

Bird's milk is an ancient figure of speech for an impossible luxury: Aristophanes used 'the milk of the birds' as a proverbial rarity. Jan Wedel is cr...

Q 05/05

The Maxwell Street Polish, a grilled sausage under fried onions and yellow mustard, is a street food of which US city?

A) Chicago

B) Detroit

C) Milwaukee

D) Cleveland

Answer · why

A) Chicago

Chicago counts the Maxwell Street Polish among its classic street foods, yet the sandwich is widely credited to Jimmy Stefanovic, a Macedonian immigra...