Q 01/05

Prince Polo, the Polish wafer bar made in Cieszyn since 1955, is the best-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 at every home game, with Potato Pete, Sauerkraut Saul and Cheese Chester sprinting between the fifth...

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

Włoszczyzna comes from Włochy, the Polish name for Italy, a nod to the Italian-born Queen Bona Sforza whose court cooks popularised the vegetables in ...

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' in The Birds and The Wasps as a proverb...

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 foods alongside the Italian beef and the Chicago hot dog, yet it was invented by Jimmy Stef...