Q: Pol: What proportion of secondary school graduates go to university (1996)?
A: 19%

Q: Pol: What proportion of the population are pensioners (1996)?
A: 25% (exactly: 24%)

Q: Pol: What is the per capita GNP in Poland (1996)?
A: $3,300 (exactly: $3,230)

Q: Pol: How much time does an average Pole spend per day to watch TV (1997)?
A: 5 hours

Q: Pol: What is the trend in emissions of air pollutants in Poland (1996)?
A: decrease

Q: Pol: Does PKP (state train company) require government subventions (1996)?
A: yes ($350 million per year)

Q: Pol: What proportion of taxpayers paid their taxes in the 45% tax bracket (1997)?
A: 2% (indeed they used various tax reliefs to arrive at average 21% tax!!!)

Q: Pol: 1 million copies of a new computer journal ... have been sold out in Poland within a couple of days.
A: Easy PC

Q: Pol: Poznan was a village set up in the 10th century and became a ... in 1250.
A: city

Q: Pol: How many countries in Europe have better access to satellite TV than Poland (1996)?
A: two (Germany and Great Britain)

Q: Pol: An area in North-East Poland abounding in lakes
A: Mazurian lake district

Q: Pol: What proportion of the GDP is social security spendings (1996)?
A: 16%

Q: Pol: What is the Polish GNP (1997)?
A: $135 billion ($3500 per capita)

Q: Pol: How much lower is Polish per capita GDP than the average figure for the EEC?
A: 8

Q: Pol: What proportion of Internet users in Poland are students and scientists (1998)?
A: 70%

Q: Pol: What proportion of Poles have a university degree (1996)?
A: 7%

Q: Pol: What two networks provide the greatest part of Polish bandwidth to the Internet (Jan 1998)?
A: TP SA and NASK (both 10 Mbps)

Q: Pol: How many people use the Internet in Poland (OBOP, Nov 1997)?
A: 2.5 million

Q: Pol: 1 million copies of "Easy PC" have been sold out in Poland within a couple of ... (one family in ten bought it!).
A: days

Q: Pol: What proportion of Poles have access to satellite or cable TV (1996)?
A: 40% (1994: 25% 1991: 4%)

Q: Pol: ...% of Poles do not go anywhere for vacation during summer
A: 55%

Q: Pol: 4% of Poles use credit cards but ...% are interested (1998).
A: 50

Q: Pol: What proportion of money paid by ZUS (state social security company) it collects as insurance (1997)?
A: about 75% (exactly: 76%)(the rest are subsidies that make up 14% of the government spending)

Q: Pol: Poznan was a ... set up in 10th century and became a city in 1250.
A: village

Q: Pol: How much do wages increase due to social expenses (1996)?
A: by 50%

Q: Pol: What is the total bandwidth of TP SA connections to the world (Jan 1998)?
A: 10 Mbps (to be expanded to 34 Mbps soon)

Q: Pol: To what Internet networks is TP SA (telecommunications company) connected (1998)?
A: Teleglobe (four 2 Mbps connections)(Canada)
A: MCI (one 2 Mbps connection)(USA)

Q: Pol: Poznan was a village set up in the ... century and became a city in 1250.
A: 10th

Q: Pol: In what hours does traffic fall below 50% at TP SA (telecommunications company)(1998)?
A: 3 am - 7 am

Q: Pol: How old is the oldest Pole (Jan 1997)?
A: 113 (Jan Sklodowski who did not eat meat and loved fish, milk, apples)

Q: Pol: What countries host MCI and Teleglobe (TP SA connections to the world of the Internet)?
A: USA and Canada (respectively)

Q: Pol: Which one is connected via Sweden: NASK or TP SA (1998)?
A: NASK

Q: Pol: ...(%) of those who learn foreign languages in Poland choose English
A: 80%

Q: Pol: What is an evening pay to a strip-tease dancer (1996)?
A: PLN 1500

Q: Pol: What proportion of men in Poland smoke (1998)?
A: 39%

Q: Pol: 1 million copies of "Easy PC" have been sold out in Poland within a couple of days (one family in ... bought it!).
A: ten

Q: Pol: What proportion of small companies sell more abroad than in the country?
A: 5%

Q: Pol: How many people die annually from drowning in Poland (1998)?
A: 800

Q: Pol: What proportion of government spendings is ZUS (state social security company) subsidies (1997)?
A: 14%

Q: Pol: What is the expected economic growth in Poland in 1999 (Mar 1999)?
A: 4% (5.1% acc to Balcerowicz)

Q: Pol: How many PCs are sold in Poland annually (1996)?
A: 0.5 million (exactly: 550,000)

Q: Pol: What is the annual increase in the sales of PC computers (1997)?
A: 16%

Q: Pol: How many software packages has Microsoft sold in Poland by the end of 1997?
A: 700,000

Q: Pol: What proportion of the Poles are confirmed atheists?
A: 1% (5% declare that they are "rather atheistic")

Q: Pol: When did GSM become available in Poland?
A: 1996

Q: Pol: What proportion of white-collar workers have their own PC at work (1998)?
A: 23% (44% in Germany, 56% in France)

Q: Pol: What proportion of Poles celebrate May 1?
A: 1%

Q: Pol: What proportion of Poles know what we celebrate on Nov 11?
A: 60% (Independence Day)

Q: Pol: What is the average salary in Poland (1998)?
A: PLN 1100 (PLN 880 in 1996)

Q: Pol: How much can a miserably looking beggar earn in a busy place (Poznan, 1998)?
A: up to PLN 100 per hour

Q: Pol: What was the increase in the Internet calls through TP SA in the first year (Jun 1996 - Jun 1997)?
A: 10-fold

Q: Pol: How many PCs are sold in Poland annually (May 1997)?
A: 500,000 (only 10% goes to private hands)

Q: Pol: How many modems handle Internet calls to TP SA (Jan 1998)?
A: 4000

Q: Pol: What proportion of Poles suffer from dental carries?
A: 98%

Q: Pol: What was the increase in the number of users of the Internet in Poland in 1997?
A: it doubled

Q: Pol: How many vistors per day does www.chip.pl have (1997)?
A: 4000

Q: Pol: What is the average hourly wage in Poland (1996)?
A: PLN 7 ($2 as compared with $11 in the US)

Q: Pol: What is the cause of low wages in Poland (1996)?
A: high cost of social expenses

Q: Pol: What is the annual increase in sales of multimedia software in Poland (1997)?
A: 70%

Q: Pol: Zofia Kuratowska (d. 1999) was first to discover that EPO is produced in ...
A: the kidneys

Q: Pol: What proportion of Chip readers use the Internet (Dec 1997)?
A: 70%

Q: Pol: What is the total bandwidth of NASK connections to the world (Jan 1998)?
A: 10 Mbps (all go via satellite)

Q: Pol: How many .pl domains have been registered (Aug 1998)?
A: 2500 (.com.pl: 8000)

Q: Pol: Who was the most prominent writer of Young Poland period?
A: Wladyslaw Reymont

Q: Pol: What was the cost of floods in summer 1997?
A: $5 bn

Q: Pol: What proportion of Poles celebrate Christmas?
A: nearly 99%

Q: Pol: How many PCs are there in Poland (1996)?
A: 2 million

Q: Pol: When was Poland connected to the Internet?
A: 1990 (connected to the EARN node in Copenhagen)

Q: Pol: How many annual salaries does a 50 square meter appartment in Poland cost (1998)?
A: 7 (6 in 1993, 40 in 1991)

Q: Pol: When will all taxes in Poland be equalized (acc. to L.Balcerowicz)(1998)?
A: by 2001

Q: Pol: What was Microsoft's revenue from sales in Poland in 1997?
A: $40 million (70% increase!)

Q: Pol: What is the share of the private sector in the Polish GDP (1997)?
A: 70%

Q: Pol: What proportion of Poles go to parties on New Year's Eve?
A: 25%

Q: Pol: What proportion of Poles want a borderless Europe (1997)?
A: 66% (however, the number is decreasing!)

Q: Pol: What is the level of unemployment in Poland (1998)?
A: 10% (15% in 1993)

Q: Pol: How many companies accept credit cards in Poland (1998)?
A: 30,000

Q: Pol: How much time does an average Pole spend per day on talking to his or her family (1996)?
A: 17 min

Q: Pol: ...% of Poles use credit cards but 50% are interested (1998).
A: 4

Q: Pol: What was the increase in Polish GNP in 1998?
A: 4.8%

Q: Pol: How many people are murdered in Poland every day (1996)?
A: 3

Q: Pol: How many years did it take to build Poznan fast train?
A: 16 (1981-1997)

Q: Pol: What proportion of Poles are against informal families (without a marriage)(1996)?
A: 50%

Q: Pol: When will Poland become a fully fledged member of the EEC?
A: 2004-2005 (Wprost, Nov 1998)
A: 2003 (EEC, 1999)
A: 2000-2002 (Geremek, 1997)

Q: Pol: ...(scientist) who died in summer 1999 was first to discover that EPO is produced in the kidney
A: Zofia Kuratowska

Q: Pol: Which FTP download goes better from Czech Republic or from the US?
A: the US (TP SA has a direct link)(packets to Czech Republic go via the US)

Q: Pol: Which famous Pole almost does not watch Polish TV and does not listen to Polish radio?
A: Stanislaw Lem (he prefers satellite)

Q: Pol: How much did S.Lem get for an article in PC Magazine?
A: PLN 600 ($300)

Q: Pol: How many people used the Internet in Poland in 1996?
A: 0.5 million

Q: Pol: What is more popular among readers of Chip: e-mail or WWW (1997)?
A: WWW (94%; while e-mail 70%)(a change over 1996!)

Q: Pol: Who bought MSP (1996-1998)?
A: CHS Electronics

Q: Pol: Who is the most widely translated Polish author since Sienkiewicz?
A: Stanislaw Lem

Q: Pol: When did kidney transplants start in Poznan?
A: the early 1990s (exactly: 1991)

Q: Pol: Why should not the battle of Tannenberg be glorified?
A: it virtually stopped the cultural development of Poland

Q: Pol: Who bought System 3000 (1998)?
A: Techmex

Q: Pol: What happened to Baltona?
A: it went bankrupt

Q: Pol: What happened to Pewex?
A: it went bankrupt

Q: Pol: What happened to Spolem?
A: it went bankrupt

Q: Pol: How much did Boguslaw Linda get for his cigarette advert (1997)?
A: over $100,000 (one of the largest advertising paydays in this country)

Q: Pol: Which FTP download goes better from Germany or from the US?
A: the US (TP SA has a direct link)(packets to Germany go via the US)
