Question
The Institute of National Remembrance seized dossiers on this agent after the widow of its country’s former interior minister tried to sell them. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this agent who informed on his colleagues at Gdańsk (“guh-DANSK”) Shipyard between 1970 and 1976. A controversial 2008 book alleges that this agent, an SB collaborator, was actually a future president of his country.
ANSWER: Bolek [prompt on Lech Wałęsa by asking “what was his purported codename as a Communist agent?”]
[10e] Lech Wałęsa (“LEKH vah-WEN-sah”), who was perhaps code-named Bolek, helped lead this Gdańsk-based trade union whose influence helped to end Poland’s Communist regime.
ANSWER: Solidarity [or Solidarność (“so-lee-DAR-nosh-ch”); or Independent Self-governing Trade Union “Solidarity”; or Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy „Solidarność”]
[10m] Before Wałęsa was elected, this Polish general briefly served as President of Poland after the office’s restoration. As Prime Minister, this man initiated the Round Table Talks that resulted in free Polish elections.
ANSWER: Wojciech Jaruzelski (“VOY-chekh yah-roo-ZELL-skee”) [or Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Nationals | 04/22/2023 | Y | 12 | 14.17 | 100% | 42% | 0% |
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