Q 01/05

Andorra lies in which mountain range, between France and Spain?

A) The Alps

B) The Pyrenees

C) The Cantabrian Mountains

D) The Massif Central

Answer · why

B) The Pyrenees

It is landlocked and borders only those two countries.

Q 02/05

Andorra's two co-princes are the Bishop of Urgell and which head of state?

A) The King of Spain

B) The President of Catalonia

C) The Pope

D) The President of France

Answer · why

D) The President of France

The French claim descends from the Counts of Foix via the kings of France.

Q 03/05

Tradition holds that Andorra was created by which Frankish emperor for help against the Moors?

A) Charlemagne

B) Clovis

C) Charles Martel

D) Pepin the Short

Answer · why

A) Charlemagne

The story says 5,000 Andorran soldiers under Marc Almugaver earned the charter.

Q 04/05

The first paréage that created shared sovereignty over Andorra was signed in which year?

A) 1288

B) 1419

C) 1278

D) 1607

Answer · why

C) 1278

King Peter III of Aragon mediated between the Bishop of Urgell and the Count of Foix.

Q 05/05

Which French king's 1607 edict made France's head of state and Urgell's bishop co-lords of Andorra?

A) Louis XIV

B) Henry IV

C) Francis I

D) Louis XIII

Answer · why

B) Henry IV

He had inherited the Count of Foix's claim as Henry III of Navarre.