Q 01/05

Andorra lies high in which mountain range?

A) The Alps

B) The Pyrenees

C) The Cantabrian Mountains

D) The Massif Central

Answer · why

B) The Pyrenees

The Pyrenees. The country is a knot of valleys averaging 1,996 metres above sea level, so steep that only a sliver of its land can be farmed and most ...

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 President of France. The share began with a medieval French count, passed by inheritance to the kings of Navarre, and joined the French crown when...

Q 03/05

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

A) Charlemagne

B) Clovis

C) Charles Martel

D) Pepin the Short

Answer · why

A) Charlemagne

Charlemagne. The legend is built into the national anthem, El Gran Carlemany, which is sung in the country's own voice and opens by calling him 'my fa...

Q 04/05

The paréage of 1278 split Andorra between the Bishop of Urgell and which count?

A) Toulouse

B) Foix

C) Provence

D) Armagnac

Answer · why

B) Foix

The Count of Foix. The pact ended a long feud between his family and the bishops, and Andorra has counted 1278 as its birth as a state ever since.

Q 05/05

Under pressure from the EU over tax evasion, Andorra agreed in 2013 to introduce which tax for the first time?

A) Inheritance tax

B) Annual wealth tax

C) Personal income tax

D) Import duty

Answer · why

C) Personal income tax

Personal income tax. For decades there was none, which helped make Andorra's banks a haven for foreign money.