Q 01/05

The Pyrenees form the border between which two countries?

A) Spain and Portugal

B) France and Spain

C) France and Italy

D) France and Switzerland

Answer · why

B) France and Spain

France and Spain share the crest as their border, with a few quirks: the Val d'Aran lies on the northern, French-facing slope yet belongs to Spain.

Q 02/05

The Pyrenees meet the Mediterranean at Cap de Creus, on which Spanish coast?

A) Costa del Sol

B) Costa Blanca

C) Costa Dorada

D) Costa Brava

Answer · why

D) Costa Brava

Costa Brava takes in the last spur of the Pyrenees, Cap de Creus; Salvador Dalí lived beside the cape and put its craggy cliffs into The Persistence o...

Q 03/05

What is the highest peak in the Pyrenees?

A) Aneto

B) Posets

C) Vignemale

D) Monte Perdido

Answer · why

A) Aneto

Aneto saves its scare for the very end: the summit lies beyond the Paso de Mahoma, or Muhammad's Bridge, a short, narrow rock ridge with an exposed dr...

Q 04/05

How high is Aneto, the range's highest summit?

A) 2,904 m

B) 3,104 m

C) 3,404 m

D) 3,298 m

Answer · why

C) 3,404 m

The summit stands at 3,404 m above sea level, the highest point in the Pyrenees; Posets, at 3,375 m, is the range's second-highest peak.

Q 05/05

Which microstate lies entirely within the Pyrenees?

A) Monaco

B) Andorra

C) Liechtenstein

D) San Marino

Answer · why

B) Andorra

Andorra has two heads of state who live elsewhere: the French president and a Catalan bishop, the Bishop of Urgell, reign jointly as its co-princes.