Question: Are there any words in the english language that start with Q and are not followed by a U? 

Answer: As seen above, those are examples of words borrowed from other languages.  There are no strictly "English" words with Q not followed by U, unless one counts "Qwerty" as in "Qwerty" typewriter, the current keyboard layout we use today.
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