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  • 1. What year was Sorbonne Université founded?
A) 2001
B) 1793
C) 1968
D) 2018
  • 2. Where is Sorbonne Université located?
A) Paris, France
B) London, England
C) Rome, Italy
D) Berlin, Germany
  • 3. Which famous library is associated with the Sorbonne?
A) Bibliothèque nationale de France
B) Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand
C) Bibliothèque de la Sorbonne
D) Bibliothèque Mazarine
  • 4. Which country is home to Sorbonne Université?
A) Italy
B) France
C) Spain
D) Germany
  • 5. What is the campus style of Sorbonne Université?
A) Urban campus
B) Rural campus
C) Suburban campus
D) Closed campus
  • 6. What type of university is Sorbonne Université?
A) Vocational school
B) Public research university
C) Private university
D) Community college
  • 7. Which social sciences does Sorbonne Université excel in?
A) Political Science
B) Physics
C) Mathematics
D) Biology
  • 8. Which notable figure was the first president of Sorbonne?
A) Emile Durkheim
B) Robert de Sorbon
C) André Gide
D) Jean-Paul Sartre
  • 9. In what year was the College of Sorbonne established?
A) 2018
B) 1808
C) 1257
D) 1896
  • 10. What was Robert de Sorbon's role in the French monarchy?
A) Advisor to Napoleon Bonaparte
B) Chaplain to King Louis IX
C) President of France
D) Minister of Education
  • 11. When was the College of Sorbonne closed?
A) 1793
B) 1808
C) 2018
D) 1896
  • 12. Who was the first woman to become a professor at the Sorbonne?
A) Marie Skłodowska-Curie
B) Pierre Curie
C) Robert de Sorbon
D) Félix Faure
  • 13. In what year did Marie Curie join the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Paris?
A) 1891
B) 2018
C) 1896
D) 1808
  • 14. How many Nobel Prizes have Sorbonne University's alumni and professors won as of 2021?
A) 33
B) 50
C) 10
D) 20
  • 15. When was the Faculty of Humanities, commonly known as 'the Sorbonne', created?
A) July 10, 1896
B) March 17, 1808
C) April 28, 1893
D) November 19, 1896
  • 16. Under which French regime did the Faculty of Humanities welcome an average of 1,000 to 1,500 students a year?
A) Bourbon Restoration
B) July Monarchy
C) Napoleonic Era
D) French Revolution
  • 17. How many professors taught at the Faculty of Humanities between 1809 and 1878?
A) 51
B) 100
C) 200
D) 300
  • 18. When was the new University of Paris created through the merger of several faculties?
A) 1793
B) 2018
C) 1808
D) 1896
  • 19. Who inaugurated the new University of Paris on November 19, 1896?
A) Robert de Sorbon
B) Pierre Curie
C) Félix Faure
D) Marie Curie
  • 20. What was the original purpose of the College of Sorbonne?
A) To train artists and musicians
B) To serve as a military academy
C) To provide for secular clergy who would study and teach without concern for their material existence
D) To conduct scientific research
  • 21. How many Fields Medals have Sorbonne University's alumni and professors won as of 2021?
A) Twelve
B) Ten
C) Three
D) Six
  • 22. What award, in addition to Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, have Sorbonne University's alumni and professors won?
A) Grammy Award
B) Oscar
C) Turing Award
D) Pulitzer Prize
  • 23. What was the Faculty of Protestant Theology transformed into in 1905?
A) A free faculty
B) Part of the University of Paris
C) An independent university
D) Closed permanently
  • 24. Which law gave civil personality to bodies formed by the union of several faculties?
A) March 17, 1808
B) November 19, 1896
C) April 28, 1893
D) July 10, 1896
  • 25. What was the Faculty of Humanities commonly known as due to its location?
A) 'The Eiffel Tower'
B) 'The Louvre'
C) 'The Panthéon'
D) 'The Sorbonne'
  • 26. What was the average number of students at the Faculty of Humanities under the July Monarchy?
A) 3,000
B) Rising to 2,000
C) 1,000 to 1,500
D) 500
  • 27. In which year was the Faculty of Sciences in Paris opened?
A) 1971
B) 1962
C) 1826
D) 1811
  • 28. In which year did the Faculty of Sciences move to the Sorbonne?
A) 1826
B) 1962
C) 1811
D) 1971
  • 29. When did the Faculty of Sciences relocate to the Jussieu Campus?
A) 1971
B) 1927
C) 1826
D) 1962
  • 30. In what year did the Faculty of Sciences open a satellite campus at Orsay?
A) 1811
B) 1971
C) 1927
D) 1960
  • 31. When was a satellite campus opened at Orléans?
A) 1927
B) 1811
C) 1960
D) 1971
  • 32. In what year did the University of Paris split into several interdisciplinary universities?
A) 1962
B) 1971
C) 1927
D) 1826
  • 33. Which university was created from the majority of the teaching and research units of the Faculty of Sciences?
A) UPMC
B) Paris-Saclay University
C) Université Paris Cité
D) University of Paris-Sorbonne
  • 34. What major financial support did Sorbonne University receive as part of the 'Initiative d'excellence'?
A) 700 Million euros for ten years
B) 900 Million euros with no limit of time
C) 1 Billion euros for three years
D) 500 Million euros for five years
  • 35. How many faculties does Sorbonne University have?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Four
D) Five
  • 36. Which institute at Sorbonne University is associated with Mathematics?
A) LIP6
B) Institut des systèmes intelligents et de robotique
C) Institut Henri Poincaré
D) Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel
  • 37. Which notable laboratory at Sorbonne University focuses on Quantum Physics?
A) Institut d'astrophysique de Paris
B) Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel
C) Institut des systèmes intelligents et de robotique
D) LIP6
  • 38. Which faculty at Sorbonne University includes studies in health sciences?
A) Health Sciences
B) Science and Engineering
C) None of the above
D) Arts and Humanities
  • 39. Which hospitals are part of the AP-HP Sorbonne University Hospital Group?
A) Hôpital Saint-Louis, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades
B) Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
C) Hôpital Charles-Foix, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Hôpital Fondation Rothschild
D) Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou
  • 40. Who decided to convert the Sorbonne into one single building?
A) Cardinal Richelieu in 1622
B) Pierre Greard during his tenure as Chief Officer of Education Authority of Paris
C) Henri-Paul Nénot in the late 19th century
D) Politician Jules Ferry in 1881
  • 41. Which campus is the historical Sorbonne building located at?
A) 47 rue des Écoles in the historic Latin Quarter
B) Place du Panthéon
C) Rue d'Assas
D) Quai de Conti
  • 42. Which of the following is not a part of the AP-HP Sorbonne University Hospital Group?
A) Hôpital Fondation Rothschild
B) Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
C) Hôpital Charles-Foix
D) Hôpital Saint-Louis
  • 43. Which building is part of the Sorbonne's historical campus?
A) The Louvre Museum
B) The Grand Amphithéâtre
C) Notre-Dame Cathedral
D) The Eiffel Tower
  • 44. Who was responsible for constructing the current Sorbonne building?
A) Henri-Paul Nénot
B) Cardinal Richelieu
C) Pierre Greard
D) Jules Ferry
  • 45. In which arrondissement is the Pitié-Salpêtrière Campus located?
A) 7th arrondissement
B) 14th arrondissement
C) 13th arrondissement
D) 5th arrondissement
  • 46. When was the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital and University Center founded?
A) 1957
B) 1657
C) 1964
D) 1996
  • 47. What is the name of the main part of the Pierre and Marie Curie Campus?
A) Latin Quarter
B) Clignancourt Center
C) CHU Sorbonne
D) Grill d'Albert
  • 48. Where do undergraduate students in Philosophy, History, Geography, Musicology, English, and Spanish take their classes?
A) Latin Quarter campus
B) Clignancourt center
C) Malesherbes center
D) Pitié-Salpêtrière Campus
  • 49. Where do undergraduate students in German studies, Slavic studies, Italic studies, and Romanian studies take their classes?
A) Malesherbes center
B) Pitié-Salpêtrière Campus
C) Clignancourt center
D) Latin Quarter campus
  • 50. Who constructed the building where undergraduate Art History and Archeology classes are held?
A) Paul Bigot
B) Marcel Bataillon
C) Nathalie Drach-Temam
D) Louvre Abu Dhabi
  • 51. In what year was the building for Art History and Archeology classes classified as a national historic building?
A) 1925
B) 1996
C) 1930
D) 2008
  • 52. Which library houses all doctoral dissertations since January 1, 1986?
A) Marcel Bataillon Library
B) Michelet Library
C) Serpente Library
D) Louvre Abu Dhabi
  • 53. Which library is located in the Latin Quarter campus and specializes in Iberian and Latin-American culture?
A) Louvre Abu Dhabi
B) Michelet Library
C) Serpente Library
D) Marcel Bataillon Library
  • 54. When was the exclusive international agreement between Sorbonne and Abu Dhabi signed?
A) 19 February 2006
B) 1 January 1986
C) 30 May 2008
D) 2007
  • 55. Where is Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi located?
A) Marais
B) Reem Island
C) Latin Quarter
D) Jardin du Luxembourg
  • 56. In which language are all programs at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi taught, except for some exceptions?
A) English
B) French
C) Spanish
D) Arabic
  • 57. What was Sorbonne University's global ranking in the CWUR World University Rankings 2018–2019?
A) 83rd place globally
B) 51st place globally
C) 39th place globally
D) 29th place globally
  • 58. In which field was Pierre and Marie Curie University ranked 4th in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities?
A) Arts and Humanities
B) Health
C) Social Sciences
D) Mathematics
  • 59. In which field was Paris-Sorbonne University ranked 9th globally?
A) Modern languages
B) Mathematics
C) Social Sciences and Management
D) Arts and Humanities
  • 60. What was the rank of Paris-Sorbonne University in Arts and Humanities according to QS World University Rankings?
A) 115th globally
B) 36th globally
C) 9th globally
D) 127th globally
  • 61. In which year was the Sorbonne College for bachelor's degrees established?
A) 2013
B) 2010
C) 2016
D) 2014
  • 62. What type of degrees allow students to graduate from both Sorbonne University and Panthéon-Assas University?
A) Cross-institutional bachelor's degrees ('double licences')
B) Professionalizing courses in business management
C) PhD programs
D) Single institution bachelor's degrees
  • 63. What system does Sorbonne University propose that is similar to the Anglo-American university model?
A) Scholar uniform system
B) Honorary diploma system
C) Double degree system
D) Major-minor system
  • 64. Which partnership offers a professionalizing course in business management to Sorbonne University alumni and PhD students?
A) UPMC
B) FAPERJ
C) INSEAD
D) Cambridge
  • 65. Since when has every PhD student at Sorbonne University been delivered an honorary diploma labeled Sorbonne University?
A) 2016
B) 2014
C) 2013
D) 2010
  • 66. In what year was the Sorbonne Doctoral College created?
A) 2011
B) 2014
C) 2016
D) 2013
  • 67. What is the focus of the Department of 3D Craniofacial Reconstruction?
A) Architecture and anthropology
B) Biomedical tools
C) Digital technologies in social science
D) 3D Craniofacial Reconstruction
  • 68. Which foundation is Sorbonne University partnered with for bilateral research programs?
A) China Scholarship Council
B) Brazilian foundation FAPERJ
C) League of European Research Universities
D) INSEAD
  • 69. How many scientific collections does Sorbonne University house that are open to researchers?
A) Three notable scientific collections
B) Ten notable scientific collections
C) Eight notable scientific collections
D) Five notable scientific collections
  • 70. Which collection at Sorbonne University features over 1500 minerals on display?
A) Zoology collection
B) Paleontology collection
C) Minerals collection
D) Physics experiments models collection
  • 71. Which collection at Sorbonne University is a research collection of fossil plants?
A) Charcot Library
B) Minerals collection
C) Paleobotany collection
D) G. Lippmann collection
  • 72. Which Sorbonne alumnus won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2023?
A) Gérard Mourou
B) Anne L'Huillier
C) Serge Haroche
D) Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
  • 73. Who is known as the 'founding father of convolutional nets'?
A) Pierre-Louis Lions
B) Yann LeCun
C) Wendelin Werner
D) Ngô Bảo Châu
  • 74. Which Sorbonne alumnus was awarded the Fields Medal in 2010?
A) Wendelin Werner
B) Cédric Villani
C) Ngô Bảo Châu
D) Pierre-Louis Lions
  • 75. Who was a pioneering figure in Iranian press freedom?
A) Raphael Armattoe
B) Ľubica Karvašová
C) Taha Hussein
D) Hossein Towfigh
  • 76. Who among the following is a notable alumnus and French synchronized swimmer?
A) Maura Delpero
B) Charlotte Tremble
C) Fatou Kiné Diakhaté
D) Elaine Greene
  • 77. Which Sorbonne alumnus won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020?
A) Gérard Mourou
B) Anne L'Huillier
C) Emmanuelle Charpentier
D) Serge Haroche
  • 78. Who was the Minister of Education in Egypt in 1950?
A) Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo
B) Raphael Armattoe
C) Ľubica Karvašová
D) Taha Hussein
  • 79. Who won the Fields Medal in 2006?
A) Wendelin Werner
B) Cédric Villani
C) Pierre-Louis Lions
D) Ngô Bảo Châu
  • 80. Which Sorbonne alumnus is a notable art curator and historian?
A) Ľubica Karvašová
B) Raphael Armattoe
C) Mona Khazinder
D) Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo
  • 81. Who among the following is a notable alumnus and Senegalese politician?
A) Raphael Armattoe
B) Fatou Kiné Diakhaté
C) Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo
D) Ľubica Karvašová
  • 82. Which Sorbonne alumnus won the Fields Medal in 1982?
A) Pierre-Louis Lions
B) Alain Connes
C) Ngô Bảo Châu
D) Wendelin Werner
  • 83. Who is a notable alumnus and British literary agent?
A) Elaine Greene
B) Raphael Armattoe
C) Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo
D) Ľubica Karvašová
  • 84. Which Sorbonne alumnus won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018?
A) Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
B) Serge Haroche
C) Gérard Mourou
D) Anne L'Huillier
  • 85. Who is a notable alumnus and Québécois singer?
A) Ľubica Karvašová
B) Raphael Armattoe
C) Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo
D) Francine Brunel-Reeves
  • 86. Which Sorbonne alumnus won the Fields Medal in 1994?
A) Alain Connes
B) Wendelin Werner
C) Pierre-Louis Lions
D) Ngô Bảo Châu
  • 87. Which Sorbonne alumnus won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2012?
A) Gérard Mourou
B) Anne L'Huillier
C) Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
D) Serge Haroche
  • 88. Who is a notable alumnus and Italian Oscar-nominated director?
A) Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo
B) Maura Delpero
C) Ľubica Karvašová
D) Raphael Armattoe
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