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100

What year was the Sterling Hall of Medicine built?

What is 1925?

100

This three-time Oscar winner and Yale School of Drama alumna is widely regarded as one of the greatest actresses of all time.

Who is Meryl Streep?

100

This 1899 landmark features a gothic design and houses a vast collection of rare books and manuscripts.

What is the Sterling Memorial Library?

100

This TV series, which aired on the CW, follows the life of a mother-daughter duo in the fictional town of Stars Hollow, and features Rory's journey to Yale.

What is "Gilmore Girls"?

100

Yale University was founded in 1701 in this city, before moving to New Haven

What is Saybrook?

200

This Nobel laureate and former Yale professor co-discovered the structure of DNA

Who is James D. Watson?

200

This Yale alum became a famous neurosurgeon and inspired TV shows and medical dramas with his pioneering brain surgeries.

Who is Dr. Harvey Cushing?

200

The "Pomp and Circumstance" graduation march was first performed at a Yale graduation ceremony in this building in 1905.

What is Woolsey Hall?

200

This Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Yale Drama School alum Lin-Manuel Miranda chronicles the life of one of America's Founding Fathers.

What is "Hamilton"?

200

In what year was Yale College renamed after a major donation?

 What is 1718?

300

Yale’s medical school publishes this prestigious journal of biomedical research.

What is The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine?

300

Known for his roles in Fight Club and American History X, this actor studied history at Yale and was a competitive rower.

Who is Edward Norton?

300

This majestic gate marks the main entrance to Old Campus

What is Phelps Gate?

300

This 2003 movie starring Julia Roberts was the first major film to shoot scenes on the Yale campus and is set in the 1950s at Wellesley College.

What is Mona Lisa Smile?

300

In 1866, this philanthropist established the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University.

Who is George Peabody?

400

Who founded the first Physician Associate program at Yale, and in what year?

Jack Cole, MD, and Alfred Sadler, MD, in 1970

400

Before becoming famous as the character "Fonz" on Happy Days, this actor earned his Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama in 1970.

Who is Henry Winkler?

400

This is the name of Yale's oldest residential college, known for its distinctive Gothic architecture, founded in 1932, opening in 1933.

Jonathan Edwards College

400

Yale Drama School alum Paul Giamatti starred in this HBO mini-series, playing the second President of the United States.

What is John Adams?

400

In what year was Yale University founded, and what was Yale University originally named?

What is 1701 and the Collegiate School?

500

This first African American woman received a medical degree from the Yale School of Medicine.

Who is Beatrix McCleary Hamburg

500

In addition to serving as Secretary of State, this Yale Law graduate was the first woman to win a major party's presidential nomination in 2016.

Who is Hillary Clinton?

500

This Yale Med auditorium is famous for hosting grand rounds and major lectures — and is known for its beautiful murals.

The Brady Memorial Auditorium at the Yale School of Medicine

500

This famous actress and Yale School of Drama alum is known for her roles in "The Silence of the Lambs" and "The Accused."  

Who is Jodie Foster, she graduated from Yale in 1985 

500

This famous Yale secret society was founded in 1832 and has included several prominent American leaders as members.

What is Skull and Bones?

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