Famous Yale Alumni
Science
Land "Ha"
100
This famous father-son pair were both members of the Yale Secret Society known as Skull and Bones.
Who are George H.W. Bush & George W. Bush?
100
In the equation, e=mc^2, the "c" stands for this.
What is the speed of light?
100
In 1636, Thomas Hooker, a Congregationalist minister, founded what would be this capital of Connecticut.
What is Hartford?
200
This Yale Law School graduate was the first ever Hispanic justice to be appointed to the Supreme Court.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
200
This "Big Island" was formed by 5 volcanoes, 2 of which are still active.
What is Hawaii?
300
This famous actor who starred in the 2002 superhero film Spiderman is currently enrolled as a student in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.
Who is James Franco?
300
This world capital lies about 100 miles south of Key West, Florida.
What is Havana?
400
Along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Ada Yonath, this Yale professor was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome.”
Who is Thomas Steitz?
400
Ho Chi Minh's remains are on display in a mausoleum in Ba Dinh Square in this Vietnamese city.
What is Hanoi?
500
On a Yale engineering tour, you’ll hear about this man who was awarded the first Ph.D in engineering in the U.S. in 1863 and is also famous for his “free energy” theories in thermodynamics.
Who is Josiah Willard Gibbs?
500
The Potomac River meets the Shenandoah at this West Virginia village famed for an abolitionist's Civil War raid
What is Harper's Ferry?