Yale Alumni
"Yer a Wizard, Harry"
6th Grade General Science
Homophonic Pairs
Caroling All the Way
100

This alumnus graduated from Yale College in 1989 and is a primary anchor at CNN.

Anderson Cooper 

100

"We could have all been killed… Or worse, expelled.”

Hermione Granger 

100

The Earth revolves around the sun to produce a 365-day year and does this on its axis to produce the 24-hour day.

Rotates 

100

Ice cream dish for the Christian Sabbath

Sunday Sundae

100

"You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear."

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree 

200

This alumnus graduated from Yale College in 1948 and initially served as Vice President under Ronald Reagan before becoming President himself in 1988

George Bush

200

"If you die down there, you’re welcome to share my toilet.”

Moaning Myrtle

200

The moon takes this many days to revolve around the Earth – also known as a lunar cycle.

28 Days 

200

The solitary borrowed sum

Lone Loan

200

"What a bright time, it’s the right time, to rock the night away."

Jingle Bell Rock 

300

This alumnus graduated from Yale with a PhD in 1971 and is currently in talks for nomination to be Secretary of the Treasury under Joe Biden. 

Janet Yellen

300

“It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, northing more.”

Albus Dumbledore 

300

If we created a lunar colony, scientists would need to find ways for plants to obtain oxygen, water, and sunlight in order for them to create this food for themselves. 

Glucose 

300

A reasonable plane ride cost

Fair Fare

300

"Your boughs so green in summertime, stay bravely green in wintertime."

O Christmas Tree

400

This alumnus graduated from Yale College in 1985 and has since won two Academy Awards for Best Actress for the movies "The Accused" and "The Silence of the Lambs".

Jodie Foster

400

"That’s what they should teach us here. How girls’ brains work.”

Ron Weasley 

400

The Earth’s tilt of axis in relation to the sun leads Antarctica to only experiences these two seasons.

Summer and Winter 

400

The bovine group whose moos reached our ears

Heard Herd

400

"Radiant beams from thy holy face, with the dawn of redeeming grace."

Silent Night

500

This alumnus graduated from Yale College in 1810 and went on to co-develop the code used in commercial telegraphy.

Samuel Morse

500

“If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”

Sirius Black 

500

The moon undergoes different phases where the moon decreases in illumination, also known as waning, or increases in illumination, also known as this.

Waxing 

500

Water’s edge forested by a variety of deciduous tree

Beech Beach 

500

"And we just can’t help but wonder, should we open up her gifts or send them back."

Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer