Q 01/05

Which Alpha Gamma Delta founder, later Michigan's first licensed woman architect, wrote its Purpose?

A) Estelle Shepard Beswick

B) Emily Helen Butterfield

C) Georgia Alberta Dickover

D) Flora Knight Mayer

Answer · why

B) Emily Helen Butterfield

Emily Helen Butterfield wrote the Purpose, which the 1921 Convention adopted. She also designed two chapter houses and edited the fraternity's magazin...

Q 02/05

Alpha Gamma Delta styles itself a fraternity, not a sorority, a word built on 'soror' from which language?

A) Latin

B) Greek

C) French

D) Hebrew

Answer · why

A) Latin

Latin is where soror, meaning sister, comes from. Alpha Gamma Delta is officially a women's fraternity, as are many other women's Greek-letter groups.

Q 03/05

Which animal is the official mascot of Alpha Gamma Delta?

A) Dolphin

B) Teddy bear

C) Squirrel

D) Ladybug

Answer · why

C) Squirrel

Squirrel was the choice, under the name Skiouros, because the nimble animal, at home in autumn woods, stood for a spirit of energetic alertness and pr...

Q 04/05

Alpha Gamma Delta's Purpose opens by seeking understanding so that what may be vouchsafed?

A) Courage

B) Honor

C) Success

D) Wisdom

Answer · why

D) Wisdom

Wisdom is the first aim the Purpose names. Later clauses turn to health, friendship, service and high ideals before closing on the fraternity's good n...

Q 05/05

Which Alpha Gamma Delta member from Auburn became Alabama's second female governor in 2017?

A) Katie Britt

B) Kay Ivey

C) Martha Roby

D) Terri Sewell

Answer · why

B) Kay Ivey

Kay Ivey took office when Robert Bentley resigned, then won full terms in 2018 and 2022. At Auburn she was president of her first-year pledge class.