Q 01/05

Which film tells the story of three NASA mathematicians who were all members of Alpha Kappa Alpha?

A) The Right Stuff

B) Apollo 13

C) Hidden Figures

D) First Man

Answer · why

C) Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures earned three Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. One of its three heroines, initiated at Hampton, became NASA's first Black fema...

Q 02/05

On which campus in Washington, D.C., later attended by Kamala Harris, was Alpha Kappa Alpha founded?

A) Howard University

B) Georgetown University

C) American University

D) Gallaudet University

Answer · why

A) Howard University

Howard University approved the idea as soon as two students pitched it to the administration. The result was the first Greek-letter organization found...

Q 03/05

Which two colors, credited to founder Beulah Burke, do Alpha Kappa Alpha members wear as the sorority's official pair?

A) Crimson and cream

B) Pink and green

C) Blue and white

D) Blue and gold

Answer · why

B) Pink and green

Pink and green, officially salmon pink and apple green, were chosen along with the name and motto. Flashes of the pair showed up among Kamala Harris's...

Q 04/05

Which sorority was formed in 1913 by Alpha Kappa Alpha undergraduates who had wanted to change its name and symbols?

A) Zeta Phi Beta

B) Sigma Gamma Rho

C) Sigma Lambda Gamma

D) Delta Sigma Theta

Answer · why

D) Delta Sigma Theta

Delta Sigma Theta was founded by 22 women on January 13, 1913. Its first public act came seven weeks later, when members joined the women's suffrage m...

Q 05/05

Alpha Kappa Alpha's umbrella group, the National Pan-Hellenic Council, is better known by which two-word nickname?

A) Divine Nine

B) Seven Sisters

C) Elite Eight

D) Big Ten

Answer · why

A) Divine Nine

Divine Nine counts the council's five fraternities and four sororities. The council itself was formed in 1930.