Q 01/05

Which Alpha Kappa Alpha member rose from California attorney general to the U.S. Senate and then the vice presidency?

A) Maxine Waters

B) Dianne Feinstein

C) Kamala Harris

D) Karen Bass

Answer · why

C) Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris joined Alpha Kappa Alpha as an undergraduate in Washington, D.C. In January 2021 she was sworn in as the first woman to serve as vice pr...

Q 02/05

Which percussive dance of footwork, hand claps and spoken word was popularized by Black fraternities and sororities?

A) Stepping

B) Krumping

C) Tap dancing

D) Tutting

Answer · why

A) Stepping

Stepping turns the whole body into an instrument, and it grew partly out of military drill formations. Divine Nine chapters still battle each other in...

Q 03/05

Which university, nicknamed the Mecca, is the founding site of five of the nine Divine Nine fraternities and sororities?

A) Hampton

B) Howard

C) Tuskegee

D) Fisk

Answer · why

B) Howard

Howard gave rise to three sororities and two fraternities between 1908 and 1920. The umbrella body that unites all nine groups was also formed on its ...

Q 04/05

Which civil rights leader joined Alpha Phi Alpha in 1952 while completing his doctorate at Boston University?

A) Ralph David Abernathy Sr.

B) Medgar Evers

C) Malcolm X

D) Martin Luther King Jr.

Answer · why

D) Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. gave the keynote at the fraternity's 50th anniversary banquet in 1956. After his death, Alpha Phi Alpha led the drive to build ...

Q 05/05

Members of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the oldest Black sorority, are known for wearing which pair of official colors?

A) Pink and green

B) Red and white

C) Blue and white

D) Purple and gold

Answer · why

A) Pink and green

Pink and green, officially salmon pink and apple green, are so tied to the sorority that Mattel dressed a collectible Barbie in them for its centennia...