Q 01/05

Which Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid star joined Kappa Sigma as a University of Colorado student?

A) Paul Newman

B) Steve McQueen

C) Robert Redford

D) Charles Bronson

Answer · why

C) Robert Redford

Robert Redford belonged to the Gamma-Tau chapter at Boulder. He later won the Best Director Oscar for his first film behind the camera, Ordinary Peopl...

Q 02/05

Which singer joined Kappa Sigma at Southern Mississippi, then built a beach-themed empire of restaurants and resorts?

A) Jimmy Buffett

B) Kenny Chesney

C) James Taylor

D) Zac Brown

Answer · why

A) Jimmy Buffett

Jimmy Buffett was an Epsilon-Nu chapter initiate who earned a history degree in Hattiesburg. His Margaritaville brand grew from one 1977 song into res...

Q 03/05

Which astronomer, a Kappa Sigma at the University of Chicago, proved that galaxies exist beyond the Milky Way?

A) Carl Sagan

B) Edwin Hubble

C) Clyde Tombaugh

D) Harlow Shapley

Answer · why

B) Edwin Hubble

Edwin Hubble joined the Gamma-Beta chapter as an undergraduate and was named the fraternity's Man of the Year in 1948. NASA's best-known space telesco...

Q 04/05

Jerry Jones, a Kappa Sigma from the University of Arkansas, bought which NFL team in 1989?

A) Houston Oilers

B) New Orleans Saints

C) Denver Broncos

D) Dallas Cowboys

Answer · why

D) Dallas Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was initiated into the Xi chapter in Fayetteville. The fraternity named him its Man of the Year in 1993, the season o...

Q 05/05

Ted Turner, a Kappa Sigma initiated at Brown University, founded which first 24-hour cable news channel?

A) CNN

B) MSNBC

C) C-SPAN

D) CNBC

Answer · why

A) CNN

CNN went on air in 1980 under Ted Turner, a Beta-Alpha chapter initiate who also owned baseball's Atlanta Braves and launched the TBS superstation.