Q 01/05

Five of the Divine Nine, and the council that unites them, were all founded on which historically Black campus?

A) Hampton University

B) Fisk University

C) Howard University

D) Dillard University

Answer · why

C) Howard University

Howard University gave rise to Alpha Kappa Alpha, Omega Psi Phi, Delta Sigma Theta, Phi Beta Sigma and Zeta Phi Beta between 1908 and 1920. The counci...

Q 02/05

Which politician joined Alpha Kappa Alpha as a college student before starting her career as a prosecutor?

A) Loretta Lynch

B) Kamala Harris

C) Val Demings

D) Marcia Fudge

Answer · why

B) Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris became an AKA as an undergraduate in Washington, D.C., and graduated in 1986. Lynch, Demings and Fudge all belong to Delta Sigma Theta i...

Q 03/05

Alpha Phi Alpha led the decades-long drive to build a memorial in Washington to which of its own members?

A) Thurgood Marshall

B) Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

C) W. E. B. Du Bois

D) Martin Luther King Jr.

Answer · why

D) Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. was initiated into Alpha Phi Alpha in 1952 while finishing his doctorate at Boston University. Congress authorized the fraterni...

Q 04/05

Delta Sigma Theta and Kappa Alpha Psi, founded two years apart, share which pair of official colors?

A) Royal blue and white

B) Crimson and cream

C) Black and old gold

D) Royal purple and old gold

Answer · why

B) Crimson and cream

Crimson and cream stand for courage and purity in Delta Sigma Theta. Kappa Alpha Psi brothers go as far as wrapping their step-show props in the same ...

Q 05/05

Which pair of colors identifies Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first sorority founded by Black college women?

A) Salmon pink and apple green

B) Royal blue and gold

C) Charcoal brown and gilded gold

D) Royal purple and old gold

Answer · why

A) Salmon pink and apple green

Salmon pink and apple green even reached the toy aisle when Mattel designed a collectible Barbie in an AKA-colored evening gown. The doll marked the s...