Week 1

Question 1

When was Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated founded?

Answer 1

January 16, 1920

Question 2

Where was Zeta Phi Beta founded?

Answer 2

Howard University

Question 3

When and where was the fraternity system created?

Answer 3

December 5, 1776 at the College of William and Mary

Question 4

What was the 1st national fraternity?

Answer 4

Phi Beta Kappa- Started chapters at Yale and Harvard

Question 5

What fraternity established chapters in southern states and the Carolinas? And when?

Answer 5

Kappa Alpha (2nd national fraternity), 1865

Question 6

How many fraternities were established by 1900?

Answer 6

Over 20

Question 7

When and where was the first collegiate sorority established?

Answer 7

75 years after the 1st fraternity on the campus of Wesleyan College in Macon, GA

Question 8

When and where was the first NATIONAL sorority established?

Answer 8

At Monmouth College in 1867

Question 9

When and where was Alpha Phi Alpha founded?

Answer 9

December 4, 1906 at Cornell University

Question 10

When and were was Kappa Alpha Psi was founded?

Answer 10

January 5, 1911 at Indiana University

Question 11

When and where was Omega Psi Phi founded?

Answer 11

November 17, 1911 at Howard University

Question 12

When and where was Phi Beta Sigma founded?

Answer 12

January 9, 1914 at Howard University

Question 13

When and where was Iota Phi Theta founded?

Answer 13

September 19, 1963 at Morgan State College (University)

Question 14

When and where was Alpha Kappa Alpha was founded?

Answer 14

January 15, 1908 at Howard University

Question 15

When and where was Delta Sigma Theta founded?

Answer 15

January 13, 1913 at Howard University

Question 16

When and where was Zeta Phi Beta founded?

Answer 16

January 16, 1920 at Howard University

Question 17

When and where was Sigma Gamma Rho founded?

Answer 17

November 12, 1922 at Butler

Question 18

Who are the 5 Pearls?

Answer 18

Arizona Leedonia Cleaver Stemons
Pearl Anna Neal
Myrtle Lavenia Tyler Faithful
Viola Tyler Goings
Fannie Pettie Watts

Question 19

What mission did the Founders set out?

Answer 19

Setting the highest standards of scholarships through scientific, literary, cultural, and educational programs

Question 20

What are the four principles of Zeta Phi Beta?

Answer 20

Scholarship, Service, Sisterhood, and Finer Womanhood

Question 21

When was the first Zeta Phi Beta National Board established?

Answer 21

1922

Question 22

When and where was the first regional meeting held?

Answer 22

June 1926 at Howard University

Question 23

When and where was Zeta Phi Beta Incorporated?

Answer 23

March 30, 1923 under the laws of DC and Illinois

Question 24

Who are the 5 incorporators?

Answer 24

Founder Myrtle Tyler Faithful
Gladys Warrington
Joanna Houston
Josephine Johnson
L. O’Goldia Smith

Question 25

Where did the idea of creating Zeta Phi Beta come from?

Answer 25

It started out as a conversation between founder Arizona Cleaver and Brother Charles Robert Samuel Taylor, who was a member of Phi Beta Sigma.

Question 26

Who did Arizona Cleaver go to about founding Zeta Phi Beta? Where did this conversation take place?

Answer 26

Arizona talked to Pearl Anna Neal. This took place at Miner Hall.

Question 27

At what event did the Board of Phi Beta Sigma get the approval to assist in establishing Zeta Phi Beta?

Answer 27

It was during their conclave in December 1919. Brother A. Langston Taylor was given the approval.

Question 28

During the interest meetings, why were the interest women apprehensive about joining Zeta Phi Beta?

Answer 28

They were ridiculed and fearful of the high academic standards and couldn’t afford the initiation fee.

Question 29

Who were the two members that joined after the interest meetings?

Answer 29

Myrtle Tyler and Viola Tyler (sisters)

Question 30

How many members are required in order for an organization to be chartered?

Answer 30

5

Question 31

How did Fannie Pettie Watts become a member?

Answer 31

She was approached by MyrtleTyler with an invitation

Question 32

Who was elected to present the request to establish Zeta to the administration at Howard?

Answer 32

Arizona Cleaver Stemons

Question 33

When and where was the first official Zeta meeting?

Answer 33

January 16, 1920 in Founder Cleaver’s dorm at Miner Hall

Question 34

Who was elected Basileus (president) of the newly founded organization?

Answer 34

Arizona Cleaver

Question 35

Why did the founders choose the name Zeta Phi Beta?

Answer 35

To signify/seal the relationship with Phi Beta Sigma.

Question 36

When was Zeta Phi Beta officially conditionally bound to Phi Beta Sigma?

Answer 36

Spring 1920

Question 37

Who was part of the 2nd Pledge Class?

Answer 37

Gladys Warrington Harriet Dorsey Pauline Phillips Nellie Singfield

Question 38

Where did Zeta Phi Beta make their formal debut? Who sponsored the event?

Answer 38

At the Whitelaw Hotel and was sponsored by Honorable Brothers Charles Taylor and Langston Taylor

Question 39

Where was the second formal introduction hosted and who sponsored it?

Answer 39

It was held at the assembly room at Miner Hall and was hosted by DST and AKA

Question 40

When and where was the 1st Boule held?

Answer 40

December 26-28 1920 in Washington DC

Question 41

Who was elected the 1st National Basileus of Zeta Phi Beta?

Answer 41

Founder Arizona Cleaver Stemons

Question 42

Describe the evolution of the International Basileus

Answer 42

The title was National Basileus, then Grand Basileus in 1926, then International Grand Basileus in 1948. This was done after Zeta established the Delta Iota Zeta chapter in Monrovia, Liberia….

Question 43

When and where was the 2nd Boule held?

Answer 43

December 1921 in Baltimore, MD

Question 44

What was the sorority’s first publication? When was it introduced? Who served as the 1st editor?

Answer 44

The X-Ray was published in 1921 by Grace Bradley. The publication served to help with the growth of the sorority.

Question 45

When and where was the 1st Joint Formal with Phi Beta Sigma held?

Answer 45

February 21, 1921 at the Whitelaw Hotel

Question 46

Facts about Arizona Cleaver Stemons

Answer 46

Education in Social Work Attended Pennsylvania School of Social Work Held life membership at the Beta Delta Zeta Chapter in Philadelphia Chartered multiple undergraduate/grad chapters throughout the US

Question 47

Facts about Pearl Anna Neal

Answer 47

Earned a degree in music Earned a Masters from Columbia University (1st black woman in NY to earn the degree) Life member and affiliated w/ Rho Zeta chapter in Winston-Salem, NC

Question 48

Facts about Viola Tyler Goings

Answer 48

Graduated with a degree in Teaching Two granddaughters became members of Zeta Phi Beta Became a principal

Question 49

Facts about Myrtle Tyler Faithful

Answer 49

2nd Grand Basileus Taught math in the Anne Arundel Public School System Both of her daughters became members of Zeta Phi Beta

Question 50

Facts about Fannie Pettie Watts

Answer 50

Graduated with a degree in Education Postgrad in Social Work & in housing at New York University

Question 51

Who were the founders of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity Inc?

Answer 51

A. Langston Taylor, Leonard F. Morse, and Charles I. Brown

Question 52

What are the colors of Phi Beta Sigma?

Answer 52

Royal Blue and Pure White

Question 53

What does Phi Beta Sigma’s crescent stand for?

Answer 53

Fertility and Productivity

Question 54

What is the motto of Phi Beta Sigma ?

Answer 54

Culture for service, service for humanity

Question 55

What are the principles of Phi Beta Sigma?

Answer 55

Brotherhood, Scholarship, and Service

Question 56

Where is the headquarters of Phi Beta Sigma?

Answer 56

145 Kennedy Street NW Washington DC, 20011

Question 57

What is the address of Zeta Phi Beta headquarters ?

Answer 57

1734 New Hampshire Avenue NW Washington DC