TEST 3 IMDP UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. When was the Fraternity officially founded?
Answer:
Tuesday, Dec 4, 1906
Question:
2. Where was Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity founded?
Answer:
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
Question:
3. Who is known as the Mother of Alpha Phi Alpha? Why?
Answer:
Mrs. Annie C. Singleton because the early mtgs were held at her house where she fed and encouraged the
Brothers as they did their work.
Question:
4. Who was the first General President?
Answer:
Big Brother Moses A. Morrison
Question:
5. What was the first alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha and its location?
Answer:
Alpha Lambda, Louisville, KY
(2 pts for Chp Name & 2 pts for location)
Question:
6. Who were the first initiates of Alpha Phi Alpha?
Answer:
Big Brother Lemuel E. Graves; Jewel Big Brother Eugene Kinkle Jones; Big Brother Gordon Holmes
Jones (2 pts per initiate)
Question:
7. When and where did the first and second incorporations take place?
Answer:
Albany, NY on Jan 29, 1908; Washington, DC on April 3, 1912 (2pts/location & 2pts/date)
Question:
8. What were the names, designations, and occupations of Alpha Phi Alpha's founders?
, Answer:
Jewel Big Brother Henry Arthur Callis - physician;
Jewel Big Brother Charles Henry Chapman - educator;
Jewel Big Brother Eugene Kinckle Jones - Exec Sec of National Urban League;
Jewel Big Brother George Biddle Kelley - civil engineer;
Jewel Big Brother Nathaniel Allison Murray - educator
; Jewel Big Brother Robert Harold Ogle secretarial field;
Jewel Big Brother Vertner Woodson Tandy - architect
Question:
9. What is the last SENTENCE of the poem "If"?
Answer:
If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run, yours is the Earth and
everything that's in it, and which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
Question:
10. What is the complete title of the Fraternity's History Book?
Answer:
The History of Alpha Phi Alpha: A Development in College Life
Question:
11. To whom is the History book of Alpha Phi Alpha dedicated?
Answer:
To the youths who march onward and upward toward the light, this volume is respectfully dedicated
Question:
12. What are the titles of the first seven chapters of the History Book?
Answer:
Chapter 1 - The Origin of Alpha Phi Alpha; Chapter 2 - The Period of Consolidation; Chapter 3 - The First
Steps in Expansion; Chapter 4 - Local and National Strivings; Chapter 5 - Permanent Foundations; Chapter
6 - Expansion and Internal Development; Chapter 7 - The Leaven of Self-Examination (DO NOT accept
"Origins" as part of the title for Chp 1 since there is only 1 origin. Each title is worth 1 pt)
Question:
13. Who proposed the name of the Fraternity?
Answer:
Jewel Big Brother George B. Kelley though he gives credit to Jewel Big Brother Henry A. Callis
(acceptable if he only puts Kelley's name)
Question:
14. Where was the first initiation banquet held?
Answer:
Masonic Hall (accept Redman's Hall or Odd Fellows' Hall)
Question:
15. List seven items from the menu of the first initiation banquet.
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. When was the Fraternity officially founded?
Answer:
Tuesday, Dec 4, 1906
Question:
2. Where was Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity founded?
Answer:
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
Question:
3. Who is known as the Mother of Alpha Phi Alpha? Why?
Answer:
Mrs. Annie C. Singleton because the early mtgs were held at her house where she fed and encouraged the
Brothers as they did their work.
Question:
4. Who was the first General President?
Answer:
Big Brother Moses A. Morrison
Question:
5. What was the first alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha and its location?
Answer:
Alpha Lambda, Louisville, KY
(2 pts for Chp Name & 2 pts for location)
Question:
6. Who were the first initiates of Alpha Phi Alpha?
Answer:
Big Brother Lemuel E. Graves; Jewel Big Brother Eugene Kinkle Jones; Big Brother Gordon Holmes
Jones (2 pts per initiate)
Question:
7. When and where did the first and second incorporations take place?
Answer:
Albany, NY on Jan 29, 1908; Washington, DC on April 3, 1912 (2pts/location & 2pts/date)
Question:
8. What were the names, designations, and occupations of Alpha Phi Alpha's founders?
, Answer:
Jewel Big Brother Henry Arthur Callis - physician;
Jewel Big Brother Charles Henry Chapman - educator;
Jewel Big Brother Eugene Kinckle Jones - Exec Sec of National Urban League;
Jewel Big Brother George Biddle Kelley - civil engineer;
Jewel Big Brother Nathaniel Allison Murray - educator
; Jewel Big Brother Robert Harold Ogle secretarial field;
Jewel Big Brother Vertner Woodson Tandy - architect
Question:
9. What is the last SENTENCE of the poem "If"?
Answer:
If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run, yours is the Earth and
everything that's in it, and which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
Question:
10. What is the complete title of the Fraternity's History Book?
Answer:
The History of Alpha Phi Alpha: A Development in College Life
Question:
11. To whom is the History book of Alpha Phi Alpha dedicated?
Answer:
To the youths who march onward and upward toward the light, this volume is respectfully dedicated
Question:
12. What are the titles of the first seven chapters of the History Book?
Answer:
Chapter 1 - The Origin of Alpha Phi Alpha; Chapter 2 - The Period of Consolidation; Chapter 3 - The First
Steps in Expansion; Chapter 4 - Local and National Strivings; Chapter 5 - Permanent Foundations; Chapter
6 - Expansion and Internal Development; Chapter 7 - The Leaven of Self-Examination (DO NOT accept
"Origins" as part of the title for Chp 1 since there is only 1 origin. Each title is worth 1 pt)
Question:
13. Who proposed the name of the Fraternity?
Answer:
Jewel Big Brother George B. Kelley though he gives credit to Jewel Big Brother Henry A. Callis
(acceptable if he only puts Kelley's name)
Question:
14. Where was the first initiation banquet held?
Answer:
Masonic Hall (accept Redman's Hall or Odd Fellows' Hall)
Question:
15. List seven items from the menu of the first initiation banquet.
