ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
When was Alpha Phi Alpha founded? - ✔✔December 4, 1906
✔✔Where was Alpha Phi Alpha founded? - ✔✔Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
✔✔What is the full official name of the fraternity? - ✔✔Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,
Incorporated
✔✔What is the significance of Alpha Phi Alpha's founding? - ✔✔It was the first
intercollegiate historically Black Greek-letter fraternity in the United States.
✔✔What is the only Black Greek-letter organization founded at an Ivy League school? -
✔✔Alpha Phi Alpha (Cornell University)
✔✔What day of the week was Alpha Phi Alpha founded? - ✔✔Tuesday
✔✔What preceded the founding of Alpha Phi Alpha? - ✔✔A literary/study group called
the Social Study Club (also called the Cornell Cosmopolitan Club), formed in 1905.
✔✔Where did the Social Study Club originally meet? - ✔✔421 North Albany Street,
Ithaca, New York
✔✔What was the original purpose of the Social Study Club? - ✔✔To provide mutual
support and study assistance for Black students facing racial prejudice at Cornell.
✔✔When was the first initiation held? - ✔✔October 30, 1906
✔✔Where was the first initiation held? - ✔✔Masonic Hall / Oddfellows Hall / Red Men
Hall
✔✔When was the fraternity name Alpha Phi Alpha officially proposed? - ✔✔October 23,
1906
✔✔Who proposed the name Alpha Phi Alpha? - ✔✔George Biddle Kelley
✔✔Who proposed the fraternity's colors? - ✔✔Robert Harold Ogle
✔✔What are Alpha Phi Alpha's colors? - ✔✔Black and Old Gold
✔✔Who co-authored the fraternity name along with Kelley? - ✔✔Henry Arthur Callis
, ✔✔Who were the first three initiates of Alpha Phi Alpha? - ✔✔Lemuel Graves, Gordon
Holmes Jones, and Eugene Kinckle Jones
✔✔Who is called the 'Mother of the Fraternity'? - ✔✔Mrs. Annie C. Singleton, who
played a pivotal role in supporting the organization in its early years.
✔✔When was the fraternity's constitution adopted? - ✔✔December 14, 1907
✔✔When was Alpha Phi Alpha first incorporated? - ✔✔January 29, 1908 (filed with the
Secretary of State of New York)
✔✔When was Alpha Phi Alpha incorporated a second time? - ✔✔April 3, 1914, under
the laws of the District of Columbia.
✔✔What was the declared purpose of Alpha Phi Alpha upon incorporation? -
✔✔'Educational and for the mutual uplift of its members.'
✔✔When was the first General Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha? - ✔✔December 28,
1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
✔✔Who was the first General President of Alpha Phi Alpha? - ✔✔Moses A. Morrison
(elected at the 1908 General Convention)
✔✔What is significant about being elected General President of Alpha Phi Alpha? -
✔✔Each newly elected General President is automatically considered one of the '100
Most Influential Black Americans.'
✔✔When was the first alumni chapter established and where? - ✔✔1911 — Alpha
Lambda Chapter in Louisville, Kentucky
✔✔What is the chapter designation for alumni chapters? - ✔✔Lambda Chapters
✔✔What is the chapter designation for deceased brothers? - ✔✔Omega Chapter
✔✔Name all Seven Jewels (Founders) of Alpha Phi Alpha. - ✔✔Henry Arthur Callis,
Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel
Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, Vertner Woodson Tandy
✔✔What is Jewel Henry Arthur Callis known for? - ✔✔Physician, Howard University
Professor of Medicine, regarded as the 'Philosopher of the Founders,' and the ONLY
Jewel to become General President (1915).
✔✔What year did Henry Arthur Callis serve as General President? - ✔✔1915 (7th
General President)
EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
When was Alpha Phi Alpha founded? - ✔✔December 4, 1906
✔✔Where was Alpha Phi Alpha founded? - ✔✔Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
✔✔What is the full official name of the fraternity? - ✔✔Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,
Incorporated
✔✔What is the significance of Alpha Phi Alpha's founding? - ✔✔It was the first
intercollegiate historically Black Greek-letter fraternity in the United States.
✔✔What is the only Black Greek-letter organization founded at an Ivy League school? -
✔✔Alpha Phi Alpha (Cornell University)
✔✔What day of the week was Alpha Phi Alpha founded? - ✔✔Tuesday
✔✔What preceded the founding of Alpha Phi Alpha? - ✔✔A literary/study group called
the Social Study Club (also called the Cornell Cosmopolitan Club), formed in 1905.
✔✔Where did the Social Study Club originally meet? - ✔✔421 North Albany Street,
Ithaca, New York
✔✔What was the original purpose of the Social Study Club? - ✔✔To provide mutual
support and study assistance for Black students facing racial prejudice at Cornell.
✔✔When was the first initiation held? - ✔✔October 30, 1906
✔✔Where was the first initiation held? - ✔✔Masonic Hall / Oddfellows Hall / Red Men
Hall
✔✔When was the fraternity name Alpha Phi Alpha officially proposed? - ✔✔October 23,
1906
✔✔Who proposed the name Alpha Phi Alpha? - ✔✔George Biddle Kelley
✔✔Who proposed the fraternity's colors? - ✔✔Robert Harold Ogle
✔✔What are Alpha Phi Alpha's colors? - ✔✔Black and Old Gold
✔✔Who co-authored the fraternity name along with Kelley? - ✔✔Henry Arthur Callis
, ✔✔Who were the first three initiates of Alpha Phi Alpha? - ✔✔Lemuel Graves, Gordon
Holmes Jones, and Eugene Kinckle Jones
✔✔Who is called the 'Mother of the Fraternity'? - ✔✔Mrs. Annie C. Singleton, who
played a pivotal role in supporting the organization in its early years.
✔✔When was the fraternity's constitution adopted? - ✔✔December 14, 1907
✔✔When was Alpha Phi Alpha first incorporated? - ✔✔January 29, 1908 (filed with the
Secretary of State of New York)
✔✔When was Alpha Phi Alpha incorporated a second time? - ✔✔April 3, 1914, under
the laws of the District of Columbia.
✔✔What was the declared purpose of Alpha Phi Alpha upon incorporation? -
✔✔'Educational and for the mutual uplift of its members.'
✔✔When was the first General Convention of Alpha Phi Alpha? - ✔✔December 28,
1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
✔✔Who was the first General President of Alpha Phi Alpha? - ✔✔Moses A. Morrison
(elected at the 1908 General Convention)
✔✔What is significant about being elected General President of Alpha Phi Alpha? -
✔✔Each newly elected General President is automatically considered one of the '100
Most Influential Black Americans.'
✔✔When was the first alumni chapter established and where? - ✔✔1911 — Alpha
Lambda Chapter in Louisville, Kentucky
✔✔What is the chapter designation for alumni chapters? - ✔✔Lambda Chapters
✔✔What is the chapter designation for deceased brothers? - ✔✔Omega Chapter
✔✔Name all Seven Jewels (Founders) of Alpha Phi Alpha. - ✔✔Henry Arthur Callis,
Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel
Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, Vertner Woodson Tandy
✔✔What is Jewel Henry Arthur Callis known for? - ✔✔Physician, Howard University
Professor of Medicine, regarded as the 'Philosopher of the Founders,' and the ONLY
Jewel to become General President (1915).
✔✔What year did Henry Arthur Callis serve as General President? - ✔✔1915 (7th
General President)
