Alpha Phi Alpha – Final Exam With
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When was the Fraternity officially founded? - Correct Answer-Tuesday, Dec 4, 1906
Where was Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity founded? - Correct Answer-Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY 14853
Who are the Regional Officers and what are their positions (elected officers)? - Correct
Answer-Southern Regional Vice President - Big Brother Kelsey Rushing; Southern
Regional Assistant Vice President - Big Brother Hisuan B. R. Yates
Who is known as the Mother of Alpha Phi Alpha? Why? - Correct Answer-Mrs. Annie
Singleton. Majority of meetings were held her home. She also fed them and encourage
them as they did their work.
Who was the first General President - Correct Answer-Big Brother Moses A. Morrison
What was the first Alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha? - Correct Answer-Alpha
Lambda located in Louisville, KY
Who were the first initiates of Alpha Phi Alpha - Correct Answer-Big Brother Jewel
Eugene Kinckle Jones, Big Brother Gordon Jones, and Big Brother Lemuel Graves
When and where did the first and second incorporation's take place? - Correct Answer-
First - Albany, NY on January 29, 1908; Second - Washington, DC on April 3, 1912
What were the names, designations, and occupations of Alpha Phi Alpha's founders? -
Correct Answer-Jewel Big Brother Henry Arthur Callis (Physician); Jewel Big Brother
Charles Henry Chapman (Agriculture Educator); Jewel Big Brother Eugene Kinckel
Jones (Executive Secretary of the Urban League); Jewel Big Brother George Biddle Kelly
(Civil Engineer); Jewel Big Brother Nathaniel Allison Murray (Educator); Jewel Big
Brother Robert Harold Ogle (Secretary for Senate Appropriations); and Jewel Big
Brother Vertner Woodson Tandy (Architect).
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What is the last sentence of the poem "If"? - Correct 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!
What is the complete title of the Fraternity's History Book? - Correct Answer-The
History of Alpha Phi Alpha: A Development in College Life
To who is the History book of Alpha Phi Alpha dedicated? - Correct Answer-To the
youths who march onward and upward toward the light, this volume is respectfully
dedicated.
What are the titles of the first seven chapters of the History Book? - Correct 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;
and Chapter 7 - The Leaven of Self-Examination
Who proposed the name of the Fraternity? - Correct Answer-Jewel Big Brother George
Biddle Kelley
Where was the first initiation banquet held? - Correct Answer-Masonic Hall otherwise
known as Redman's Hall or Odd Fellows' Hall
List seven items from the menu of the first initiation banquet? - Correct Answer-Cream
Tomato Soup; Salted Wafers; Broiled Lamb Chops; Hashed Brown Potatoes; Finger
Rolls; Peas in Tubs; Wild Apple Jelly; Shrimp Salad; Rolled Bread; Olives; Pickles;
Neapolitan Ice Cream; Lady Fingers; Chocolate Cake; Demi-tasse; Crackers, Cheese;
Alpha Phi Alpha Punch; and Brotherhood Smoke
Why did C.C. Poindexter resign from the Alpha Phi Alpha Society? - Correct Answer-
He believed that Negros in America had no cultural background upon which to build
the framework of a college fraternity and that this should be a work for a later period
Who was the first Editor-In-Chief of the Sphinx? - Correct Answer-Big Brother
Raymond W. Cannon
Write the Greek Alphabet and their symbols. - Correct Answer-Alpha - Α
Beta - Β
Gamma - Γ
Delta - Δ
Epsilon - Ε
Zeta - Ζ
Eta - Η