APX
Architectural History
Pittsburgh
Design
Music is My Therapy
100

The fraternity flower of APX is a White Rose. What is it said to represent?

Purity

100

What famous architectural figure was the designer of Icarus’s wax wings?

Daedalus

100

Pittsburgh is known as the city of what?

The city of Bridges, but we will also accept the city of Steel

100

The world's first computer-designed bowstring arch bridge is in Pittsburgh, PA. What is the name of the bridge?

The Fort Pitt Bridge

100

What world renown pop artist was born in  Reading, Pennsylvania?

Taylor Swift

200

The Vitruvius Chapter of Alpha Rho Chi was installed at Pennsylvania State University on March 27 of what year?

1955

200

What Pennsylvania company produced steel that enabled New York to erect many of its skyscrapers?

Bethlehem Steel

200

What is the tallest building in Pittsburgh?

The US Steel Building (841’)

200

Pittsburgh boasts the most bridges in the world, three more than Venice, Italy. How many bridges would you find?

A total of 446 bridges.

200

APX’s “We are the APX” was written by two brothers from what chapter?

Andronicus

300

What were the names of the two societies that came together at University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign & the University of MI to form APX?

Sigma Upsilon & The Arcus Society

300

What was the building completed in 1748, known today as Independence Hall, originally called?

The Pennsylvania State House

300

Where did the Pittsburgh based inventor, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., debut his new invention, the Ferris Wheel?

Chicago, IL

300

The PA Capitol building was designed in the American Renaissance style and the dedication was attended by what US President on October 4, 1906?

President Theodore Roosevelt

300

What Don McLean song is unofficially associated with Alpha Rho Chi within its membership?

American Pie

400

At the beginning of the APX Pledge process, each is given a pin. What does the shape represent?

Longevity and endurance

400

The tallest educational building in the Western Hemisphere resides in Pittsburgh, PA. What is its name?

Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh

400

On Feb. 23, 1954, children at an Elementary School in Pittsburgh received the first shots of a vaccine against a deadly virus. What Virus was the vaccine meant to combat?

Polio

400

What US University boasts the nation’s second oldest Department of Architecture, offering courses as early as 1869?

University of Pennsylvania

400

What famous hip-hop artist, known for making the song Black and Yellow, grew up in Pittsburgh?

Wiz Khalifa

500

The original intention was to install two chapters at the same time to found APX, however, emergency conditions at what university made it necessary to found what the chapter 14 days early?

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Anthemios)

500

The Richard King Mellon Hall of Sciences resides in Pittsburgh, PA. What Master Architect is responsible for its design?

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

500

The largest single-artist museum in North America resides in Pittsburgh. What artist does this museum focus on?

The Andy Warhol Museum

500

What Philadelphia prison housed Notorious criminals such as Al Capone and bank robber Willie Sutton inside its innovative wagon wheel design?

Eastern State Penitentiary

500

What well known counting song is the “An Archi Toast” set to?

99 bottles (of pop on the wall).

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