APX
The fraternity flower of APX is a White Rose. What is it said to represent?
Purity
What famous architectural figure was the designer of Icarus’s wax wings?
Daedalus
Pittsburgh is known as the city of what?
The city of Bridges, but we will also accept the city of Steel
The world's first computer-designed bowstring arch bridge is in Pittsburgh, PA. What is the name of the bridge?
The Fort Pitt Bridge
What world renown pop artist was born in Reading, Pennsylvania?
Taylor Swift
The Vitruvius Chapter of Alpha Rho Chi was installed at Pennsylvania State University on March 27 of what year?
1955
What Pennsylvania company produced steel that enabled New York to erect many of its skyscrapers?
Bethlehem Steel
What is the tallest building in Pittsburgh?
The US Steel Building (841’)
Pittsburgh boasts the most bridges in the world, three more than Venice, Italy. How many bridges would you find?
A total of 446 bridges.
APX’s “We are the APX” was written by two brothers from what chapter?
Andronicus
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
What was the building completed in 1748, known today as Independence Hall, originally called?
The Pennsylvania State House
Where did the Pittsburgh based inventor, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., debut his new invention, the Ferris Wheel?
Chicago, IL
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
What Don McLean song is unofficially associated with Alpha Rho Chi within its membership?
American Pie
At the beginning of the APX Pledge process, each is given a pin. What does the shape represent?
Longevity and endurance
The tallest educational building in the Western Hemisphere resides in Pittsburgh, PA. What is its name?
Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh
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
What US University boasts the nation’s second oldest Department of Architecture, offering courses as early as 1869?
University of Pennsylvania
What famous hip-hop artist, known for making the song Black and Yellow, grew up in Pittsburgh?
Wiz Khalifa
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)
The Richard King Mellon Hall of Sciences resides in Pittsburgh, PA. What Master Architect is responsible for its design?
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
The largest single-artist museum in North America resides in Pittsburgh. What artist does this museum focus on?
The Andy Warhol Museum
What Philadelphia prison housed Notorious criminals such as Al Capone and bank robber Willie Sutton inside its innovative wagon wheel design?
Eastern State Penitentiary
What well known counting song is the “An Archi Toast” set to?
99 bottles (of pop on the wall).