Harvard Theta
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100

This is the Greek name of the Kappa Alpha Theta chapter at Harvard.

What is Zeta Xi (ZX)?

100

Kappa Alpha Theta was founded in this year, which all new initiates should ~definitely~ try to memorize. 😉😉

What is 1870?

100

Kappa Alpha Theta’s official philanthropy is this national child advocacy organization.

What is CASA/GAL?

100

Theta doesn’t call itself a sorority—a word that didn’t even exist in 1870. Instead, we are this.

What is a fraternity?

100

This four-letter acronym is often used to sign off Theta messages with love and loyalty.

What is TLAM/Theta Love and Mine?

200

Kappa Alpha Theta was first installed at Harvard in this year.

What is 1993?

200

Theta was founded at this university in Greencastle, Indiana.

What is Indiana Asbury College/DePauw University?

200

Thetas can split fundraising proceeds between national CASA and this secondary philanthropic initiative.

What is the Kappa Alpha Theta Foundation?

200

Theta’s international expansion made it the first U.S. women’s fraternity to establish a chapter in this country.

What is Canada?

200

This doubled shape is one of Theta's official national symbols.

What is the star/the twin star?

300

Harvard Theta is located at this Cambridge address.

What is 97 Winthrop Street?

300

The first Theta badge was shaped like this, eventually becoming a sorority badge staple.

What is a kite?

300

This Grammy-winning singer and Theta alumna is known for hits like “All I Wanna Do” and her advocacy for cancer research.

Who is Sheryl Crow?

300

This honor society, founded at the College of William & Mary and historically closed to women, first admitted female members who were Thetas.

What is Phi Beta Kappa?

300

This two word phrase both encapsulates the purpose of Theta as an organization AND succinctly describes its members.

What is "Leading Women"?

400

In this year, Zeta Xi was reinstalled after Harvard lifted sanctions on single-gender organizations.

What is 2022? (sanctions were lifted in 2018)

400

This type of building was the setting for Theta's official public debut when the sorority's four original members proudly unveiled their new badges to the university community.

What is a chapel?

400

Theta's Day of Service coincides with this fall date, honoring one of its founders' birthdays.

What is October 19?

400

Before Harvard, Theta had already chartered at three other Ivies. Name one of them.

What is Cornell, Princeton, or Yale?

400

This plant is the official flower of Kappa Alpha Theta.

What is the black and gold pansy?

500

In 2014, Zeta Xi won two national awards: name either.

What is.... Golden Kite Award of Excellence in Advisory Board Award?

500

These four women are credited with founding Kappa Alpha Theta. Double points will be awarded if you can give their full names!

Who are Bettie Locke Hamilton, Alice Allen Brant, Bettie Tipton Lindsey, and Hannah Fitch Shaw?

500

This Theta alumna was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in psychology, the second female president of the American Psychological Association, and the first woman allowed into the National Academy of Sciences.

Who is Margaret Floy Washburn?

500

Theta wasn’t just first in time, it was also first in language. Give the exact phrase we use to describe our founding status.

What is "the first Greek letter [fraternity] known among women"?

500

This phrase, the official motto of Kappa Alpha Theta, happens to contain the sorority's three central pillars.

What is "Faith, hope, love--these three, but the greatest of these is love"?