OT History
When and where was Theta Tau founded?
Month, Day, Year, University, City, State
October 15th 1904
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
How many Great Lakes are there?
5
What is the fraternity's official gem?
Dark Red Garnet
Who is the Grand Regent of Theta Tau
Stu(art) Kardian
Taken straight from Wikipedia, "naturally occurring electrostatic discharge during which two electrically charged regions in the atmosphere or ground temporarily equalize themselves, causing the instantaneous release of as much as one billion joules of energy" is the definition of what natural phenomenon?
lightning
Name the four founders (first and last names).
1) Erich J Schrader
2) Elwin L Vinal
3) William M Lewis
4) Isaac B Hanks
Which "lake" is not technically a lake at all, but an inland sea?
Lake Superior
What is the name of the fraternity's national magazine?
The Gear
Who is the Grand Vice Regent of Theta Tau?
David Parker
What California structure designed in 1917 has an official color of "international orange?"
Golden Gate Bridge
What was the original name of Theta Tau?
The Society of Hammer and Tongs
What lake area is supposedly a cursed area, historically plagued with mysterious events, starting with the inexplicable disappearance of a three-masted Schooner in 1891, and has also alleged UFO sightings?
Lake Michigan Triangle
What is the fraternity's flower called? (Spelling Counts)
Jacqueminot
(Dark Red Rose)
Name one "Director" position in Theta Tau.
Alumni, CMT, E-i-C, Brotherhood, PD etc
What word is a watercourse engineered to carry water from a source to a distribution point? Used today to describe pipes, canals, and tunnels, it was most famously used in Ancient Rome, construction that stands to this day.
aqueduct
State the purpose of Theta Tau.
The purpose of Theta Tau is to develop and maintain a high standard of professional interest among its members and to unite them in a strong bond of fraternal fellowship.
What snack was invented at Niagara Falls, made famous by the fact that they were electrically baked biscuits?
Triscuits!
**Daily Double**
Draw Theta Tau's Coat of Arms. The team with the most accurate (# of correct details) will win double points.
---I like it! Picasso!-----
How many Grand Executive Council members does Theta Tau have?
9
In civil engineering, Abrams’ law describes the strength of which type of building material that is composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together?
concrete
In what year did the fraternity adopt the name Theta Tau?
1911
Name the Greek names of all nine GL chapters.
Delta, Sigma, Epsilon Beta, Chi Beta, Xi Beta, Omicron Beta, Rho Beta, Theta Gamma, Nu Delta
What are the three main elements of the coat of arms?
crest, shield, ribbon scroll
Who is the SAC chair?
Paige Waters
What 19th-century engineer devised an internal combustion engine which works without a spark plug?
Rudolf Diesel