Zeta Tau Alpha was founded in 1898 at Longwood College, now known by this name.
Longwood University
Illinois became the 21st state admitted to the Union in this year.
1818
This streaming platform continued to dominate pop culture conversations with viral original series in 2025.
Netflix
This European capital is divided by the River Danube.
Budapest
This mammal is known as the largest land animal on Earth.
African elephant
Zeta Tau Alpha was founded by this number of women, known as the Founders.
Nine
This Illinois city was once known as Fort Dearborn.
Chicago
In 2025, this genre-driven concert tour trend - popularized by major pop artists - continued selling out stadiums worldwide.
Era-based or retrospective tours
This country contains both the Atacama Desert and Easter Island.
Chile
This animal is capable of regenerating lost limbs and even parts of its brain.
Axolotl
This is the open motto of Zeta Tau Alpha.
Seek the Noblest
This river flows through downtown Chicago and was famously reversed in direction in 1900.
Chicago River
This social media platform remained a primary driver of music hits and viral trends in 2025.
Tik Tok
This city served as the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
Constantinople
This marine mammal has the highest brain-to-body mass ratio among non-human animals.
Bottlenose dolphin
Zeta Tau Alpha was the first national sorority to officially partner with this organization focused on breast cancer education.
Susan G. Komen Foundation
This amendment to the US Constitution was ratified in part due to activism rooted in Illinois.
19th Amendment (Women's Right to Vote)
In 2025, this long-running music format continued its commercial resurgence, outselling CDs in the US for the third consecutive year.
Vinyl
This African country has the greatest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Ethiopia
This animal can change not only its color but also its skin texture to blend into its environment.
Octopus
This ceremonial object, bearing the sorority’s Greek letters, is traditional used during Zeta Tau Alpha’s initiation rituals.
Official Zeta Tau Alpha badge
This Chicago-based theater company, founded in 1955, pioneered modern improvisational comedy and launched the careers of numerous comedians.
The Second City
In 2025, this long-running animated sitcom released its 750th episode, solidifying its record as the longest-running scripted U.S. prime-time series.
The Simpsons
This country contains more active volcanoes than any other nation in the world.
Indonesia
This species is the only primate known to have menopause, a trait it shares with humans and orcas.
Chimpanzee