Zeta Tau Alpha
Illinois
2025 in Review
World Traveler
Animals
100

Zeta Tau Alpha was founded in 1898 at Longwood College, now known by this name.

Longwood University

100

Illinois became the 21st state admitted to the Union in this year.

1818

100

This streaming platform continued to dominate pop culture conversations with viral original series in 2025.

Netflix

100

This European capital is divided by the River Danube.

Budapest

100

This mammal is known as the largest land animal on Earth.

African elephant

200

Zeta Tau Alpha was founded by this number of women, known as the Founders.

Nine

200

This Illinois city was once known as Fort Dearborn.

Chicago

200

In 2025, this genre-driven concert tour trend - popularized by major pop artists - continued selling out stadiums worldwide.

Era-based or retrospective tours

200

This country contains both the Atacama Desert and Easter Island.

Chile

200

This animal is capable of regenerating lost limbs and even parts of its brain.

Axolotl

300

This is the open motto of Zeta Tau Alpha.

Seek the Noblest

300

This river flows through downtown Chicago and was famously reversed in direction in 1900.

Chicago River

300

This social media platform remained a primary driver of music hits and viral trends in 2025.

Tik Tok

300

This city served as the capital of the Byzantine Empire.

Constantinople

300

This marine mammal has the highest brain-to-body mass ratio among non-human animals.

Bottlenose dolphin

400

Zeta Tau Alpha was the first national sorority to officially partner with this organization focused on breast cancer education.

Susan G. Komen Foundation

400

This amendment to the US Constitution was ratified in part due to activism rooted in Illinois.

19th Amendment (Women's Right to Vote)

400

In 2025, this long-running music format continued its commercial resurgence, outselling CDs in the US for the third consecutive year.

Vinyl

400

This African country has the greatest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Ethiopia

400

This animal can change not only its color but also its skin texture to blend into its environment.

Octopus

500

This ceremonial object, bearing the sorority’s Greek letters, is traditional used during Zeta Tau Alpha’s initiation rituals.

Official Zeta Tau Alpha badge

500

This Chicago-based theater company, founded in 1955, pioneered modern improvisational comedy and launched the careers of numerous comedians.

The Second City

500

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

500

This country contains more active volcanoes than any other nation in the world.

Indonesia

500

This species is the only primate known to have menopause, a trait it shares with humans and orcas.

Chimpanzee