More DAT questions

Question 1

What are the nine jewels of Delta Sigma Theta?

Answer 1

Compassion, Courtesy, Dedication, Fellowship, Fidelity, Honesty, Justice, Purity, Temperance

Question 2

In what year was Delta Sigma Theta incorporated?

Answer 2

1930

Question 3

On which campus was Delta Sigma Theta founded?

Answer 3

Howard University

Question 4

Who designed the sorority’s pin?

Answer 4

Madree Penn White

Question 5

Who wrote the Delta Oath?

Answer 5

Mary Church Terrell

Question 6

At which convention was the Delta Hymn adopted?

Answer 6

6th National Convention, 1924

Question 7

Who are the two writers of the Delta Hymn?

Answer 7

Florence Cole Talbert and Alice Dunbar Nelson

Question 8

What jewel is dedicated to deceased sorors?

Answer 8

Purity

Question 9

What jewel represents the nine cardinal virtues and where is it located?

Answer 9

Represented by nine jewels on the Sigma, located on the sorority’s pin

Question 10

Who was one of the first three honorary members initiated?

Answer 10

Gabrelle Pellehm

Question 11

What year was Mary McLeod Bethune initiated?

Answer 11

1923

Question 12

Who was the only founder to receive a doctorate?

Answer 12

Eliza Pearl Shippen

Question 13

Which founder taught at Claflin College?

Answer 13

Edith Motte Young

Question 14

Which founder served as Sergeant-at-Arms?

Answer 14

Frederica Chase Dodd

Question 15

Who was national president during the first national convention?

Answer 15

Sadie T. M. Alexander

Question 16

Who was the national president when Delta Academy and GEMS were established?

Answer 16

Marcia L. Fudge

Question 17

Which national president formed a partnership with Habitat for Humanity to build 22 homes?

Answer 17

Bertha M. Roddey

Question 18

Which national president emphasized education, equal rights, war bonds, and ambulances?

Answer 18

Mae Wright Downs Peck Williams

Question 19

Who was president when the first Delta national headquarters was established?

Answer 19

Dorothy I. Height

Question 20

Which national president created the National Board as part of the organizational structure?

Answer 20

Gladys Byram Shepperd

Question 21

Under whose leadership was the 5-Point Programmatic Thrust established?

Answer 21

Dorthy I. Height

Question 22

Which president was in office when the first Delta headquarters mortgage was burned?

Answer 22

Mona Humphries Bailey

Question 23

Who implemented the first virtual membership intake process during the pandemic?

Answer 23

Beverly E. Smith

Question 24

Which president served on committees for four U.S. presidents?

Answer 24

Jeanne L. Noble

Question 25

Who became the first former Regional Director in nearly 40 years to be elected National President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.?

Answer 25

Cheryl A. Hickmon

Question 26

Who created the Office of National Second Vice President?

Answer 26

Helen Elsie Austin

Question 27

Who was the national president that led a capital fund campaign?

Answer 27

Mona Humphries Bailey

Question 28

Which honorary member was a journalist and senior correspondent for PBS?

Answer 28

Gwen Iffel

Question 29

Which honorary member established a home for unwanted babies?

Answer 29

Clara McBride Hale (Mother Hale)

Question 30

What are the seven regions of the sorority?

Answer 30

Central, Eastern, Farwest, Midwest, South Atlantic, Southern, Southwest

Question 31

In which four countries does Delta Sigma Theta have chapters?

Answer 31

UK, Canada, Korea, Bahamas

Question 32

What are the five points of the Programmatic Thrust?

Answer 32

Economic Development, Educational Development, International Awareness and Involvement, Physical and Mental Health, Political Awareness and Involvement

Question 33

Who started Delta Academy?

Answer 33

Marcia L. Fudge

Question 34

What is the GEMS program?

Answer 34

Growing and Empowering Myself Successfully – for young women ages 14–18

Question 35

Which award supports and uplifts HBCUs?

Answer 35

Distinguished Professor Endowed Chair Award

Question 36

Which award is for achievements in arts and letters?

Answer 36

Osceola Award