Week 4 Knowledge Check

Question 1

Friendship

Answer 1

We strive to build community. We believe friendship and collaboration provide opportunities to experience the fullness of the human experience.

Question 2

Founding Location/Date

Answer 2

University of California at Berkeley in the fall of 1989

Question 3

Officially recognized by the College Panhellenic Association

Answer 3

February 7, 1990

Question 4

The Fourteen Founding Sisters

Answer 4

Betty Chu, Karin Co, Susan Kim, Nancy Lee, Sherri Leung, Annie Loo, Belinda Ma, Anita Ng, Serene Ngin, Fannie Pon, Josie Sun, Daisy Wu, Jill Yoshimura, and Reina Yuan

Question 5

National Board of alpha Kappa Delta Phi established

Answer 5

May of 1993 at the National Convention in Santa Barbara, California

Question 6

National Alumnae Board of alpha Kappa Delta Phi established

Answer 6

Fall of 2002 under the initiation of the National Board Alumnae Chair, Sophia Yen, UC Berkeley alumna

Question 7

Creed

Answer 7

Love and friendship

Question 8

Colors

Answer 8

Purple and white

Question 9

Motto

Answer 9

“Timeless Friendship Through Sisterhood”

Question 10

Sorority Flower

Answer 10

Iris

Question 11

Sorority Stone

Answer 11

Diamond

Question 12

Sorority Symbol

Answer 12

Hourglass, representing “Timeless Friendship Through Sisterhood”

Question 13

Phoenix

Answer 13

A female Asian bird which lives for 500 years and then sets itself on fire, rising renewed from the ashes. The phoenix is a symbol of the ever-changing and everlasting life of our sorority.

Question 14

Candle

Answer 14

Symbol of scholarship

Question 15

Founding Year

Answer 15

1990

Question 16

Fourteen Diamonds surrounding the crest

Answer 16

Symbols of the fourteen founding sisters of UC Berkeley