KAPPA ALPHA PSI CUMULATIVE TEST 1
REVIEW SHEET TESTED QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS UPDATED
⩥ When was the Alpha Chapter charted?
Answer: May 15, 1911
⩥ What was the ORIGINAL name for the fraternity?
Answer: Kappa Alpha Nu
⩥ Who is known as the "Original Pretty Boy"?
Answer: Paul Waymond Caine.
⩥ What does "Phi Nu Pi" mean?
Answer: it is never to be written nor spoken.
⩥ What does "NUPE" mean?
Answer: Negroes Under Pressure, Excelling
⩥ The Grand Chapter recognized the cane as an official part of Kappa
Alpha Psi when?
Answer: 1986 at the 66th Grand Chapter meeting.
,⩥ What does the first K stand for?
Answer: Nothing. The K is always silent.
⩥ What does the first A stand for?
Answer: denotes accomplishment.
⩥ What does the first P stand for?
Answer: denotes performance.
⩥ What does the second P stand for?
Answer: denotes preparation.
⩥ What does the last A stand for?
Answer: denotes assurance.
⩥ What is the fraternity motto?
Answer: Achievement in every field of human endeavor.
⩥ How long were the original canes?
Answer: 36 inches or 3 feet.
, ⩥ The cane has been used since....?
Answer: Trick question: ever. Since the beginning of the fraternity, canes
were used. Although, the original "original" canes did not have hooks
and were not used for stepping. The canes were a symbol of elegance
and a gentleman.
⩥ The canes used today are thought to resemble who or what?
Answer: If the canes are turned upside down, it resembles the letter "J"
for Jesus.
⩥ Who is the original Kappa?
Answer: Moses carried a cane, therefore is sometimes referred to as the
original Kappa.
⩥ What do the stripes represent?
Answer: The father, the son, the holy spirit, and the blood of Christ.
⩥ With changing the name, Nu was replaced with Psi. Why?
Answer: if written, the letter Psi is almost identical to the symbol of the
university where it was founded, "I U"
⩥ What is the significance to the "diamond in the sky"?
Answer: It is a tribute to the ten deceased founders of Kappa Alpha Psi.
REVIEW SHEET TESTED QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ANSWERS UPDATED
⩥ When was the Alpha Chapter charted?
Answer: May 15, 1911
⩥ What was the ORIGINAL name for the fraternity?
Answer: Kappa Alpha Nu
⩥ Who is known as the "Original Pretty Boy"?
Answer: Paul Waymond Caine.
⩥ What does "Phi Nu Pi" mean?
Answer: it is never to be written nor spoken.
⩥ What does "NUPE" mean?
Answer: Negroes Under Pressure, Excelling
⩥ The Grand Chapter recognized the cane as an official part of Kappa
Alpha Psi when?
Answer: 1986 at the 66th Grand Chapter meeting.
,⩥ What does the first K stand for?
Answer: Nothing. The K is always silent.
⩥ What does the first A stand for?
Answer: denotes accomplishment.
⩥ What does the first P stand for?
Answer: denotes performance.
⩥ What does the second P stand for?
Answer: denotes preparation.
⩥ What does the last A stand for?
Answer: denotes assurance.
⩥ What is the fraternity motto?
Answer: Achievement in every field of human endeavor.
⩥ How long were the original canes?
Answer: 36 inches or 3 feet.
, ⩥ The cane has been used since....?
Answer: Trick question: ever. Since the beginning of the fraternity, canes
were used. Although, the original "original" canes did not have hooks
and were not used for stepping. The canes were a symbol of elegance
and a gentleman.
⩥ The canes used today are thought to resemble who or what?
Answer: If the canes are turned upside down, it resembles the letter "J"
for Jesus.
⩥ Who is the original Kappa?
Answer: Moses carried a cane, therefore is sometimes referred to as the
original Kappa.
⩥ What do the stripes represent?
Answer: The father, the son, the holy spirit, and the blood of Christ.
⩥ With changing the name, Nu was replaced with Psi. Why?
Answer: if written, the letter Psi is almost identical to the symbol of the
university where it was founded, "I U"
⩥ What is the significance to the "diamond in the sky"?
Answer: It is a tribute to the ten deceased founders of Kappa Alpha Psi.
