Duplicate of PBK SoCal Trivia Night

Question 1

Which of the following is not a stipulation for PBK membership?

Accepted Answer

3.9 GPA minimum

Question 2

Approximately how many members are active in PBK?

Accepted Answer

Between 500,000 and 1,000,000

Question 3

What is The Key Reporter?

Accepted Answer

PBK's newsletter

Question 4

Which of the following people was NOT a PBK member?

Accepted Answer

Bill Gates

Question 5

How much is the PBK Initiation Fee?

Accepted Answer

Between $50 and $95

Question 6

When was the first PBK meeting?

Accepted Answer

December 5, 1776

Question 7

How many Nobel Laureates have been inducted into PBK?

Accepted Answer

136

Question 8

What does the money from membership fees for PBK SoCal fund?

Accepted Answer

Graduate and international students, Scholarships for exceptional high school students with financial need

Question 9

What is The American Scholar?

Accepted Answer

PBK's quarterly, literary magazine

Question 10

When was PBK SoCal founded?

Accepted Answer

1918

Question 11

There is no second language requirement for membership.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

The Freemasons attended the first PBK meeting.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

How many students attended the first official meeting of PBK?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 14

PBK has inducted how many Supreme Court justices?

Accepted Answer

40

Question 15

What is PBK's current motto?

Accepted Answer

To celebrate and advocate excellence in the liberal arts

Question 16

What does the pointing finger on the PBK key symbolize?

Accepted Answer

The ambition of the young scholars

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT an opportunity for continuing education and professional networking with PBK?

Accepted Answer

The Key Reporter

Question 18

What percentage of US colleges and universities have PBK chapters?

Accepted Answer

10%

Question 19

The three stars on the PBK key symbolize morality, literature, and what?

Accepted Answer

Friendship

Question 20

PBK National Office headquarters is in Arlington, VA.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

How many schools across the nation have a PBK chapter?

Accepted Answer

290

Question 22

"Good moral character" is a consideration taken for scholars' invitation to PBK.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

How many active PBK SoCal members are there?

Accepted Answer

Approx. 1,000

Question 24

Which is the only school for which PBK inducts students majoring in a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE)?

Accepted Answer

Princeton University

Question 25

When was this initiation fee set?

Accepted Answer

2005

Question 26

What is PBK SoCal governed by?

Accepted Answer

A body of officers and councilors

Question 27

What isn't something PBK SoCal does?

Accepted Answer

We provide free parking at our events

Question 28

Around how many PBK associations are there across the country?

Accepted Answer

Nearly 50

Question 29

How much is yearly membership to PBK SoCal?

Accepted Answer

$35

Question 30

Where was the first PBK meeting?

Accepted Answer

The Apollo Room of the Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg, VA

Question 31

What was PBK's original motto?

Accepted Answer

Philosophia Biou Kybernētēs, “Love of learning is the guide of life”

Question 32

Who was PBK's first president?

Accepted Answer

John Heath

Question 33

What does the "SP" on the PBK key stand for?

Accepted Answer

Societas Philosophiae, "Philosophical Society"

Question 34

What name is the PBK SoCal Association also known as?

Accepted Answer

The Alpha Association

Question 35

What conflict/situation could have caused the end of the Phi Beta Kappa society?

Accepted Answer

The American Revolutionary War

Question 36

Where was PBK SoCal launched?

Accepted Answer

At a luncheon meeting in Claremont

Question 37

The sign of recognition devised in 1777 was a salutation (the clasp of hands with an immediate stroke across the mouth).

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

What university were the students from who founded PBK?

Accepted Answer

The College of William and Mary

Question 39

What language was this original motto in?

Accepted Answer

Greek

Question 40

Where are PBK chapters approved?

Accepted Answer

Triennial Conventions

Question 41

PBK has inducted how many U.S. presidents?

Accepted Answer

17

Question 42

What was, for certain, the reason for forming PBK?

Accepted Answer

For congeniality and to promote good fellowship, To unify the domestic personnel

Duplicate of PBK SoCal Trivia Night

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