Chi-O Trivia

NutBrnHair · #1 10-09-2007, 12:54 PM

During the official dedication of the Chi Omega Executive Headquarters in Memphis, held June 1995, a skydiver (dressed in an owl costume) jumped out of a plane, landed in the parking lot, came to the podium and announced what?

a.) greetings from our neighbors Kappa Delta and Pi Kappa Alpha
b.) the anonymous gift of a fifty piece place setting of hand-painted china
c.) a proclamation by the Governor of Tennessee that it was "Chi Omega Day"
d.) an owl at the Memphis Zoo was named Persephone in honor of the occasion

Cutie_Hootie · #2 10-09-2007, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

During the official dedication of the Chi Omega Executive Headquarters in Memphis, held June 1995, a skydiver (dressed in an owl costume) jumped out of a plane, landed in the parking lot, came to the podium and announced what?

a.) greetings from our neighbors Kappa Delta and Pi Kappa Phi
b.) the anonymous gift of a fifty piece place setting of hand-painted china
c.) a proclamation by the Governor of Tennessee that it was "Chi Omega Day"
d.) an owl at the Memphis Zoo was named Persephone in honor of the occasion

B, I believe.

NutBrnHair · #3 10-09-2007, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

During the official dedication of the Chi Omega Executive Headquarters in Memphis, held June 1995, a skydiver (dressed in an owl costume) jumped out of a plane, landed in the parking lot, came to the podium and announced what?

a.) greetings from our neighbors Kappa Delta and Pi Kappa Phi
b.) the anonymous gift of a fifty piece place setting of hand-painted china
c.) a proclamation by the Governor of Tennessee that it was "Chi Omega Day"
d.) an owl at the Memphis Zoo was named Persephone in honor of the occasion

Correct CutieHootie -- you have a question for the group?

Cutie_Hootie · #4 10-09-2007, 08:46 PM

Which sister's badge was recently donated to the Executive Headquarters?

a. Harper Lee
b. Mary Love Collins
c. Ethel Switzer Howard
d. Roselyn Dabbs
e. Elizabeth Orman

ps--Bonus points if you can explain who donated it and why.

Jobellesis · #5 10-12-2007, 10:48 AM

I think I read that it belonged to (c.) Ethel, who wrote Chi Omega Symphony. Didn't Ethel's grandson give it to a Chi O friend who donated it? (I'm too lazy to get out my Eluesis. If I'm wrong, I want to delete my answer, so please don't quote me! Ha Ha!)