Kappa Delta Trivia - Page 6

Shellfish · #1 03-11-2009, 09:58 AM

Actually, the first woman elected was Charlotte McKinney, but she was unable to serve because of personal matters, so Genevieve Venable was the first actually to fill the role.

New question: Who was sometimes incorrectly counted as a founder? (And it's not Eunice Spiers.)

Leslie Anne · #2 03-11-2009, 11:06 PM

I remember it being Julia Vaughan. Not sure though.

Shellfish · #3 03-12-2009, 03:08 PM

I was thinking Kathleen Riley, who's given as a founder in Baird's editions as late as 1920 (possibly later, but that's the latest with full view in Google Books).

Anyone else with a question? I don't really have one at the moment.

Leslie Anne · #4 03-12-2009, 04:31 PM

New question:

In what year was the Founders' Memorial Bench placed on the Farmville campus?

SydneyK · #5 03-12-2009, 06:12 PM

1928, I believe.

ETA: New question. (If 1928 is not the correct answer, then it looks like we'll have two active questions at once.)
How many official mascots has Kappa Delta had, and what are they?

Leslie Anne · #6 03-13-2009, 01:04 PM

I don't know how many but I'll put one of them out there; the katydid.

SydneyK · #7 03-13-2009, 02:33 PM

lol, Leslie! One of the reasons I asked this question is because I was always confused by what is an official mascot and what isn't. I could've sworn that the teddy bear was an official mascot when I joined, just because our chapter used it all the time. The KD chapter on the campus I'm on now doesn't recognize the teddy bear at all.

So, this is one of those teaser questions - I really don't have an answer!

Leslie Anne · #8 03-13-2009, 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SydneyK

lol, Leslie! One of the reasons I asked this question is because I was always confused by what is an official mascot and what isn't. I could've sworn that the teddy bear was an official mascot when I joined, just because our chapter used it all the time. The KD chapter on the campus I'm on now doesn't recognize the teddy bear at all.

So, this is one of those teaser questions - I really don't have an answer!

Oh! Okay. Well, then I'd have to say that we've only had two mascots: katydid and teddy bear. The katydid has been around for ages and was the only mascot back in the dark ages when I was a collegian. So, personally, I don't recognize the teddy bear. lol It's funny that your current campus has rejected it too. Is there an Alpha Phi chapter on campus? If so, that might be why. The teddy bear really is their mascot and I believe it has been for a very long time. It's right that it belongs to them because it fits within their symbols (Ursa Major). Since it was introduced as a KD symbol, I've always felt that it was a rip off of Alpha Phi.

Anyway, the others that kdizzy mentioned (dagger and nautilus shell) are our symbols not mascots.

I was trying not to hog the answer earlier and now I've more than hogged it. Sorry!

Leslie Anne · #9 03-15-2009, 02:00 AM

Okay here's one that you won't find the answer to in any books. I came upon it accidentally so it might require some digging.

A certain Kappa Delta song, often used during Preference parties, has its origins in two songs. One is by a female singer. The other is by a late 1960's/early 1970's musical teen heartthrob.

What's the KD song?
Who's the female singer?
What's the name of the female singer's song?
Who's the heartthrob?
What's the name of the heartthrob's song?

Hint: Both songs have some of the same tunes and some of the same lyrics.

ETA: Please don't post the answers if you know them right off the bat. Let's see how good our GC KDs are at playing detective.

Leslie Anne · #10 03-18-2009, 04:01 PM

Nobody wants to play?

kdizzy · #11 03-13-2009, 02:50 PM

On the KD website it lists all four....

Katydid, Teddy Bear, Dagger, and Nautilus Shell

Have there ever been anything other than these?

Shellfish · #12 03-18-2009, 04:28 PM

I know that the song is "Sha-la-la", and the heartthrob and his song are Bobby Sherman and "La La La," but I never knew about the female singer and her song--I'm stumped.

Leslie Anne · #13 03-18-2009, 11:53 PM

Great job, Shellfish! I've gotta post a link to Bobby Sherman's song for those who haven't heard it. The video is too funny!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyTdVKqHCR8

As for the female singer part...well...uh....OOPS! Those who know me won't be surprised that I goofed. I can be such a ding-a-ling! The song by the female singer is the source for an entirely different Kappa Delta song.

Here is Petula Clark with her 1966 hit "My Love"....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDiR3MF_Q5I

....and the Kappa Delta song is ____________?

Shellfish · #14 03-19-2009, 12:26 PM

I *love* looking at bubblegum and pop stuff from that era on YouTube. I have to confess that I still feel a little bit of that preteen crush when watching the "Easy Come, Easy Go" video.

Leslie Anne · #15 03-31-2009, 12:47 AM

New question:

Who wrote Ordinary Miracles?