2011 Oak Hall Certamen Latin I Round 1

Question 1

TU: What Titan, the father of the gods, was eventually overthrown by his son Zeus?
B1: What was Cronus’ Latin name?
B2: According to legend, to what land did Saturn flee after his defeat?

Answer 1

TU: Cronus
B1: Saturn
B2: Italy

Question 2

TU: Name the members of the First Triumvirate.
B1: Name the members of the Second Triumvirate.
B2: Who was the first to die in the First Triumvirate?

Answer 2

TU: Julius Caesar, Crassus, Pompey
B1: Octavian, Marc Antony, Lepidus
B2: Crassus

Question 3

TU: What did the Romans call “dinner”?
B1: What did the Romans call “lunch”?
B2: What did the Romans call “breakfast”?

Answer 3

TU: Cena
B1: Prandium
B2: Ientaculum

Question 4

TU: What is the meaning of the Latin word puella?
B1: What is the Latin word for “boy”?
B2: Translate into English: Puella puerum amat.

Answer 4

TU: Girl
B1: Puer
B2: The girl loves the boy

Question 5

TU: What case in Latin is used for the subject of a sentence?
B1: What case in Latin is used for the direct object of a sentence?
B2: What case in Latin is used for the indirect object?

Answer 5

TU: Nominative
B1: Accusative
B2: Dative

Question 6

TU: Name any one of the three Greek virgin goddesses.
B1: Which one was the goddess of the hunt?
B2: Which one was the goddess of the hearth?

Answer 6

TU: Artemis/Athena/Hestia
B1: Artemis
B2: Hestia

Question 7

TU: What does the abbreviation e.g. mean?
B1: What does the abbreviation i.e. mean?
B2: What does the abbreviation n.b. mean?

Answer 7

TU: For the sake of an example/for example
B1: That is
B2: Note well

Question 8

TU: Who was Rome’s first emperor?
B1: In what year did Augustus die?
B2: What dynasty did Augustus found?

Answer 8

TU: Augustus
B1: 14 AD
B2: The Julio-Claudian Dynasy

Question 9

TU: The prepositions per and ad both take what case in Latin?
B1: Translate the prepositional phrase ad aquam.
B2: What Latin preposition means “around” or “about”?

Answer 9

TU: Accusative
B1: To the water
B2: Circum

Question 10

TU: From what Latin verb, with what meaning, do we derive “tenacious” and “contain”?
B1: What derivative of teneo is a place where students go when they are bad?
B2: What derivative of teneo is a verb which means to “procure” something?

Answer 10

TU: Teneo - Hold
B1: Detention
B2: Obtain