2011 Oak Hall Certamen Latin I Round 3

Question 1

TU: What is the Latin motto of the state of Maine?
B1: Translate this motto.
B2: Give the Latin and English for the motto of New York.

Answer 1

TU: Dirigo
B1: I point the way.
B2: Excelsior - Ever upward/higher

Question 2

TU: Who famously opened a box and released pain and suffering on the world?
B1: What remained in the box?
B2: What is the meaning of Pandora’s name?

Answer 2

TU: Pandora
B1: Hope
B2: “All-Gifts”

Question 3

TU: Who was the third king of Rome?
B1: Rome destroyed what city, the birthplace of Romulus and Remus, during his reign?
B2: Who succeeded Tullus Hostilius?

Answer 3

TU: Tullus Hostilius
B1: Alba Longa
B2: Ancus Marcius

Question 4

TU:In Ancient Rome, what were the baths called?
B1: What was the changing room called?
B2: What was the cold room called?

Answer 4

TU: Thermae/Balneae
B1: Apodyterium
B2: Frigidarium

Question 5

TU: What Latin verb means “to praise”?
B1: What Latin verb means “to show”?
B2: What Latin verb means “to shout”?

Answer 5

TU: Laudo
B1: Demonstro
B2: Clamo

Question 6

TU: Agricola, nauta, and poeta grammatically have what in common?
B1: Which of those means sailor?
B2: Give the correct for of the adjective bonus, bona, bonus to agree with nauta.

Answer 6

TU: First declension masculine
B1: Nauta
B2: Bonus

Question 7

TU: What form of government in Rome followed the Monarchy?
B1: Give the dates of the Republic.
B2: Give the dates of the Empire.

Answer 7

TU: Republic
B1: 510/509 - 27 B.C.
B2: 27 B.C. - 476 A.D.

Question 8

TU: In the sentence “The friends of the man are happy,” translate “friends”.
B1: Translate “of the man” in that sentence.
B2: Translate the verb in that sentence.

Answer 8

TU: Amici
B1: Viri
B2: Sunt

Question 9

TU: Who is the Roman god of wine?
B1: What is Bacchus’ Greek name?
B2: Who was Dionysus’ mother?

Answer 9

TU: Bacchus/Liber
B1: Dionysus
B2: Semele

Question 10

TU: Who am I? I was born in 100 BC, the nephew of Marius. Aroudn 59 BC I became Governor of Gaul. I battled my contemporary Pompey in a Civil War. Finally I was named dictator for life just before I was killed on March 15, 44BC.
B1: Caesar adopted what man who eventually created the Roman Empire?
B2: Which Roman did Octavian defeat during the civil war at Actium in 31 BC?

Answer 10

TU: Julius Caesar
B1: Octavian/Augustus
B2: Marc Antony