Academics — PMAQ COPY

Question 1

Give the Latin and English for the motto of Harvard University.

Answer 1

Veritās - Truth

Question 2

Give the Latin and English for the motto of Yale University.

Answer 2

Lūx et veritās - Light and Truth

Question 3

Give the Latin and English for the motto of Brown University.

Answer 3

In Deō Spērāmus - In God we trust

Question 4

Give the Latin and English for the motto of the University of Washington.

Answer 4

Lūx sit - Let there be light

Question 5

Give the Latin and English for the motto of the University of Missouri.

Answer 5

Salūs populī - The welfare of the people

Question 6

Who is credited with the quotation “Festīnā Lentē”?

Answer 6

Augustus

Question 7

Give the English for the Latin quotation “Festīnā Lentē”.

Answer 7

“Make Haste Slowly”

Question 8

Give the English for the Latin phrase ad infinitum.

Answer 8

without end

Question 9

Give the literal translation and more common meaning for the Latin phrase ad nauseam.

Answer 9

Literal translation: to sea sickness

More common meaning: to the point of disgust

Fun Fact: When you are really fed up with hearing something repeated, you have heard it ad nauseam, and you are sick of it!

Question 10

Give the literal translation for the Latin phrase cave canem.

Answer 10

Literal translation: beware of the dog

Fun Fact: A modern dog owner posts a sign on his gate with the words “Beware of the dog;” a Roman dog owner would spell out cave canem on a mosaic in his front hall. “Canine” in English comes from canis, the Latin word for “dog,” and the Canary Islands were named for the dogs that were found there, not for canary birds.

Question 11

Give the literal translation and more common meaning for the Latin phrase bonā fīdē.

Answer 11

Literal translation: in good faith
More common meaning: genuine

Fun Fact: Like antebellum, these two Latin words are sometimes written as a single English word: “bonafide.” A bonafide price reduction is a real reduction, not just a fiction to attract buyers. “Bonafides” can also be a plural noun meaning “credentials.” For example, a diplomat might present his bonafides to a foreign government.

Question 12

Give the literal translation and more common meaning for the Latin phrase cum granō salis.

Answer 12

Literal translation: with a grain of salt
More common meaning: with a little disbelief, not too seriously

Fun Fact: You treat something cum granō salis when it sounds a little too good to be true. Similarly, when you take something lightly instead of seriously, you are taking it cum granō salis.

Question 13

Give the English for the Latin phrase per annum.

Answer 13

by the year; yearly

Question 14

Give the English for the Latin phrase per diem.

Answer 14

by the day

Question 15

Give the English for the Latin phrase verbatim.

Answer 15

word for word

Question 16

Give the Latin for the phrase that means “without end”.

Answer 16

ad infinitum

Question 17

Give the Latin for the phrase that means “to the point of disgust”.

Answer 17

ad nauseam

Question 18

Give the Latin for the phrase that means “beware of the dog”.

Answer 18

cave canem

Question 19

Give the Latin for the phrase that means “in good faith”.

Answer 19

bonā fīdē

Question 20

Give the Latin for the phrase that means “with a grain of salt”.

Answer 20

cum granō salis

Question 21

Give the Latin for the phrase that means “by the year”.

Answer 21

per annum

Question 22

Give the Latin for the phrase that means “by the day”.

Answer 22

per diem

Question 23

Give the Latin for the phrase that means “word for word”.

Answer 23

verbatim

Question 24

Who is credited with the quotation “Vēnī, Vīdī, Vīcī”?

Answer 24

Julius Caesar

Question 25

Give the English for the Latin quotation, “Vēnī, Vīdī, Vīcī”.

Answer 25

“I came, I saw, I conquered”