Certamen — Language Flashcards
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Toss-Up:
Answer: TRĀHŌ, TRĀHERE - PULL, DRAG, DRAW
Transcript: Give the Latin verb and its meaning at the root of “portray,” “trait,” “train,” and “traction.”
Bonus:
Answer: TREATY
Transcript: What English derivative of trāhō means “a formal agreement between two or more nations”?
Bonus:
Answer: PROTRACTED
Transcript: What English derivative of the perfect participle of trāhō means “drawn out in time or space”?
Toss-Up:
Answer: THE TEACHER OF POTIONS / MASTER OF POTIONS / PROFESSOR OF POTIONS
Transcript: Harry Potter mania mercilessly rages on. In the Latin translation of Harry Potter, what is the literal translation of the character called “Magister Potiōnum?”
Bonus:
Answer: THE SORTING HAT / THE DISTRIBUTING HAT
Transcript: What is the literal translation of the character in the Latin translation of Harry Potter called “Petasus Distribuēns?”
Bonus:
Answer: A / ONE WAND / STICK / STAFF
Transcript: On his school supply list, Harry is instructed to purchase “baculum ūnum.” What is that?
Toss-Up:
Answer: DUŌ(S) BONŌS AMĪCŌS / DUĀS BONĀS AMĪCĀS HABEŌ
Transcript: Using habeō, translate the following sentence into Latin: I have two good friends.
Bonus:
Answer: DUO BONĪ AMĪCĪ / DUAE BONAE AMĪCAE MIHI SUNT
Transcript: Translate the following sentence using sum, esse: I have two good friends.
Bonus:
Answer: MEĪ AMĪCĪ / MEAE AMĪCAE SUNT FORTIŌRĒS QUAM EGO / MEĪ AMĪCĪ / MEAE AMĪCAE SUNT FORTIŌRĒS MĒ
Transcript: Translate into Latin: My friends are braver than I.
Toss-Up:
Answer: QUID PRŌ QUŌ
Transcript: What is the Latin phrase used in English to mean “tit for tat”?
Bonus:
Answer: PER ANNUM
Transcript: What is the Latin phrase used in English to mean “yearly”?
Bonus:
Answer: AD INFĪNĪTUM / AD NAUSEAM / IN PERPETUUM / IN AETERNUM
Transcript: What is the Latin phrase used in English to mean “forever”?
Toss-Up:
Answer: STUDENT SHOULD SOUND LIKE A CAT / PURR / MEOW
Transcript: When recognized by the spotter, follow this Latin instruction: Fac sōnum fēlis.
Bonus:
Answer: ALL STUDENTS ON THE TEAM SHOULD MAKE PIG SOUNDS / OINK
Transcript: When recognized by the spotter, follow this Latin instruction: Omnēs, facite sōnum porcōrum.
Bonus:
Answer: TWO STUDENTS ON THE TEAM SHOULD MAKE WOLF SOUNDS / GROWL / HOWL
Transcript: When recognized by the spotter, follow this Latin instruction: Duo ex vōbīs, facite sōnum lupōrum.
Toss-Up:
Answer: (ON) THAT DAY, TWO OF THE KING’S SONS WERE RETURNING / RETURNED HOME
Transcript: Translate the following sentence into English: Illō diē, duo ex fīliīs rēgis domum reveniēbant.
Bonus:
Answer: FINALLY, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, THE SONS ARRIVED AT THE CITY
Transcript: Translate the following sentence into English: Tandem, mediā nocte, fīliī ad urbem pervēnērunt.
Bonus:
Answer: MESSENGERS APPROACHED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE
Transcript: Translate the following sentence into English: Nūntiī quam celerrimē appropinquāvērunt.
Toss-Up:
Answer: PORTŌ, FERŌ
Transcript: Without using a compound verb, give a synonym of the verb vehō.
Bonus:
Answer: NECŌ, TRUCĪDŌ, IUGULŌ, NECŌ, INTERFICIŌ
Transcript: Without using a compound verb, give a synonym of the verb occīdō.
Bonus:
Answer: OSTENDŌ, OSTENTŌ, EXHIBEŌ, PRAESTŌ
Transcript: Without using a compound verb, give a synonym of the verb dēmōnstrō.
Toss-Up:
Answer: IN TERRĀ
Transcript: Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and answer IN LATIN, the question that follows:
Initiō, deī in Monte Olympō habitābant, et Titānī in terrā habitābant. Titānī Mōntem Olympum ipsum occupāre cupiēbant, et diū cum deīs Olympiīs pugnābant. Dēnique deī Olympiī Titānōs superāvērunt.
Question: Initiō, ubi habitābant Titānī?
Bonus:
Answer: (QUOD) CUPIĒBANT OCCUPĀRE MŌNTEM OLYMPUM
Transcript: Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and answer IN LATIN, the question that follows:
Initiō, deī in Monte Olympō habitābant, et Titānī in terrā habitābant. Titānī Mōntem Olympum ipsum occupāre cupiēbant, et diū cum deīs Olympiīs pugnābant. Dēnique deī Olympiī Titānōs superāvērunt.
Question: Cūr Titānī cum Ōlympiīs pugnābant?
Bonus:
Answer: TITĀNĪ
Transcript: Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and answer IN LATIN, the question that follows:
Initiō, deī in Monte Olympō habitābant, et Titānī in terrā habitābant. Titānī Mōntem Olympum ipsum occupāre cupiēbant, et diū cum deīs Olympiīs pugnābant. Dēnique deī Olympiī Titānōs superāvērunt.
Question: Quī denique victī sunt?
