Certamen — Language

Question 1

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Answer 1

Answer: TRĀHŌ, TRĀHERE - PULL, DRAG, DRAW

Transcript: Give the Latin verb and its meaning at the root of “portray,” “trait,” “train,” and “traction.”

Question 2

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Answer 2

Answer: TREATY

Transcript: What English derivative of trāhō means “a formal agreement between two or more nations”?

Question 3

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Answer 3

Answer: PROTRACTED

Transcript: What English derivative of the perfect participle of trāhō means “drawn out in time or space”?

Question 4

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Answer 4

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?”

Question 5

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Answer 5

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?”

Question 6

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Answer 6

Answer: A / ONE WAND / STICK / STAFF

Transcript: On his school supply list, Harry is instructed to purchase “baculum ūnum.” What is that?

Question 7

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Answer 7

Answer: DUŌ(S) BONŌS AMĪCŌS / DUĀS BONĀS AMĪCĀS HABEŌ

Transcript: Using habeō, translate the following sentence into Latin: I have two good friends.

Question 8

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Answer 8

Answer: DUO BONĪ AMĪCĪ / DUAE BONAE AMĪCAE MIHI SUNT

Transcript: Translate the following sentence using sum, esse: I have two good friends.

Question 9

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Answer 9

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.

Question 10

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Answer 10

Answer: QUID PRŌ QUŌ

Transcript: What is the Latin phrase used in English to mean “tit for tat”?

Question 11

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Answer 11

Answer: PER ANNUM

Transcript: What is the Latin phrase used in English to mean “yearly”?

Question 12

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Answer 12

Answer: AD INFĪNĪTUM / AD NAUSEAM / IN PERPETUUM / IN AETERNUM

Transcript: What is the Latin phrase used in English to mean “forever”?

Question 13

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Answer 13

Answer: STUDENT SHOULD SOUND LIKE A CAT / PURR / MEOW

Transcript: When recognized by the spotter, follow this Latin instruction: Fac sōnum fēlis.

Question 14

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Answer 14

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.

Question 15

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Answer 15

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.

Question 16

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Answer 16

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.

Question 17

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Answer 17

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.

Question 18

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Answer 18

Answer: MESSENGERS APPROACHED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE

Transcript: Translate the following sentence into English: Nūntiī quam celerrimē appropinquāvērunt.

Question 19

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Answer 19

Answer: PORTŌ, FERŌ

Transcript: Without using a compound verb, give a synonym of the verb vehō.

Question 20

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Answer 20

Answer: NECŌ, TRUCĪDŌ, IUGULŌ, NECŌ, INTERFICIŌ

Transcript: Without using a compound verb, give a synonym of the verb occīdō.

Question 21

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Answer 21

Answer: OSTENDŌ, OSTENTŌ, EXHIBEŌ, PRAESTŌ

Transcript: Without using a compound verb, give a synonym of the verb dēmōnstrō.

Question 22

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Answer 22

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?

Question 23

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Answer 23

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?

Question 24

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Answer 24

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?

Question 25

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Answer 25

Answer: PŌSUISTĪ

Transcript: Which of the following, if any, is not a form of the verb possum: potest, potuerant, pōsuistī, possumus, potuērunt?

Question 26

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Answer 26

Answer: VŌLĀBAM

Transcript: Which of the following, if any, is not a form of the verb volō, velle: vult, vōlābam, voluērunt, volēs, vīs?

Question 27

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Answer 27

Answer: CECĪDIT

Transcript: Which of the following, if any, is not a form of the verb cadō: cecīdit, cadet, cadunt, cadēbam, cadēns?

Question 28

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Answer 28

Answer: THE YOUTH, FIGHTING, BROKE HIS ARM

Transcript: Translate the following sentence into English: Iuvenis pugnāns bracchium frēgit.

Question 29

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Answer 29

Answer: THE POOR BOY BURIED HIS DEAD DOG

Transcript: Translate the following sentence into English: Miser puer canem mortuum sepelīvit.

Question 30

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Answer 30

Answer: AFTER THE KINGS, CONSULS HELD / WERE HOLDING ROME

Transcript: Translate the following sentence into English: Post rēgēs, cōnsulēs Rōmam tenēbant.