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What Latin abbreviation found on prescriptions stands for the word recipe? Rx B1. How often should a prescription marked t.i.d. be taken? 3 times a day B2. How should a medicine marked p.o. be taken? orally; by mouth

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For the sentence, “The servants led the boys to the forest” translate “boys”. Answer: PUEROS B1: For the same sentence, translate “to the forest”. Answer: AD SILVAM B2: Now translate the entire sentence, “The servants led the boys to the forest”. Answer: SERVI PUEROS AD SILVAM DUCEBANT / DUXERUNT

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What famous heroes, the twin sons of Zeus and Leda, fought in the Calydonian boar hunt and sailed with the Argonauts? Answer: THE DIOSCOURI/CASTOR AND POLLUX B1: What was the special talent of Pollux? Answer: BOXING B2: As what celestial phenomenon did the Dioscouri appear? Answer: ST. ELMO’S FIRE/THE CONSTELLATION GEMINI

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At what battle in 197 BC did Titus Quinctius Flamininus decisively defeat the forces of the Macedonian ruler Philip V, thus ending the Second Macedonian War? Answer: BATTLE OF CYNOSCEPHALAE B1. Who succeeded Philip V as the ruler of Macedon and Rome’s antagonist in the Third Macedonian War? Answer: PERSEUS B2. At what battle in 168 BC was Perseus defeated by the forces of Lucius Aemilius Paullus? Answer: PYDNA

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What 2-word Latin phrase is used in English to mean “secretly”? sub rosā B1. What 2-word Latin phrase is used in English on book plates or to mean “from the library of”? ex librīs B2. What 2-word Latin phrase is used in English means “in memory of” and refers to the memory of a deceased person? in memoriam

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Where were the Romans defeated by the Gauls in 390 B.C.? Answer: ALLIA RIVER B1. Name the Gallic chieftain at this battle. Answer: BRENNUS B2. What did Brennus say to the Romans when they complained that he was cheating them? Give your answer in Latin and translate, please. Answer: VAE VICTIS, WOE TO THE CONQUERED (VANQUISHED)

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In the sentence, “The slaves are carrying water,” translate „water.‟ Answer: AQUAM B1. Give the correct Latin form of the verb in that sentence: “The slave is carrying water.” Answer: PORTANT B2. Change portat to the corresponding future tense. Answer: PORTABUNT

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Say in Latin, “he will lead.” Answer: DUCET B1. Change ducet to the corresponding pluperfect tense and translate. Answer: DUXERAT, HE HAD LED B2. Change duxerat to the corresponding future perfect tense and translate. Answer: DUXERIT, HE WILL HAVE LED

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Which Greek god famously carried on an amorous affair with the goddess Aphrodite that resulted in several children – sons Phobos and Deimos, and a daughter, Harmonia? Ares B1. Ares was a fairly inept god of war. In fact, during the Trojan War, he was wounded by a Greek leader. Which Greek accomplished this? Diomedes B2. How did Aphrodite’s husband Hephaestus once catch Ares and Aphrodite in the act? Caught them in a net

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Which emperor received the agnomen “Pius” for his insistence on having his predecessor Hadrian deified by the Roman Senate? Answer: ANTONINUS PIUS B1. Who was Antoninus Pius’ successor and son-in-law? Answer: MARCUS AURELIUS B2. To which school of philosophy was Marcus Aurelius a strict adherent, even writing his own works on the topic? Answer: STOICISM

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What pair of mythological siblings famously spend half of their time on earth and half in the underworld? Castor and Pollux B1. Castor and Pollux were collectively known as the Dioscuri, which refers to them as both sons of whom? Zeus B2. What two Greek women, who both prominently figure among the Trojan War, were the sisters of Castor and Pollux? Clytemnestra and Helen

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Born in April of 145 AD, what man, at the age of 48, became the first man born in the province of Africa to hold the imperial throne? Septimius Severus B1. In what Roman province did Septimius Severus die in 211 AD? Brittania (Britain) B2. What second wife of Septimius Severus bore him his two sons? Julia Domna

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Who was the first of the Five Good Emperors? Answer: NERVA B1. Who succeeded Nerva? Answer: TRAJAN B2. Who succeeded Trajan? Answer: HADRIAN

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Translate into English: The wife of the poet is angry. Answer: UXOR / MULIER / FEMINA POETAE EST IRATA. B1. Translate: The wife‟s money was lost by the poet. Answer: PECUNIA UXORIS/MULIERIS/FEMINAE AMITTEBATUR/AMISSA EST A POETĀ. B2. Translate: The cowardly poet had avoided his angry wife. Answer: POETA IGNAVUS AVITAVERAT UXOREM / MULIEREM / / FEMINAM IRATAM.

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Give the years of the 2nd Punic War. Answer: 218-201 BCE B1. Give the years of the 1st Punic War. Answer: 264-241 BCE B2. What Roman general destroyed Carthage in the 3rd Punic War? Answer: SCIPIO AEMILIANUS

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Where would you be in Rome if you saw metae, carceres, ova, and delphines? Answer: CIRCUS (MAXIMUS) B1. What were the carceres at the circus? Answer: STARTING GATES B2. For what purpose were ova and delphines used? Answer: COUNTING LAPS

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Give the abbreviation that means „note well.‟ Answer: N.B. B1. Give the Latin for the abbreviation N.B. Answer: NOTA BENE B2. Give the Latin and the English for the abbreviation P.S. Answer: POST SCRIPTUM, WRITTEN AFTERWARDS

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Give the Latin verb and its meaning from which we derive “deposit.” Answer: PONO – PUT, PLACE B1. Which of the following words is NOT derived from pono? expose, compound, postage, possible Answer: POSSIBLE B2. Give the Latin verb and its meaning from which we derive “possible.” Answer: POSSUM – BE ABLE

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Give the accusative singular of the phrase “strong horse”. fortem equum B1. Make fortem equum genitive plural. fortium equōrum B2. Make fortium equōrum ablative. fortibus equīs

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Which of these foods was NOT known to the Romans: artichokes, pumpkins, corn, peas? Answer: CORN B1. What was the best vegetable, according to Cato? Answer: CABBAGE B2. What meat was most common in ancient Rome? Answer: PORK

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Which of the following words if any is NOT derived from the Latin verb teneō: abstain, tense, content. tenant? tense B1. What sport’s name is also derived from the Latin verb teneo? tennis B2. What derivative of teneō is defined as “maintaining or adhering to something valued or desired”? tenacious

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Which of these Latin verbs does not belong because of conjugation – ducō, ponō, putō, petō? putō B1. Define all four of those Latin verbs. ducō – to lead; ponō – to put/place; putō – to think; petō – to seek; attack B2. Which one of those four verbs does not form its singular imperative like the others? ducō

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Name the king of Troy during the Trojan War. Answer: PRIAM B1. Which of his sons was the greatest Trojan warrior? Answer: HECTOR B2. Who was Hector‟s mother? Answer: HECUBA

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What famous orator and co-consul of Gaius Antonius Hybrida delivered a series of speeches in 63 BC to suppress a planned conspiracy against the Roman government? Answer: MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO B1. Whose conspiracy did he suppress? Answer: CATALINE (‘S) B2. What title was Cicero awarded by the Senate for supressing the Catiline Conspiracy? Answer: PATER PATRIAE

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What dynasty of emperors began with Vespasian? Answer: FLAVIAN B1. In addition to being the first of the Flavian emperors, Vespasian was the last of what group of emperors? Answer: YEAR OF THE FOUR EMPERORS B2. What year was known of as the Year of the Four Emperors? Answer: A.D.69

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Who was the first king of Rome? Answer: ROMULUS B1. In what year did Romulus found Rome? Answer: 753 B.C. B2. What abbreviation did Romans us to date events from the founding of their city? Answer: A.U.C.

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What was a quadriga? a four-horse chariot B1. What was the similar term for a two-horse chariot? biga B2. A biga could be used by an essedarius. What was an essedarius? A gladiator who fought on horseback

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For the verb moveo, give the 3rd person plural imperfect active indicative. Answer: MOVEBANT B1. Make movebant passive. Answer: MOVEBANTUR B2. Translate that form. Answer: They were (being) moved.

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Which emperor began the tetrarchy? Answer: DIOCLETIAN B1. Who became sole emperor after defeating Maxentius in 312 A.D.? Answer: CONSTANTINE B2. Which emperor wrote a work of Stoic philosophy? Answer: MARCUS AURELIUS

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Which dynasty ruled from 193-235 AD? Answer: SEVERAN DYNASTY B1. Which dynasty ruled from 27 BC to 68 AD? Answer: JULIO-CLAUDIAN B2. Which dynasty ruled from 69-96 AD? Answer: FLAVIAN

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Give the battle and year in which the forces of Octavian defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra, effectively ending the Roman Republic. Actium – 31 BC B1. In what year did Octavian take the title of Augustus and begin to reign as the first Roman emperor? 27 BC B2. What was the name of Octavian’s third wife, a woman he was wedded to for 52 years until his death in 14 AD? Livia

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What is the Latin word for racing companies? Answer: FACTIONES B1. In English, name the first two factiones. Answer: WHITE, RED B2. In English, name the two factiones which lasted the longest. Answer: BLUE, GREEN

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Who was assassinated in the Theater of Pompey on March 15, 44 B.C.? Answer: JULIUS CAESAR B1. Caesar‟s close association with two other men is known as the First Triumvirate. Which member of the First Triumvirate was killed fighting the Parthians in 53 B.C.? Answer: CRASSUS B2. Where did Pompey, the third member of the First Triumvirate, die? Answer: EGYPT

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Name the centaur who raised Jason. Answer: CHIRON B1. Which goddess helped Jason in his quest for the golden fleece? Answer: HERA B2. Where did Jason have to travel to find the golden fleece? Answer: COLCHIS

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Name the daughter of Zeus and Leda whose beauty helped cause the Trojan War. Answer: HELEN B1. Name the twin brother of Helen, who hatched with her from the same egg. Answer: POLYDEUCES / POLLUX B2. Name either of Helen‟s other siblings, the children of Leda and Tyndareus. Answer: CLYTEMNESTRA or CASTOR

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What was the head of a Roman family called? Answer: PATER FAMILIAS B1. What was his power over the family called? Answer: PATRIA POTESTAS B2. How could a son gain his own patria potestas? Answer: MARRIAGE, ADOPTION, DEATH OF HIS FATHER, or EMANCIPATION

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What were imagines? Answer: BUSTS OF ANCESTORS (WHO HELD HIGH/CURULE OFFICE) B1. Where were the imagines kept? Answer: ALAE B2. When were they taken out? Answer: FUNERALS

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What is the Latin motto of Yale University? Answer: LUX ET VERITAS B1. Give the Latin motto of Tulane University. Answer: NON SIBI SED SUIS B2. What is the Latin motto of the University of the South? Answer: ECCE QUAM BONUM

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Give the more common nickname for the emperor known as Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, who ruled from 54-68 A.D. Answer: NERO B1. What disaster in 64 A.D. provided enough vacant land for Nero to build his Domus Aurea? Answer: A FIRE B2. On what group did Nero blame the fire? Answer: THE CHRISTIANS

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Give the first person plural, imperfect active of mitto. Answer: MITTEBAMUS B1. Change mittebamus to the corresponding present tense. Answer: MITTIMUS B2. Change mittimus to the corresponding perfect tense. Answer: MISIMUS

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Distinguish in meaning between terreo and timeo. Answer: TERREO: TO FRIGHTEN; TIMEO: TO BE AFRAID B1. Distinguish in meaning between trado and traho. Answer: TRADO: TO BETRAY, SURRENDER; TRAHO: TO DRAG, DRAW B2. Distinguish in meaning between dormio and demonstro. Answer: DORMIO: TO SLEEP, DEMONSTRO: TO SHOW, DEMONSTRATE.

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For the verb cado, give the 3rd person singular present active indicative. Answer: CADIT B1. Change cadit to the future tense. Answer: CADET B2. Change cadet to the perfect tense. Answer: CECIDIT

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Which couple‟s death turned the berries on the mulberry tree red? Answer: PYRAMUS AND THISBE B1. Since their parents forbade their relationship, how did Pyramus and Thisbe communicate? Answer: THROUGH (A CRACK) IN THE WALL (BETWEEN THEIR HOUSES) B2. In which city did Pyramus and Thisbe live? Answer: BABYLON

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What was the name for the steps a politician took to become consul? Answer: CURSUS HONORUM B1and 2: Name the first 2 steps of the Cursus Honorum. Answer: QUAESTOR, PRAETOR

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Which god was the father of Romulus and Remus? Answer: MARS B1. Which god was the father of Heracles? Answer: ZEUS B2. Which goddess was the mother of Aeneas? Answer: VENUS

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For the verb do, give the 2nd person plural imperfect active indicative. Answer: DABATIS B1: Make dabatis perfect. Answer: DEDISTIS B2: Make dedistis pluperfect. Answer: DEDERATIS

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Name the muse of tragedy. Answer: MELPOMENE B1. Name the muse of astronomy. Answer: URANIA B2. Name the muse of dance. Answer: TERPSICHORE

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What were the “thermae” in ancient Rome? Answer: PUBLIC BATHS B1. Which room in the baths was the hot room? Answer: CALDARIUM B2. Which room was the apodyterium? Answer: CHANGING (DRESSING) ROOM

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Give the name of the appetizer course of a Roman meal. Answer: GUSTATIO OR GUSTUS OR ANTECENA OR PROMULSIS B1. What did the Romans call dessert? Answer: SECUNDA MENSA B2. Name the fish sauce enjoyed by Romans Answer: GARUM OR LIQUAMEN

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How would one say the number “twelve” in Latin? Answer: DUODECIM B1: How about the number “eighteen?” Answer: DUODEVIGINTI B2: Finally, what is the Latin word for the number “one thousand?” Answer: MILLE

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Translate, “Puellae captae erant”. The girls had been captured B1. Say in Latin, “The farmer had been captured”. Agricola captus erat B2. Now, using an enclitic, say in Latin, “The mother and father will have been captured”. Mater paterque captī erunt

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Who killed the Minotaur? Answer: THESEUS B1. Name the princess of Crete who helped Theseus find his way through the labyrinth. Answer: ARIADNE B2. Who rescued Ariadne after Theseus abandoned her? Answer: DIONYSUS

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When in Rome was the statement Ubi tu Gaius, ego Gaia heard? a wedding B1. Which chief priest of Jupiter in Rome was married in a ceremony so binding that it was impossible for him to obtain a divorce? Flamen Dialis B2. Name two of the three most common types of wedding ceremony in ancient Rome. confarreatio, usus, coemptio

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If a prescription has the letters gtt. on it, how will you take the medicine? Answer: DROPS B1: If the prescription says prn, how will you take the medicine? Answer: AS NEEDED B2: If it says p.o. how will you take it? Answer: BY MOUTH

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In the sentence, “The children are walking to school,” translate the prepositional phrase. Answer: AD LUDUM B1. Give a preposition that is an antonym of ad. Answer: AB (DE, EX) B2. What case does the preposition cum govern? Answer: ABLATIVE

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Who was the second king of Rome? Answer: NUMA (POMPILIUS) B1. Which king was famous for conquering Alba Longa? Answer: TULLUS HOSTILIUS B2. The Horatii triplets fought for Rome. Name the triplets for fought for Alba Longa. Answer: CURIATII

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Which word does not belong by derivation? Demonstrate, monster, admonish, monitor. Answer: DEMONSTRATE B1: From what Latin word with what meaning do we derive “demonstrate”? Answer: MONSTRO (MONSTRARE, MONSTRAVI, MONSTRATUM)—TO SHOW B2: From what Latin word with what meaning do we derive “monster”, “admonish”, and “monitor”? Answer: MONEO (MONERE, MONUI, MONITUM)—TO WARN

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What case does the preposition sine govern? Answer: ABLATIVE B1. What preposition is the antonym of sine? Answer: CUM B2. In the sentence: “Marcus fought with a sword,” translate “with a sword.” Answer: GLADIŌ

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Give the genitive plural for the phrase magna dea. Answer: MAGNARUM DEARUM B1: Change magnarum dearum to the Ablative. Answer: MAGNIS DEABUS B2: Give the same form for the phrase fortis filia, Answer: FORTIBUS FILIABUS

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Which hero killed the Chimaera? Answer: BELLEROPHON B1. What mythical beast did Bellerophon use to help kill the monster? Answer: PEGASUS B2. What hubristic act did Bellerophon perform which caused his death? Answer: HE TRIED TO RIDE PEGASUS TO OLYMPUS

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With whose death did the reign of the Flavian Dynasty end? Domitian’s B1. What were the years that marked the beginning and end of Domitian’s reign? 81-96 AD B2. What senator succeeded Domitian after his assassination? Nerva

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In the sentence, “My brother was a good soldier,” translate “good soldier.” Answer: MILES BONUS B1. Change miles bonus to the accusative singular. Answer: MILITEM BONUM B2. Change militem bonum to the accusative plural. Answer: MILITES BONOS

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What derivative of pono, ponere means “to put off until a later time”? Answer: POSTPONE B1: What derivative of cras means “to delay until tomorrow or another later time”? Answer: PROCRASTINATE B2: What derivative of longus, -a, -um means “to lengthen in time”? Answer: PROLONG

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What is the Latin term for a bride‟s gown? Answer: TUNICA RECTA B1. Give the term for a bride‟s veil. Answer: FLAMMEUM B2. Into how many sections was a bride‟s hair parted? Answer: SIX

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Who am I? I was born in 100 BCE, I served as Pontifex Maximus in 63 BC, I served as consul in 59 BC, and I was part of the first Triumvirate with Crassus and Pompey. Who am I? Answer: JULIUS CAESAR. B1. In what year did Caesar cross the Rubicon River, saying „Alea iacta est,‟ and starting the civil war? Answer: 49 BC B2. With whom did Caesar share his consulship in 59 BC, although the office was called „The Consulship of Julius and Caesar,‟ since Caesar bullied this man into staying home? Answer: BIBULUS

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Give the Latin and English of the motto of the US Coast Guard. Answer: SEMPER PARATUS, ALWAYS PREPARED B1: Give the Latin and English for the motto of the Marines. Answer: SEMPER FIDELIS, ALWAYS FAITHFUL B2: Name ONE state Latin motto also has the word semper in it and give the Latin? Answer: VIRGINIA, SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS; or WEST VIRGINIA, MONTANI SIMPER LIBERI

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Give the Latin and English for the motto of Harvard University. Answer: VERITAS – TRUTH B1. Give the Latin and English for the motto of Yale University. Answer: LUX ET VERITAS, LIGHT AND TRUTH B2. Which university‟s motto is “Lux et Lex?” Answer: NORTH DAKOTA

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What is the Latin term for the dining room in a Roman house? Answer: TRICLINIUM B1. The Romans enjoyed garum with their meals. What was garum? Answer: FISH SAUCE B2. Mulsum was another favorite of the Romans. What was mulsum? Answer: WINE MIXED WITH HONEY

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Give the Latin term for the pool that collected rainwater in the atrium of a Roman house. Answer: IMPLUVIUM B1. What did the Romans call the colonnaded courtyard of a Roman house? Answer: PERISTYLIUM B2. Give the Latin term for the dining room in a Roman house. Answer: TRICLINIUM

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Which god was married to Aphrodite? Answer: HEPHAESTUS B1. Which god was the father of Aphrodite‟s daughter Harmonia? Answer: ARES B2. Aphrodite had a famous affair with the mortal Anchises. Name their son. Answer: AENEAS

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Which of the monstrous of Typhon and Echidna was killed with arrows shot by a young man astride Pegasus? Chimera B1. Who was that youth? Bellerophon B2. How had Bellerophon tamed Pegasus? Athena gave him a golden bridle

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For the verb porto, give the 2nd person plural future active indicative. Answer: PORTABITIS B1. Change portabitis to the corresponding perfect tense. Answer: PORTAVISTIS B2. Change portavistis to the corresponding pluperfect tense and translate. Answer: PORTAVERATIS, YOU HAD CARRIED

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Say in Latin, “the good sailor.” Answer: AGRICOLA BONUS B1. Make “agricola bonus” genitive singular. Answer: AGRICOLAE BONI B2. Make “agricolae boni” plural Answer: AGRICOLARUM BONORUM

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Which popular tribune was murdered in Rome in 133 BC? Tiberius Gracchus B1. Which military hero of Carthage was one of Tiberius Gracchus’ chief opponents in the Senate? Scipio Aemilianus B2. How were Tiberius Gracchus and Scipio Aemilianus related? brothers-in-law

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What derivative of “video, videre, vidi, visum” means “one who comes to stay with people or in a particular place”? Answer: VISITOR B1: What derivative of “video” means “a person of unusually keen foresight”? Answer: VISIONARY B2: What derivative of “video” means “to perform or deliver without previous preparation”? Answer: IMPROVISE

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In the sentence, “The girls gave the boys a dog,” translate “boys” Answer: PUERIS B1. In the same sentence, “The girls gave the boys a dog,” translate “gave.” Answer: DONAVERUNT OR DEDERUNT B2. In the same sentence, translate “dog.” Answer: CANEM

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Make the phrase malus lupus magnus ablative plural. Answer: MALĪS LUPĪS MAGNĪS B1. Make the phrase parvus canis bonus ablative singular. Answer: PARVŌ CANE BONŌ B2. Make the phrase mare nostrum genitive plural. Answer: MARIUM NOSTRORUM

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Who was the Greek god of prophecy, music, medicine, and the sun? Answer: APOLLO B1. Who was Apollo‟s twin sister, the goddess of hunting and the moon? Answer: ARTEMIS B2. Give the Roman names for Apollo and Artemis. Answer: APOLLO and DIANA

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For the Latin verb vocō, give the 2nd person plural imperfect passive indicative. vocābamini B1. Make vocābamini future. vocābimini B2. Make vocabimini singular. vocaberis

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Which emperor’s ascension to the throne was greeted with widespread rejoicing, mostly because of the reputation his father Germanicus had built up before his suspicious death in 19 AD? Caligula B1. The cheers for Caligula were of course short-lived and he was assassinated after a mere four years on the throne. In what year was Caligula killed? 41 AD B2. Claudius became the next emperor. How was he related to Caligula? Claudius was Caligula’s uncle

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Give the Latin noun that means burden or load. Answer: ONUS B1. Give the dictionary entry for the Latin noun that means death. Answer: MORS, MORTIS F. B2. Give the dictionary entry for the Latin noun that means night. Answer: NOX, NOCTIS F.

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From 343 to 290 BC, with which Italian tribe did the Romans fight a series of three wars? Samnites B1. The Second, or Great Samnite War, included a humiliating defeat for the Romans in 321 BC. Where was this defeat? Caudine Forks B2. What humbling form of surrender did the Samnite commander insist the Romans undergo? Passing under the yoke

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Give the abbreviation that means „for example.‟ Answer: E.G. B1. Give the Latin for the abbreviation e.g. Answer: EXEMPLI GRATIA B2. What is the literal meaning of the abbreviation i.e.? Answer: THAT IS

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Give the correct form of the name Marcus for the following sentence, “Marcus, send a letter to the consul”. Marce B1. What would the correct form of the verb in that same sentence be? mitte B2. Change the singular imperative mitte to the plural. mittite

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Who flew the chariot of his father, the sun god? Answer: PHAETHON B1. Who flew too close to the sun despite the warning of his father? Answer: ICARUS B2. Who was the father of the sun god Apollo? Answer: ZEUS

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For the sentence, „The girls gave the boys friendship‟ translate „friendship‟. Answer: AMICITIAM B1. For the same sentence, „The girls give the boys friendship‟ translate „gave.‟ Answer: DEDERUNT / DABANT B2. Now translate the entire sentence, „The girls give the boys friendship.‟ Answer: PUELLAE PUERĪS AMICITIAM DEDERUNT / DABANT

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Give the Latin verb and its meaning from which we derive “repugnant.” Answer: PUGNO- FIGHT B1. Give the Latin noun and its meaning from which we derive “rebellion.” Answer: BELLUM B2. What third declension noun is an antonym of bellum? Answer: PAX

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Give the Greek name for the messenger god. Answer: HERMES B1. Give the Roman name of Hermes. Answer: MERCURY B2. Give the name of the staff that Hermes carried. Answer: CADUCEUS

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Translate the preposition phrase in the following sentence: “The teacher told a story about the gods.” Answer: DE DEIS B1. Translate the word “goddesses” in this sentence: “The gods gave the goddesses many gifts.” Answer: DEABUS B2. In the same sentence, translate “many gifts.” Answer: MULTA DONA

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In the sentence, “Lucius, I am your father,” translate “Lucius.” Answer: LUCI B1. In the sentence, “Princess Leia, run quickly,” translate “run” Answer: CURRE B2. Make curre plural Answer: CURRITE

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What battle ended the 2nd Punic War? Answer: ZAMA B1. What naval battle ended the 1st Punic War? Answer: AEGATES ISLANDS B2. In what year did the Romans finally destroy Carthage? Answer: 146 B.C.

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Who in Rome wore the garment known as the toga picta? triumphant generals B1. Who in Rome wore the toga pulla? those in mourning B2. Finally, what was the name given to the toga of a candidate for office? toga candida

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Which type of gladiator fought from a chariot? Answer: ESSEDARIUS B1. Which type of gladiator fought with a net and a trident? Answer: RETIARIUS B2. Which type of gladiator wore a helmet that obscured his vision? Answer: ANDABATA

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What Trojan hero led the Dardanian troops in the Trojan War but was convinced to abandon Troy and set out for a new kingdom by his mother Venus? Answer: AENEAS B1: Many famous depictions of Aeneas escaping Troy show him carrying and old man on his back and leading a young boy by the hand. For your first bonus, who was the old man? Answer: ANCHISES (PROMPT ON AENEAS’ FATHER) B2: For your second bonus, name the young boy. Answer: ASCANIUS/IULUS

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Which of Zeus‟ offspring often wore the aegis? Answer: ATHENA B1. Whose head was on the aegis? Answer: MEDUSA’S B2. Who killed Medusa and gave her head to Athena? Answer: PERSEUS

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Give the Latin verb and its meaning from which we derive “provide.” Answer: VIDEO – SEE B1. Which of the following words is NOT derived from video? voyage, survey, visage, envy Answer: SURVEY B2. From which Latin noun is voyage derived? Answer: VIA

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What Latin abbreviation would be used when someone says something by mistake, a slip of the tongue? Answer: LAPSUS LINGUAE B1: What is the Latin for a written mistake, or slip of the pen? Answer: LAPSUS CALAMI B2: If an editor crossed something out, but then decided to keep it in, what Latin word would he use? Answer: STET

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Give the Latin and English for the motto of the state of Kansas. Answer: AD ASTRA PER ASPERA – TO THE STARS THROUGH DIFFICULTIES B1. Give the Latin and English for the motto of Wyoming. Answer: CEDANT ARMA TOGAE, LET ARMS YIELD TO THE TOGA B2. Which state has a Greek motto? Answer: CALIFORNIA

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Where would a Roman be going accompanied by a paedagogus and carrying a tabella and stilus? Answer: SCHOOL B1. In which month did the Roman school year begin? Answer: MARCH B2. During which month did school children have time off to celebrate Saturnalia? Answer: DECEMBER

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Say in Latin, “into the forest”. in silvam B1. “In” is one of a few Latin prepositions that can take either the accusative or ablative case for its object. Give another. sub, B2. What other Latin preposition that takes the ablative can mean “down from” or “about”? dē

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What mythological trio was charged with punishing those who killed family members? Answer: THE ERINYES/FURIES B1: For your first bonus name one of the Furies. Answer: EITHER ALECTO, TISIPHONE, OR MEGAERA B2: For your second bonus, name another. Answer: (SEE ABOVE)

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What was the dressing room in the baths called? Answer: APODYTERIUM B1: What was the cold plunge room called? Answer: FRIGIDARIUM B2: What did Romans call the scrapers which were used to take oil and dirt off? Answer: STRIGILES

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Which Julio-Claudian emperor was the uncle of his predecessor? Answer: CLAUDIUS B1. Name the emperor who succeeded Claudius. Answer: NERO B2. Who was Nero‟s mother? Answer: AGRIPPINA THE YOUNGER

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Who was born from Zeus‟ thigh? Answer: DIONYSUS B1. Who was the mother of Dionysus? Answer: SEMELE B2. Name the aunt of Semele to whom Zeus appeared as a bull. Answer: EUROPA

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Differentiate in meaning between the Latin nouns pater and patria. pater – father; patria – country; fatherland B1. Differentiate in meaning between mox and nox. mox – soon; nox – night B2. Differntiate in meaning between casa and castra. casa – house; castra - camp

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Who was the first emperor of Rome? Answer: AUGUSTUS B1. Who succeeded Augustus? Answer: TIBERIUS B2. Who was the last of the Julio-Claudian emperors? Answer: NERO

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Who attacked Deianeira as he carried her across a stream? Answer: NESSUS (THE CENTAUR) B1. Who‟s second wife did Deianeira become? Answer: HERACLES’ B2. What did Nessus give Deianera, telling her it was a love potion, although it was really a poison? Answer: HIS BLOOD

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What is the meaning of the Latin noun at the root of the words “isle” and “peninsular”? island B1. What is the meaning of the Latin noun at the root of the word “savage”? forest; woods B2. What is the meaning of the Latin noun at the root of the word “convey”? road

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From what Latin word with what meaning do we derive the word “imbibe”? Answer: BIBO (BIBERE, BIBI, BIBITUM)—TO DRINK B1: What derivative of bibo means “a piece of cloth or plastic worn, especially by babies, to protect their clothes while eating”? Answer: BIB B2: What derivative of bibo means “any drink, usually one other than water”? Answer: BEVERAGE

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Corynetes, Cercyon, Phaea, Sciron, Pityocamptes, and Procrustes were all killed by which Greek hero? Theseus B1. Pityocamptes was an epithet for the Pine-Bender, a villain defeated by Theseus. By what other name did this man go? Sinis B2. What weapon was associated with Corynetes, or Periphetes, one of the first to be defeated by Theseus? (bronze) club

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106
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Give two distinct meanings for the conjunction et. and; also; even B1. Give two distinct meanings for the Latin word ubi. where; when B2. Give two distinct meanings for the Latin adverb iam. now; already

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107
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For the sentence, “Magistra mea librīs docet,” give the case and use of librīs. Answer: ABLATIVE OF MEANS B1. For the sentence, “Magistra mea magnā cum arte docet,” give the case and use of arte. Answer: ABLATIVE OF MANNER B2. Translate the sentence, “Magistra mea magnā cum arte docet.” Answer: MY TEACHER TEACHES WITH GREAT SKILL/ART/TALENT.

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109
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What do the following prepositions have in common: sine, ab, pro, de? Answer: ALL TAKE THE ABLATIVE CASE B1: Give two prepositions that take either the Ablative or Accusative case. Answer: IN, SUB, SUPER B2: Translate the prepositional phrase “across the table”. Answer: TRANS MENSAM

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110
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Give the meaning of the Latin word solus. Answer: ALONE B1: Give the meaning of the Latin word brevis. Answer: SHORT B2: Give the meaning of the Latin word satis. Answer: ENOUGH

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111
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In the sentence, “The king gave his daughter many gifts,” translate “daughter.” Answer: FILIAE B1. Make filiae plural. Answer: FILIABUS B2. In the same sentence, “The king gave his daughter many gifts,” translate “many gifts.” Answer: MULTA DONA

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Which king of Rome divided the citizens into classes based on wealth, established the cult of Diana at Rome, and conducted the first census? Answer: SERVIUS TULLIUS B1. What omen showed that Servius Tullius was bound for greatness? Answer: HIS HEAD CAUGHT FIRE BUT DID NOT BURN B2. Some legends have it that Servius Tullius was actually an Etruscan. What was his supposed Etruscan name? Answer: MASTARNA

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113
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What was the title given to the chief priest in Rome? Answer: PONTIFEX MAXIMUS B1. Which priest looked for omens in the sky? Answer: AUGUR (OR AUSPEX) B2. Which priest checked the entrails of animals for omens? Answer: HARUSPEX

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114
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Of the four emperors of 69 AD, whose rule was the shortest? Answer: OTHO (‘S) B1. Who was Otho’s predecessor? Answer: GALBA B2. Who were the other two emperors in the year 69 AD? Answer: VITELLIUS AND VESPASIAN

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Make the phrase bona nox genitive singular. Answer: BONAE NOCTIS B1: Change bonae noctis to the ablative case. Answer: BONA NOCTE B2: Change bona nocte to the plural. Answer: BONIS NOCTIBUS

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To what general category do the following belong? Essedarius, andabata, secutor, retiarius Answer: GLADIATORS B1. What two pieces of equipment did a retiarius use? Answer: NET AND A TRIDENT B2. What was a gladiator given when he retired? Answer: WOODEN SWORD

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During which war did Rome win its first naval victory? Answer: FIRST PUNIC WAR B1. Name the battle that ended the First Punic War. Answer: AEGATES ISLANDS B2. Which battle ended the Second Punic War? Answer: ZAMA

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Give the Latin verb and its meaning from which we derive habit. Answer: HABEO- HAVE, HOLD B1. A verb often confused with habeo is habito. What does habito mean? Answer: LIVE B2. What is the meaning of the idiom gratiam habere? Answer: TO FEEL GRATEFUL

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Give the Latin noun and its meaning from which we derive “peril.” Answer: PERICULUM - DANGER B1. Give the Latin verb and its meaning from which we derive “session.” Answer: SEDEO - SIT B2. Give the Latin verb and its meaning from which we derive “doctor.” Answer: DOCEO - TEACH

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123
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What is the Latin for the abbreviation e.g.? Answer: EXEMPLI GRATIA B1. What does this phrase mean in English? Answer: FOR (THE SAKE OF AN) EXAMPLE B2. Give the Latin and English for i.e. Answer: ID EST,THAT IS

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Which Roman emperor is associated with all of the following events: the capture of Jerusalem, the dedication of the Colosseum, and the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius? Answer: TITUS’ B1. Although the Colosseum was dedicated in 80 A.D., it‟s construction began in 72 A.D. Name the emperor in that year. Answer: VESPASIAN B2. What was the relationship between Titus and Vespasian? Answer: TITUS WAS VESPASIAN’S SON.

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125
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Distinguish in meaning between dico and doceo. Answer: DICO – TO SAY; DOCEO – TO TEACH B1: Distinguish in meaning between voco and vivo. Answer: VOCO – TO CALL; VIVO – TO LIVE B2: Distinguish in meaning between novus and notus. Answer: NOVUS – NEW; NOTUS – WELL-KNOWN, FAMOUS

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What is the Latin for the phrase “make haste slowly?” Answer: FESTINA LENTE B1. The Marines are always faithful. Give the Latin motto of the Marine Corps. Answer: SEMPER FIDELIS B2. The Coast Guard‟s motto is always prepared. Give the Latin for this motto. Answer: SEMPER PARATUS

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For the sentence, “The gods ought to protect men,” translate „ought to‟. Answer: DEBENT B1. For the same sentence, “The gods ought to protect men,” translate „protect‟. Answer: SERVARE B2. What use of the infinitive is „servare’ in this sentence? Answer: COMPLEMENTARY

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129
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Translate the Latin verb form sumus. we are B1. Make sumus future tense and translate. erimus – we will be B2. Make erimus perfect tense and translate. fuimus – we were/have been

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130
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Who killed travelers by adjusting them to fit the length of his bed? Answer: PROCRUSTES B1. Whose lifespan was determined by the length of a log? Answer: MELEAGER’S B2. Which of the Fates determined the length of men‟s lives by cutting the thread? Answer: ATROPOS

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Give the principal parts for the verb from which we derive „description‟. Answer: SCRIBO, SCRIBERE, SCRIPSI, SCRIPTUM B1. Which of the following words is NOT derived from scribo: scribble, shrive, proscription, obsession. Answer: OBSESSION B2. From what verb is „obsession‟ derived? Answer: SEDEO

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132
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Who is punished in the Underworld with eternal hunger and thirst? Answer: TANTALUS B1. Who in the Underworld must roll a boulder up a hill? Answer: SISYPHUS B2. What women in the Underworld are punished by having to fill leaky jars with water? Answer: THE DANAIDS.

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In mythology, who was created by Hephaestus upon the orders of Zeus to plague mankind by becoming the first woman? Pandora B1. Which brother of Prometheus foolishly accepted Pandora as his bride? Epimetheus B2. Who was the third brother of Prometheus and Epimetheus? Atlas

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134
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How many tribunes were elected yearly? Answer: 10 B1: From what class of people are tribunes elected? Answer: PLEBS/PLEBEIANS B2: What power do tribunes have over the senate? Answer: VETO

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135
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What unfortunate hunter, a member of the royal house of Thebes, came upon Artemis bathing on Mt. Cithaeron? Answer: ACTAEON B1: What did Artemis do when she discovered Actaeon watching her? Answer: SHE TRANSFORMED HIM INTO A DEER AND HAD HIS OWN HUNTING DOGS RIP HIM APART B2: What famous centaur had been the teacher of Actaeon? Answer: CHEIRON

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What office was held by both Lucius Iunius Brutus and Collatinus after they drove Tarquinius Superbus from power? Answer: CONSUL(SHIP) B1. Name the wife of Collatinus who killed herself in the name of virtue. Answer: LUCRETIA B2. From what people did Tarquinius Superbus then seek help? Answer: ETRUSCANS

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Name any THREE of the Muses. Answer: CALLIOPE, CLIO, ERATO, EURTERPE, MELPOMENE, POLYHYMNIA, TERPSICHORE, THALEIA, URANIA. B1. Name any ONE of the Graces. Answer: AGLAIA, EUPHROSYNE, THALIA B2. Name any TWO of the Fates. Answer: CLOTHO, LACHESIS, ATROPOS

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What hero, originally named Ligyron, was either anointed with ambrosia or dipped in the river Styx by his mother, Thetis, so that he would become immortal? Answer: ACHILLES B1: Unfortunately, Thetis left one part of Achilles’ body vulnerable… what body part was this? Answer: THE ANKLE B2: Who was Achilles’ mortal father? Answer: PELEUS

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139
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Who in Rome wore a toga candida? Answer: MEN RUNNING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE B1. What kind of toga was worn by young boys? Answer: TOGA PRAETEXTA B2. What is the term for the dress worn by Roman women? Answer: STOLA

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140
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What disease derives its name from Latin words meaning “bad air”? malaria B1. What other word derived from the Latin adjective meaning “bad” means “any disease or illness”? malady B2. Which of these words is not also derived from malus: marshmallow, malcontent, dismal, malinger? marshmallow

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141
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During which of his labors did Heracles have to fight a monster described as “triple-bodied”? Retrieving the Cattle of Geryon B1. What was unusual about Geryon’s guard dog, Orthus? It was two-headed B2. After retrieving the Cattle of Geryon, Heracles had only two more labors to perform. What were they? Apples of the Hesperides & Cerberus

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What is the Latin motto of the state of New York? Answer: EXCELSIOR B1. Which state‟s motto is “Audemus nostra iura defendere?” Answer: ALABAMA B2. What is the Latin motto of the U.S. Coast Guard? Answer: SEMPER PARATUS

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Which of the following does not belong grammatically: fenestra, patria, agricola, ira? Answer: AGRICOLA B1. Which of the following does not belong grammatically: corpus, oculus, inimicus, lupus? Answer: CORPUS B2. Which of the following does not belong grammatically: vir, puer, arbor, ager? Answer: ARBOR

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Which emperor as part of his reforms split the Roman Empire amongst 4 rulers, a division known as the tetrarchy? Answer: DIOCLETIAN B1. After Diocletian, however, the tetrarchy struggled to maintain stability as rival claimants kept fighting for the position, eventually the Empire once again found itself under one emperor who ruled from 307 to 337 AD. Who was this ruler? Answer: CONSTANTINE (THE FIRST) B2. But the Empire failed to remain unified and eventually split into the Eastern and Western Roman Empire. In what year did the Western Roman Empire collapse? Answer: 476 AD

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Give the Year of the Four Emperors. Answer: A.D. 69 B1. Name the four emperors in the correct chronological order. Answer: GALBA, OTHO, VITELLIUS, VESPASIAN B2. Name the dynasty that followed. Answer: FLAVIAN

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Give the Latin motto of the state of Kansas. Ad Astra Per Aspera B1. Which state has the motto Cedant Arma Togae? Wyoming B2. Which state has the motto Virtute et Armīs? Mississippi

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147
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Distinguish in meaning between femina and filia. Answer: FEMINA-WOMAN; FILIA-DAUGHTER B1. Distinguish in meaning between saepe and sine. Answer: SAEPE-OFTEN; SINE-WITHOUT B2. Distinguish in meaning between filius and frater. Answer: FILIUS-SON; FRATER-BROTHER

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What state has the same motto as its University? Answer: MISSISSIPPI B1. What is the Latin motto? Answer: VIRTUTE ET ARMIS B2. What is its English meaning? Answer: BY VALOR AND ARMS

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Give the Greek name for the goddess of the agriculture. Answer: DEMETER B1. Name the daughter of Demeter who was kidnapped by Hades. Answer: PERSEPHONE B2. Give the Roman name of Demeter. Answer: CERES

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From which 4th conjugation verb with what meaning do all of the following derivatives come: nice, prescient, consciously, omniscience? Answer: SCIO-TO KNOW B1. From which 3rd declension noun with what meaning do all of the following come: achieve, mischief, captain, cabbage? Answer: CAPUT-HEAD B2. From which 2nd conjugation verb with what meanding do all of the following come: imprudent, survey, envy, supervision? Answer: VIDEO-TO SEE.

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