Need-to-Know PMAQ

Question 1

Anno Domini (A.D.)

Answer 1

In the year of our Lord

Question 2

Ante Meridiem (A.M.)

Answer 2

Before noon

Question 3

Confer (cf.)

Answer 3

Compare

Question 4

Exempli Gratia (e.g.)

Answer 4

For example

Question 5

et alia (et al.)

Answer 5

and others

Question 6

et cetera (etc.)

Answer 6

and so forth, and the rest

Question 7

id est (i.e.)

Answer 7

that is (an explanation)

Question 8

nota bene (N.B.)

Answer 8

note well

Question 9

per centum (per cent)

Answer 9

by the hundred

Question 10

post meridiem (P.M.)

Answer 10

afternoon

Question 11

post scriptum (P.S.)

Answer 11

written afterwards

Question 12

e pluribus unum (U.S.)

Answer 12

from many, one (out of many)

Question 13

semper fidelis (U.S. Marine Corps)

Answer 13

always faithful

Question 14

semper paratus (U.S. Coast Guard)

Answer 14

always prepared

Question 15

veni, vidi, vici

Answer 15

I came, I saw, I conquered (Julius Caesar)

Question 16

errare humanum est

Answer 16

to err is human - Seneca

Question 17

carpe diem

Answer 17

seize the day - Horace

Question 18

festina lente

Answer 18

make haste slowly, Agustus

Question 19

alea iacta est

Answer 19

the die is cast - Caesar as he was about to cross the Rubicon

Question 20

cum (c)

Answer 20

with

Question 21

sine (s)

Answer 21

without

Question 22

bis in die (b.i.d.)

Answer 22

twice a day

Question 23

ter in die (t.i.d.)

Answer 23

three times a day

Question 24

quater in die (q.i.d.)

Answer 24

four times a day

Question 25

aqua (aq.)

Answer 25

water

Question 26

ab ovo usque ad mala

Answer 26

from the egg to the apple (remember from first culture lesson)

Question 27

ante bellum

Answer 27

before the war

Question 28

bona fide

Answer 28

in good faith

Question 29

in toto

Answer 29

entirely

Question 30

lapsus linguae

Answer 30

a slip of the tongue

Question 31

pater patriae

Answer 31

father of his country

Question 32

post mortem

Answer 32

after death

Question 33

pro and con(tra)

Answer 33

for and against

Question 34

District of Columbia (Iustia omnibus)

Answer 34

Justice for all

Question 35

Idaho (Esto perpetua)

Answer 35

May it last forever

Question 36

New York (Excelsior)

Answer 36

Ever upward/higher

Question 37

Arkansas (Regnat Populus)

Answer 37

The people rule

Question 38

Arizona (Ditat Deus)

Answer 38

God enriches

Question 39

Maine (Dirigo)

Answer 39

I point the way

Question 40

New Mexico (Crescit eundo)

Answer 40

It grows as it goes

Question 41

University of North Dakota

Answer 41

Lux et lex: Light and Law

Question 42

Yale University

Answer 42

Lux et veritas: light and truth

Question 43

University of New Mexico

Answer 43

Lux hominum vita: Light, the life of men

Question 44

University of Washington

Answer 44

Lux sit: Let there be light

Question 45

New York University

Answer 45

Perstare et praestare: to persevere and surpass

Question 46

Harvard University

Answer 46

Veritas: Truth