Pre-State Questions—Novice

Question 1

What two word Latin phrase refers to when someone misspeaks or has “a slip of the tongue”?

Answer 1

LAPSUS LINGUAE

B1: What two word Latin phrase is equivalent to a “brain fart” or literally “a slip of the
memory”?

LAPSUS MEMORIAE

B2: Keeping with the theme of lapses, what would be a lapsus calami ?

TYPO/SLIP OF THE PEN

Question 2

Differentiate between prescriptions that have the abbreviation
t.i.d. and b.i.d.

Answer 2

T.I.D-TAKE THREE TIMES A DAY, B.I.D.-TAKE TWO TIMES A DAY

B1: Differentiate between prescriptions that have the abbreviation a.c. and p.c.

BEFORE FOOD/DINNER and AFTER FOOD/DINNER

B2: Differentiate between prescriptions that have the abbreviation o.s. and o.d.

TAKE IN LEFT EYE and TAKE IN RIGHT EYE

Question 3

What U.S. state has the Latin motto “Excelsior”?

Answer 3

NEW YORK

B1: What other state has a one word Latin motto?

MAINE

B2: What state has a one word Greek motto, and what is that motto?

CALIFORNIA; EUREKA

Question 4

Complete the following state motto: “Cedant arma ______”.

Answer 4

TOGAE

B1: What state has that motto?

WYOMING

B2: Which Roman author and statesman was the author of that quote?

CICERO

Question 5

Let’s talk about one word mottoes. What state has the one word motto Dirigo?

Answer 5

MAINE

B1: What state has the motto Excelsior?

NEW YORK

B2: What state has the Latin ‘Tuebor’ on its seal, though it is more well known for its other Latin motto: Si quaeris paeninsulam aemoenam circumspice?

MICHIGAN

Question 6

Where would you find the abbreviations: q.s., p.o., and prn?

Answer 6

ON A PRESCRIPTION

B1: Give the Latin and the English for the abbreviation prn.

PRO RE NATA- AS NEEDED

B2: What is the Latin and English for the abbreviation p.o.?

PER OS-BY MOUTH