Latin
Lines 1.181-1.203
Virginia Certamen Questions, All Four Rounds 1.181-203
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Bonus: Since the laurel was also associated with poetic or prophetic inspiration, what is the title of a nation's greatest poet? POET LAUREATE
2) Toss-Up: What English adjective meaning "overly rash or bold" refers to the son of Daedalus who did not heed his father's warning and flew too close to the son? ICARIAN
Bonus: What is the meaning of the English adjective "daedalian"? INTRICATE or COMPLEX
3) Toss-Up: Who am I? I was a pupil of Aristotle and often dreamed of world conquest. I consolidated Macedonia's hold on Greece and them took control of Asia, Egypt, and Syria. In 326 BC I ordered the Greeks to consider me a god and I found an Egyptian oracle to confirm it. By 325 BC I was in control of a huge territory stretching from Macedonia to India. ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Bonus: At what young age did I die? 32
4) Toss-Up: A sign from ancient Pompeii advertises games to be held on the day before the Kalends of June. They advertise venatio et vela erunt . What is a venatio and in what form does a venatio survive in the world today? AN ANIMAL HUNT; BULL-FIGHTING
Bonus: What was the meaning of vela erunt ? THERE WILL BE AWNINGS OVER THE AMPHITHEATER
5) Toss-Up: What is the Latin for "a horn of plenty," signifying any particularly abundant source? CORNUCOPIA
Bonus: One myth lists the origin of the cornucopia as a horn which was broken off of what goat which nbourished Zeus as a infant? ALMATHEA
6) Toss-Up: Distinguish in meaning between tamen and tandem . TAMEN -"HOWEVER" and TANDEM -"FINALLY"
Bonus: What is the difference between tam and tum ? TAM -"SO" and TUM -"then"
7) Toss-Up: Identify the common bond: Ptolemy II, Pyrrhus, Hannibal. USED ELEPHANTS IN BATTLE
Bonus: The Romans never used elephants much in battle, but in what other activity did they use them? ARENA
8) Toss-Up: The authority of a pater familias over his descendants was called what? PATRIA POTESTAS
Bonus: What was a husband's authority over his wife called? MANUS
9) Toss-Up: Qui dies est ante diem septem Kalendas Maias? APRIL 25