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Virginia Certamen Questions, All Four Rounds 1.31-55
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Bonus: What about solus and soleo ? SOLUS -ALONE/ONLY and SOLEO -TO BE ACCUSTOMED
11) Toss-Up: The pay for a Roman soldier was called a salarium ,which is related to the Latin word for what substance? SALT
Bonus: Why was salt important for a Roman soldier? USED AS CURRENCY or COULD PRESERVE MEAT or SEASONING, etc.
12) Toss-Up: Who suffered the fate of being chained to a rock and having his liver eaten out daily by an eagle or vulture? PROMETHEUS
Bonus: Who suffered the fate of being chained to a rock for a sea-monster? ANDROMEDA
13) Toss-Up: What was the flamen Dialis ? PRIEST OF JUPITER
Bonus: What about the flamen Quirinalis ? PRIEST OF QUIRINUS, THE DEIFIED ROMULUS
14) Toss-Up: Today's date is March 30th. Express that date as a first century AD Roman would understand it (you may use the appropriate abbreviations). a. d. III Kal. Apr.
Bonus: The year is AD 1996. Express that as a Roman would understand it A.U. C. MMDCCXLIX
15) Toss-Up: The "Pillars of Hercules" marks what geographical body of water? STRAITS OF GIBRALTAR
Bonus: What mythological monsters makes the Straits of Messina between Italy and Sicily a dangerous place? SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS
16) Toss-Up: What case is used to show place where with the names of cities and towns? LOCATIVE
Bonus: Titus decided to stay at Athens. Translate the place construction in that sentence into Latin. ATHENIS
17) Toss-Up: Complete the following analogy -Ulysses : Odysseus : : : Persephone. PROSERPINA
Bonus: What did the Romans call Asclepius, the god of medicine? AESCULAPIUS
18) Toss-Up: Identify the common bond: audeo ,soleo ,gaudeo . SEMI-DEPONENT VERBS
Bonus: Give the last principal parts of each of those verbs. AUSUS and SOLITUS and GAUDEO
19) Toss-Up: Name, in order, the seven kings of Rome. ROM. ,NUM. POMP. ,T. HOST. ,ANC. MARC. ,TARQ. PRIS. ,SERV. TULL. ,and TARQ. SUP.