# All Four Rounds 1.84-112

Virginia Certamen Questions, All Four Rounds, Lines 1.84-1.112. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/virginia-certamen-questions/all-four-rounds-2/1.84

Bonus: After waiting for the return of her husband Odysseus for nearly twenty years, her son, by what name, set out to find his father? TELEMACHUS
10) Toss-Up: Distinguish in meaning between rex, regia, and regnum . REX - "KING"; REGIA - "PALACE"; and REGNUM - "KINGDOM"
Bonus: Using the verb rego, regere, rexi, rectum meaning "to rule", translate into Latin "The kingdom had been ruled by the king in the palace." REGNUM A REGE IN REGIA REGNUM ERAT
11) Toss-Up: Who built the first permanent theater in Rome? POMPEY
Bonus: What is the Greek term for theater which the movie house company Cineplex incorporates into its title? ODEON
12) Toss-Up: In what year was Octavian named Augustus by the Senate? 27 BC
Bonus: What was the term for emperor, which basically meant "chief citizen"? PRINCEPS
13) Toss-Up: Identify the common bond: Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena on Mt. Ida. JUDGMENT OF PARIS
Bonus: What about Eris, Ate, and Discordia? GODDESS OF DISCORD
14) Toss-Up: Distinguish in meaning between vis and vis. VIS (with macron) - "YOU WISH" and VIS - "FORCE" (not STRENGTH, THAT IS ONLY FOR THE PLURAL)
Bonus: What is the Latin and English for the abbreviation of viz .? VIDELICET - "CLEARLY, OBVIOUSLY"
15) Toss-Up: The Nones fall on the 5th and the Ides on the 13th of every month except which four? MARCH, MAY, JULY, OCTOBER
Bonus: What were the original names of the months Julius and Augustus ? QUINCTILIS and SEXTILIS
16) Toss-Up: What were the wax busts of masks of ancestors called? IMAGINES
Bonus: In what room of the house would they typically be kept for display? ALAE
17) Toss-Up: Hercules perfomed twelve labors to attone for killing his first wife in a fit of rage. Who was this unfortunate woman? MEGARA
Bonus: Who was Hercule's second wife who inadvertently brought about his death? DEIANIRA
18) Toss-Up: Would a paycheck be an example of ex post facto , quid pro quo , ne plus ultra , or ex tempore ? QUID PRO QUO
Bonus: Would your applying sun-tan lotion after a blizzard be non sequitur , sine qua non , or ipso facto ? NON SEQUITUR
19) Toss-Up: Who was the author of the Ab Urbe Condita ? LIVY

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