Latin
Lines 1.142-1.167
Virginia Certamen Questions, All Four Rounds 1.142-167
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ICARIAN
Bonus: What is the meaning of the English adjective "daedalian"? INTRICATE or COMPLEX
5) Toss-Up: Where did the Greek fleet amass before setting sail for Troy? AULIS
Bonus: Because the winds would not blow, what maiden was sacrificed? IPHIGENIA
6) Toss-Up: If someone tells you to take some information cum grano salis ,what do they mean? WITH GRAIN OF SALT meaning WITH CERTAIN RESERVATION OF BELIEF
Bonus: If someone says the information is bona fide ,what does she mean?
IN GOOD FAITH/TRUE AND BELIEVABLE
7) Toss-Up: Idenify the common bond: Delos, Delphi, Cumae. ORACLES OF APOLLO
Bonus: What was the priestess of Apollo called? PYTHIA
8) Toss-Up: What was the most common meter used by Catullus? HENDECASYLLABICS or PHALAECEANS
Bonus: The hendecasyllabic meter is completely regular except for the first foot. What three possibilities exist for the first foot? 1) long-long; 2) long-short; 3) short- long
9) Toss-Up: What Latin phrase refers to "square Rome," the settlement Romulus created? ROMA QUADRATA
Bonus: What was the name of the sacred boundary of Rome? POMERIUM
10) Toss-Up: What work of Vergil is a commemoration of his gratitude to Augustus for the return of his fanily's farm near Mantua? FIRST ECLOGUE
Bonus: By what other name are the Eclogues known? BUCOLICS
11) Toss-Up: Complete the following analogy -puer :genius ::puella : . JUNO
Bonus: When did a Roman child receive a genius or juno ? AT BIRTH
12) Toss-Up: What is the meaning of the Latin phrase in perpetuum ? FOREVER
Bonus: What other Latin phrase, containing the word from which we get "eternal," also means "forever"? AD AETERNUM
13) Toss-Up: What was Horace's monumentum aere perennius ? HIS POETRY
Bonus: What is the case and reason for the case of aere in that phrase? ABLATIVE OF COMPARISON
14) Toss-Up: What is the meaning of the mythological phrase "Argus-eyed"? WATCHFUL or VIGILANT
Bonus: Who lulled Argus to sleep to permit the escape of Io? MERCURY
15) Toss-Up: After what battle and in wht year did Julius Caesar send back the famous phrase "Veni! Vidi! Vici!" ? ZELA IN 47BC
Bonus: At what battle in what year did Caesar succeed in becoming an autocrat, having defeated all of his political opponents? PHARSALUS IN 48BC