Latin
Lines 1.38-1.59
Virginia Certamen Questions, All Four Rounds 1.38-59
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Bonus: Which Sabine king ruled briefly with Romulus? TITUS TATIUS
18) Toss-Up: The Latin phrase Festina lente is an example of what figure of speech? OXYMORON or PARADOX
Bonus: What about Ad astra per aspera ? HYPERBOLE or ALLITERATION (ASSONANCE?)
19) Toss-Up: Which Julio-Claudian emperor was known for his scholarship, particularly in writing histories? CLAUDIUS
Bonus: One lost history of Claudius would have provided us with valuable information regarding what other Italian civilization? ETRUSCAN
20) Toss-Up: What is epigraphy? THE STUDY OF INSCRIPTIONS
Bonus: What is paleography? THE STUDY OF HANDWRITING ON PAPYRUS AND TABLETS
Please send scorekeeper to C201 with the scores and instruct the teams in your room to stay in the area assigned to their level and await repitting.
Round 2
1) Toss-Up: What was the name for a stage on which dramatic perfromances would be held? SCAENA
Bonus: What were the caveae ? BANKS (WEDGES) OF SEATS
2) Toss-Up: Give the correct form of the relative pronoun in this sentence: Certamen, which is very competitive, is popular in Virginia. QUOD
Bonus: Every year there are several certamina in which we can participate. Give the correct form of the relative pronoun. (IN) QUIBUS
3) Toss-Up: What torture would Procrustes inflict upon unwitting passers-by? STRETCH THEM OR CHOP THEM TO FIT HIS BED
Bonus: Who finally put Procrustes out of our misery? THESEUS
4) Toss-Up: The English word grotesque, orginally reffering to grottos, was applied to what cavernous structure built by Nero after the Great Fire of Rome? DOMUS AUREA
Bonus: In what year was this fire? AD 64
5) Toss-Up: By what other name whose origin lies in mythology is the strait called the Dardanelles known? HELLESPONT
Bonus: How did Helle come to drown in this strait? SHE FELL OFF THE RAM CARRYING HER AND HER BROTHER PHRIXUS WHILE FLEEING FROM HER FATHER AND STEP- MOTHER
6) Toss-Up: Longfellow wrote in his Psalm of Life (1839): "Lives of great men all remind us/ We can make our lives sublime,/ And, departing, leave behind us/ Footprints in the sands of time." What Latin phrase borrowed from Hippocrates reflects this spirit? ARS LONGA, VITA BREVIS