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Virginia Certamen Questions, All Four Rounds 1.80-103
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16) Toss-Up: Translate the both verbs from this sentence into Latin: "If he should come, he would see." VENIAT and VIDEAT
Bonus: What about in this sentence: "If he had seen, he would have conquered." ? VIDISSET and VICISSET
17) Toss-Up: Distinguish in meaning between civis and civitas . CIVIS -"CITIZEN" and CIVITAS -"CITY- STATE"/"CITIZENSHIP"
Bonus: What about the verb vivo and vito ? VIVO -"TO LIVE" and VITO -"TO AVOID"
18) Toss-Up: What is the term for the group of eight Roman soldiers who shared the same tent and ate together? CONTUBERNIUM
Bonus: How mant contubernia in a century? TEN
19) Toss-Up: What Republican era poet wrote a lengthy poem called De Rerum Natura ? LUCRETIUS
Bonus: What philosophical school did this poem and poet espouse? EPICUREAN
20) Toss-Up: Who was the man who was called the conscience of Rome for his fiercely Republican opposition to the first triumvirate? (MARCUS PORCIUS) CATO
Bonus: When Caesar defeated Pompey, Cato committed suicide after twice reading who's work intitled Phaedo in which Socrates argues that only fools fear death. PLATO
Round 3
1) Toss-Up: What three animals would be sacrificed at a suovetaurilia ? PIG, SHEEP, and BULL
Bonus: A sacrifice of liquid, typically diluted wine, being poured on the ground is called what? LIBATION
2) Toss-Up: Pyrrhus of Epirus almost succeeded in expelling what nation from Sicily in the 3rd century BC? CARTHAGINIANS
Bonus: After what battle in 279 BC did Pyrrhus proclaim a "Pyrrhic victory"? ASCULUM
3) Toss-Up: Economists often speak of per capita income. What does per capita mean? FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL
Bonus: Rome has been called the caput mundi . What does this mean? THE CENTER OF THE WORLD
4) Toss-Up: Identify the common bond: tenus ,gratia ,causa . PREPOSITIONS WHICH TAKE THE GENITIVE CASE
Bonus: What does the preposition tenus mean? "UP TO" or "DOWN TO" or "ACORDING TO"
5) Toss-Up: What mythological couple were turned into intertwining trees after their death so that they could always be together? BAUCIS AND PHILEMON
Bonus: Baucis and Philemon were rewarded for their hospitality to what two Greek gods? ZEUS and HERMES
6) Toss-Up: What figure of speech is illustrated by this English quote: "Get a clue and a job!" ZEUGMA