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Virginia Certamen Questions, All Four Rounds 1.1-32
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ROUND 1
1) Toss-Up: Welcome to the Sixth Annual Chancellor Certamen. What is the nominative, genitive, gender, and meaning of the Latin word from which "annual" is derived? ANNUS ,ANNI ,M. "YEAR"
Bonus: What is the Latin for the phrase "sixth certamen"? SEXTUM CERTAMEN
2) Toss-Up: What Roman hero single-handedly (so to speak) proved the strength and bravery of he Romans when he thrust his right hand into a fire and letting it burn? (MUCIUS) SCAEVOLA
Bonus: Whom did Scaelova succeed in impressing? LARS PORSENA
3) Toss-Up: Identify the common bond: ab ,ex ,de . PREPOSITIONS WHICH TAKE THE ABLATIVE CASE
Bonus: What use of the ablative case do these prepositions take? PLACE FROM WHICH
4) Toss-Up: What happened if a slave were "manumitted"? SET FREE
Bonus: What was a slave's cauda ? LOCK OF HAIR/PIG-TAIL TO IDENTIFY HIM AS A SLAVE
5) Toss-Up: Who was sent to Colchis with the Argonauts to retrieve the golden fleece? JASON
Bonus: What beautiful, young woman, the daughter of the king of Colchis, fell in love with Jason and helped him obtain the fleece? MEDEA
6) Toss-Up: What athletic event is named after a battle between the Athenians and Persians in 490 BC? MARATHON
Bonus: In what track and field event did Myron's Discobolos participate? DISCUS
7) Toss-Up: In the sentence, "Gaius, give me that book!" ,translate "Gaius" into Latin. GAI
Bonus: Translate "me". MIHI
8) Toss-Up: A "clue" is any guide to the solution of a problem. The Middle English word clewe means a ball of yarn or thread. What hero got a clewe and solved the problem of finding his way out of the labyrinth? THESEUS
Bonus: Who gave Theseus a clewe ? ARIADNE
9) Toss-Up: What western province did Rome gain after winning the second Punic war? HISPANIA/SPAIN
Bonus: The Carthaginian attack on what city in Hispania led to the second Punic war? SAGUNTUM
10) Toss-Up: What is the difference in meaning between inter and intra ? INTER -"BETWEEN" and INTRA -"WITHIN"
Bonus: What about ibi and ubi ? IBI -"THERE" and UBI -"WHERE"
11) Toss-Up: Identify the common bond: myrmillo ,retiarius ,Thracian. TYPES OF GLADIATORS