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Virginia Certamen Questions, All Four Rounds 1.111-136
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Bonus: Would your applying sun-tan lotion after a blizzard be non sequitur ,sine qua non ,or ipso facto ? NON SEQUITUR
19) Toss-Up: What river did Caesar cross in 49 BC, thus essentially declaring civil war on Rome? RUBICON
Bonus: What river marking the boundary between Gaul and Germany was Caesar the first to cross? RHINE
20) Toss-Up: Identify the author of the following passage: "All Gaul is divided into three parts." JULIUS CAESAR
Bonus: Identify this author: "Seize the day and trust as little as possible in tomorrow." HORACE
*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 3
1) Toss-Up: The English phrase "to make an unexpected comeback" or "to rally after a defeat" refers to what mythological bird? PHOENIX
Bonus: Upon making the comeback of the century in your basketball championship, who would be the Greek goddess of victory to whom you would make your offerings of thanks? NIKE
2) Toss-Up: Which of the following items would an ancient Roman not have eaten: cabbage, cucumbers, onions, tomatoes, or carrots? TOMATOES
Bonus: What was the favorite meat of the Romans? PORK
3) Toss-Up: What were Julius Caesar's famous last words in Latin? ET TU, BRUTE?
Bonus: What about the Greek? KAI SU, TEKNON?
4) Toss-Up: All Romans wore tunics. Who wore a tunic with a narrow crimson stripes running from each shoulder down to the botom of the garment? EQUITES or KNIGHTS
Bonus: What was a tunica recta ? GARMENT FOR WEDDING CEREMONY
5) Toss-Up: What is the second person singular, present active indicative of the verb "to bring, bear, or carry"? FERS
Bonus: What is the third person plural, present active indicative of the verb "to go"? EUNT
6) Toss-Up: What cliff-top fortress was the site where Jewish rebels chose to commit suicide rather than surrender to the beseiging Romans? MASADA
Bonus: In what year did this seige end? AD 73
7) Toss-Up: Order Marcus not to climb. NOLI, MARCE, ASCENDERE!