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Lines 1.137-1.158
Virginia Certamen Questions, All Four Rounds 1.137-158
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Bonus: Order the boys to climb down. DESCENDITE, PUERI!
8) Toss-Up: Name the three architectural orders of columns. DORIC, IONIC, and CORINTHIAN
Bonus: Of what architectural order is the Parthenon in Athens? DORIC
9) Toss-Up: Here in Fredericksburg there are many examples to ante bellum architecture. What is meant by that phrase? ORIGINATING OR IN A STYLE POPULAR BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR
Bonus: Post bellum ,who shouted Sic Semper Tyrannis after shouting President Lincoln? (JOHN WILKES) BOOTH
10) Toss-Up: Indentify the common bond: in ,super ,sub . PREPOSITIONS WHICH CAN TAKE HE ACCUSATIVE OR ABLATIVE CASES
Bonus: What does sub taking the accusative case mean? UNDER, UP TO, TO THE FOOT OF
11) Toss-Up: In which direction would you travel from Rome to get to Egypt? SOUTHEAST
Bonus: In which direction would you travel to get from Egypt to Asia Minor? NORTH
12) Toss-Up: In what tense is a word ending -iet ? FUTURE
Bonus: What tense is marked by -era +endings? PLUPERFECT
13) Toss-Up: Who was the greatest Greek warrior in the Trojan War and name his Trojan counterpart? ACHILLES and HECTOR
Bonus: With whom did Achilles quarrel in Homer's Iliad ,thus causing him to sulk in his ent? AGAMEMNON
14) Toss-Up: What title was bestowed upon Octavian in 27BC and what does it mean? AUGUSTUS -"HALLOWED" or "VENERATED"
Bonus: What was the period of peace and prosperity during Augustus' reign called? PAX ROMANA or PAX AUGUSTA
15) Toss-Up: Why was it particularly dangerous to live in an insula in ancient Rome? FIRE OR COLLAPSE WERE COMMON
Bonus: Why was it often unpleasant to walk close by insulae in ancient Rome? PEOPLE EMPTYING CHAMBER POTS OUT OF WINDOWS
16) Toss-Up: Who was the author of the work containing Arachne being changed into a spider, Narcissus being changed into a flower, and Julius Caesar being changed into a shooting star? OVID
Bonus: Who was the author of an early history of Rome describing the rape of the Sabine women? LIVY
17) Toss-Up: Who was the god of trade, travelers, commerce, manual skill, oratory, eloquence, hieves, and of the wind, which he used to convey the messages of the gods? HERMES or MERCURY