Latin
Lines 1.159-1.182
Virginia Certamen Questions, All Four Rounds 1.159-182
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Bonus: What other job did Hermes have after the death of mortals? LEADING THE SOUL TO THE UNDERWORLD
18) Toss-Up: What is the equivalent for the Roman numeral DLIX? 559
Bonus: Give the number 1748 in Roman numerals. MDCCXLVIII
19) Toss-Up: The Chimaera is made up of what three beasts and what parts do they represent? GOAT -BODY and LION -HEAD and DRAGON/SERPENT -TAIL
Bonus: Who killed the Chimaera? BELLEROPHON
20) Toss-Up: What Roman hero single-handedly hold off the advancing Etruscan army until the Romans could make it safely across the Tiber River? HORATIUS (COCLES)
Bonus: What bridge did they have to cross and destroy to thwart the Etruscans? PONS SUBLICIUS
ROUND 4
1) Toss-Up: What young lovers had to communicate through a crack in the wall because their parents forbade them to see each other? PYRAMUS AND THISBE
Bonus: The bloody death of this couple is the reason for today's red color or what previously white berry? MULBERRY
2) Toss-Up: Besides a conjunction, et can be an adverb. How is it translated as an adverb? ALSO, EVEN or TOO
Bonus: What famous quote from Julius Caesar aptly illustrates this usage? ET TU, BRUTE?
3) Toss-Up: Identify the common bond: Campus Martius, Subura, Forum. SECTIONS OF THE CITY OF ROME
Bonus: In which section above was the Pantheon located? CAMPUS MARTIUS
4) Toss-Up: Who were the first and last emperors of Rome in the West? AUGUSTUS and ROMULUS AUGUSTULUS
Bonus: n what year did the Western Roman empire fall? AD 476
5) Toss-Up: For what unspeakable act did the primordial giants pile Mt. Ossa and Mt. Pelion on Mt. Olympus? IN ORDER TO REACH AND ATTACK HE GODS
Bonus: These giants sprung from whose blood as it fell upon the earth? CRONUS or SATURN
6) Toss-Up: Give the principal parts of the root verb from which we derive the English noun "permission". MITTO, MITTERE, MISI, MISSUM
Bonus: Give the principal parts of the root verb from which we derive "reaction". AGO, AGERE, EGI, ACTUM
7) Toss-Up: Conjugate the verb ago, agere, egi, actum in the future tense. AGAM, AGES, AGET, AGEMUS, AGETIS, AGENT