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Virginia Certamen Questions, All Four Rounds 1.85-110
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Bonus: Now with the Latin verb for "translate" being transfero ,transferre ,transtuli ,ranslatum ,translate the phrase "we have translated well." TRANSTULIMUS BENE
9) Toss-Up: Identify the common bond: Ptolemy XIII, Julius Caesar, Marc Antony. INVOLVED IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH CLEOPATRA
Bonus: What was the name of Cleopatra's son by Julius Caesar? CAESARION
10) Toss-Up: Based upon your knowledge of Latin roots, what does it literally mean to incorporate more evidence into your essay? TO BRING EVIDENCE INTO THE BODY OF YOUR ESSAY
Bonus: What is literally meant when people ask you to play more contemporary music at your party? MUSIC FROM THE SAME TIME PERIOD AS YOU
11) Toss-Up: What architectural feature would you expect to see atop a rotunda? A DOME
Bonus: What is the opening at the top of the dome called? OCULUS
12) Toss-Up: One who withstands all kinds of adversity and seemingly endless delays is said to have the patience of what female character from Homer's Odyssey ? PENELOPE
Bonus: For how long did Penelope have to wait for her husband to return home? TWENTY YEARS
13) Toss-Up: Who was the swiftest of mortals who could not marry until she was defeated in a footrace? ATALANTA
Bonus: Who finally defeated her by the use of golden apples? HIPPOMENES
14) Toss-Up: What were the wax busts of masks of ancestors called? IMAGINES
Bonus: In what room of the house would they typically be kept for display? ALAE
15) Toss-Up: What is the meaning of the correlative construction et. . . et. . . ? BOTH. . . AND. . .
Bonus: What about alii. . . alii. . . ? SOME. . . OTHERS. . .
16) Toss-Up: Spell the answer to the following question: What hero left his plow to save Rome from a military crisis? C-I-N-C-I-N-N-A-T-U-S
Bonus: To what office was he appointed? DICTATOR
17) Toss-Up: We use the word "arena" for what a Roman would call an amphitheater. What did arena or harena mean to the Romans? SAND (AS IN THE FLOOR OF THE AMPHITHEATER)
Bonus: For the Romans, which was larger and more ornate: a circus or a stadium ? CIRCUS
18) Toss-Up: Would a paycheck be an example of ex post facto ,quid pro quo ,ne plus ultra ,or ex tempore ? QUID PRO QUO