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Lines 1.16-1.29
Virginia Certamen Questions, Round One 1.16-29
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9. Who am I? I thought of the idea of how to get inside the walls of Troy, though I didn't actually build the horse. I had ten long years of trying to get home to Ithaca before I was finally united with my wife Penelope. Odysseus.
Bonus: What goddess gave Odysseus the idea of the Trojan horse? Athena
10. What mood of the verb is used in the following sentence: The girls are lovely. Indicative
Bonus: What case would lovely be in and why? Nominative because it's a predicate nominative/predicate adjective, or because it must be the same case as girls after a linking verb.
11. Looking at a new Pennsylvania quarter, I do indeed find the motto E pluribus unum on there. What abbreviation was stamped on Roman coins and what Latin words does it stand for? SPQR, Senatus Populusque Romanus
Bonus: Say in Latin: Caesar gave money to the Senate and people of Rome. Caesar Senatui Populoque Romano pecuniam dedit.
12. What road was known as the Regina Viarum ? Via Appia/The Appian Way
Bonus: To what city did the Via Appia originally run? Capua.
13. Who was the famous slave who led a rebellion in 73 B. C.? Spartacus
Bonus: From what city did Spartacus and his first followers escape? Capua.
14. Who was the general who put down the slave revolt led by Spartacus before Pompey arrived from Spain? Crassus
Bonus: What other general mopped up remnants of Spartactus' forces and tried to claim credit for the victory? Pompey.
15. Give the Roman numeral for our yearnot the Roman yearin which Julius Caesar was assassinated. XLIV.
Bonus: Give the Roman numeral for the year in which Julius Caesar became Pontifex Maximus, Cicero as consul exposed the Catalinarian conspiracy, and Augustus was born. LXIII.