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Virginia Certamen Questions, Round One 1.30-1
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16. We all know that the Latin word insula means island. Nevertheless it has another meaning that would have been more prevalent in land-locked cities. What is that meaning? Apartment-building.
Bonus: What is an English derivative from insula that originally suggested the idea of to convert into an island? Insulate .
17. What Greek hero killed Hector? Achilles
Bonus: Who killed Achilles and how? Paris shot him in the heel with an arrow.
18. Why was Achilles only vulnerable in his heel? Because his mother had dipped him in the River Styx to make him immortal, but the water didn't cover the heel where she held on to him.
Bonus: Who was Achilles mother? Thetis
19. Welcome to the Cinema Romanum . What classic movie would you be watching if you saw Mea Domina Pulchra ? My Fair Lady.
Bonus: What story of an artist who falls in love with his own creation is this tale loosely based upon? Pygmalion and Galatea.
20. Today's movie is a classic double-feature. What is the second film, Fenestra a Tergo ? Rear Window.
Bonus: The crime in Rear Window was homicide, the killing of a person. It was more specifically, however, uxoricide, the killing of a wife. Had the son instead of the husband been the murderer, what would the crime have been called. Matricide .