# Round Three 1.1-23

Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Three, Lines 1.1-1.23. Latin.

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Bonus:Give the locative form of Rome. Romae.
2. What is the name given to the gods who preceded the Olympians?
Titans.
Bonus:What two Titans gave birth to the Olympians? Cronus and Rhea.
3. What Roman magistrate had the duty of keeping the streets clean,
entertaining the public, and hosting annual games? Aedile.
Bonus:If a politician skipped the aedileship, what next office in the cursus honorum did he seek? Praetorship
4. What was Rome's first non-peninsular conquest, an island acquired as a
result of the First Punic War? Sicily.
Bonus: Hannibal's taking of Saguntum provoked the Second Punic War. In what country was Saguntum? Spain.
5. From what Latin verb (give all four principal parts) with what meaning
is our adjective "perfect" derived? Perficio, perficere, perfeci, perfectum-to finish, complete.
Bonus: What does the word "pluperfect" literally mean? More complete.
6. Who founded Thebes and peopled the city with men who sprang from
dragon's teeth? Cadmus.
Bonus: What had been the sign to Cadmus to found the city where a did? He had been instructed by an oracle to found a city where a certain cow lay down.
7. Who were the members of the second triumvirate? Antony, Octavius, and
Lepidus.
Bonus: Who was the first of this group to die, and what was the cause of his death? Antony, suicide (as Octavian entered Alexandria).
8. One of the more expensive clothing dyes took its name from the Phoenician city of Tyre. What color was this dye? Purple, or red.
Bonus: From where in nature did this dye come? Shellfish / murex
9. How many tenses of the infinitive exist? 3
Bonus:Give the three active infinitives of the verb amare . amare, amavisse, amaturus esse.

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