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Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Three 1.1-30
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3rd ANNUAL CAPITAL CERTAMEN -NOVEMBER 2002
Sponsored by the Maryland Senior Classical League
LEVEL I ROUND III
1. Thanksgiving is coming up soon! Hooray! While most people eat turkeys for Thanksgiving, some eat chicken. What is the Latin word for chicken? PULLUS /GALLINA
Bonus A: Some people might even eat goose! What is the Latin word for a goose? ANSER
Bonus B: Please say in Latin, "We have a chicken." PULLUM/GALLINAM HABEMUS
2. Halloween has just passed. Surely you saw all of the black and orange that adorned people's homes. How do we say "black and orange" in Latin? ATER ET FLAMMEUS
Bonus A: Halloween has been associated with All Saints' Day. What is the Latin word for "all"? OMNIS
Bonus B: What is the Latin word for "day"? DIES
3. Continuing this holiday theme, tell us the rough Roman equivalent of Christmas. SATURNALIA
Bonus A: What special thing happened to slaves on Saturnalia? THEY COULD SWITCH ROLES WITH THEIR MASTERS
Bonus B: Don't we all love the song that refers to the twelve days of Christmas? How do we say twelve in Latin? DUODECIM
4. Name the holiday in February when strapping young Roman boys would run around with strips of goat skin, chasing young Roman girls. LUPERCALIA
Bonus A: For us, February is the month of love �think of Valentine's Day! Who was the Roman god of love? CUPID
Bonus B: What is the Roman name for the mother of Cupid? VENUS
5. What might one find lots of in the Roman festival of Floralia? FLOWERS
Bonus A: Say in Latin, "of Floralia." FLORALIAE
Bonus B: What case did you use to translate "of Floralia"? GENITIVE
6. Ok, enough questions about holidays! Speaking of enough, how do we say "enough" in Latin? SATIS
Bonus A: Do not confuse "satis" with this Latin word that means "at once." STATIM
Bonus B: What short English word, used often by doctors, is a derivative of statim? STAT
7. List two prepositions that take the accusative case. PER, AD, SUPER, TRANS, CIRCUM, IN (sometimes), etc. .