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Virginia Certamen Questions, Round Two 1.19-32
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Bonus: Make it singular again and change the verb to future. Puella ambulabit in via.
11. In ancient Rome the officials had different functions. What was the primary function of the quaestor? Treasurer.
Bonus: The quaestors were normally young men just starting their career. To which higher officials of the state were they attached? The consuls.
12. What Roman emperor founded a new capital for the Empire in the East in 330 A.D., now know as Istanbul? Constantine.
Bonus: The new capital was, of course, named Constantinople, but it was really an older city renamed and rebuilt. What was the original city? Byzantium.
13. What is missing from this sequence? fabula, fabulae, fabulae, fabulam, fabulae, fabularum, fabulis, fabulas, fabulis ? Fabula.
Bonus: What is missing from this sequence? mons, montis, monti, montem, monte, montes, montibus, montes, montibus. Montium.
14. Nero got a little carried away with just about everything. He thought the old palace was too small, so he built himself a Domus aurea . What is the meaning of that phrase Domus aurea ? Golden House.
Bonus: They say that Nero fiddled while Rome burned, but the instrument was probably this gift of Hermes to Apollo? The lyre.
15. What woman was so quick on her feet that she would challenge her suitors to a race, with dire consequences if they lost? Atalanta.
Bonus: Hippomenes managed to win the race with the help of what special items given to him by what goddess? Golden apples /Aphrodite (Venus).
16. Give the imperative forms, singular and plural, of ambulare : Ambula /ambulate.
Bonus: Now give me the imperative forms of ducere . duc /ducite.
17. What famous Greek, born in 356 B. C., invaded and conquered the Persian Empire? Alexander the Great.