1986 NJCL Certamen Round A1 Questions

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What was the name of her veil, called so because of its color?: Flammeum
What was the nodus Herculaneus?: The knot with which the woolen band around a brides waist was tied that was later untied by her husband.
From whom did Cicero take the term Phillippics?: Demosthenes
What NOMEN was shared by two of Cicero's clients?: Roscius
Who of Cicero's contemporaries was his arch rival in oratory?: Hortensius
Change FERUNT to singular.: fert
Change FERS to plural.: fertis
Change FEREBAR to subjunctive.: ferrer
What is unusual abou the neuter noun castra?: It is plural in form but singular in meaning.
What is odd about vulgus?: It looks masculine, but is neuter
What is odd about locus?: It is usually masculine when singular but neuter when plural.
Quote in Latin the first line of the Aeneid.: Arma virumque cano Troiae qui primus ab oris.
Quote the first seven words of Caesar's De Bello Gallico.: Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres.
Quote the first sentence of Cicero's first oration against Catiline.: Quo usque tanden abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?
What public enemy of Rome was the grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great-grandfather of Roman emperors?: Marc Antony.
What wife of Antony was the mother of the mother of the oldest of Antony's emperor grandchildern?: Octavia
What three emperors were descended from Antony's and Octavia's daughter Antonia?: Claudius, Caligula, and Nero
What two characters threw golden apples?: Hippomenes (Milanion) and Eris
What two heroes of mythology had to fight against warriors sprung from dragon's teeth?: Jason and Cadmus
Atlanta and Hippomenes (Milanion)offended Aphrodite; how were they punished?: They were turned into lions
What Latin verb is the root of the English noun "parsimony"?: parco, parcere
What Latin verb is the root of the word "alimony"?: alo, alere
What Latin noun is the basic root of "testimony"?: Testis
What was the name of a Roman bride's wedding gown?: Tunica Recta
Give Cicero's full name.: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Say "we have gone.": iimus (ivimus)
Distinguish between equus and eques.: Equus is a horse whereas eques is a knight or cavalryman
What distinguished Roman was born January 3, 106 BC, near the town of Arpinum?: Cicero
What is the Latin title of Cicero's essay on old age?: De Senectute
Who wrote The Golden Ass?: Apuleius
Who wrote The Heroides?: Ovid
Who wrote De Rerum Natura?: Lucretius
What book title might be translated Fabula De Duabis Urbibus?: A Tale of Two Cities
What book is Senex et Mare?: The Old Man and the Sea
What book is Uvae Irae?: The Grapes of Wrath
What is the present participle of eo?: iens
Using eo, say "I will go.": ibo
What rhetorical device makes Achilles into Pelides?: Patronymic
What device does Vergil call the Trojan horse instar montis?: Hyperbole
Which of Rome's kings disappeared in a storm?: Romulus
Livy tells us that some Romans didn't believe that Romulus was carried off in a storm. What did they believe of his fate?: They believed that he was killed by some senators.
What is the name of the deified Romulus?: Quirinus
What Latin noun is the root of the English verb "extirpate"?: stirps
What is the meaning of the Latin noun at the root of the English verb "eradicate"?: root
What is the meaning of the Latin noun at the root of the English verb "ncinerate"?: ash
Who stole Heracles' cattle?: Cacus
Who stole the cattle of his own brother Apollo?: Hermes/Mercury
What did Hermes give Apollo to appease him?: The New Lyre
What was the relationship of Hestia, Hera, and Demeter?: Sisters
Out of Hestia, Hera, and Demeter, which remained a virgin?: Hestia
What is the term for the combination of the future passive participle and a form of sum?: Passive periphrastic
What does the passive paraphrastic construction show?: Necessity, obligation
Where did Jason go find the Golden Fleece?: Colchis (Aea)
Who brought the Golden Fleece to Colchis?: Phrixus
Who was Phrixus' sister?: Helle
Who was Zeus' wife: Hestia, Hera, or Demeter?: Hera
Distinguis in meaning between lepus and lupus.: Lepus is a rabbit whereas lupus is a wolf.
Distinguish between cervus and corvus: Cervus is a deer or stag whereas corvus is a crow or raven.
What groups got into a fierce battle at the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia?: The Lapiths and Centaurs
At whose wedding did Eris hurl her famous apple?: The wedding of Peleus and Thetis
Give the Latin and the English for R.I.P.: Requiescat in Pace - May He Rest in Peace
Give the Latin and the English for Q.E.D.: Quod Erat Demonstrandum - That which had to be proved
Give the Latin and the English for cf.: Confer - Compare
Who wrote an epic poem on the Roman civil war?: Lucan
Although it is usually called the Pharsalia, what is the more proper title for Lucan's poem?: Bellum Civile
How many books are in the Bellum Civile?: Ten
Translate: ne pugnemus: Let's not fight
Translate to Latin: "I know why you're here.": scio cur adsis/tis
Translate to Latin: "I know why you have come.": scio cur veneris/tis
What is the syntax of O tempora O mores?: Accusative of Exclamation
What is the case of animis in Tantaene animis caelestibus irae?: Dative
What king's name has become an English adjective for a victory too costly to be worthwile?: Pyrrhus
Where was Pyrrhus king?: Epirus
Where is Epirus?: NW Greece, West of Macedonia
Say "one thousand animals": mille animalia
Say in Latin: "the same animals.": eadem animalia
What family relationship caused the Myrmidons to fight under Achilles in the Trojan War?: Aeacus, their king, was Achilles' grandfather
What son of Aeacus was Achilles' father?: Peleus
Who killed Achilles?: Paris (with Apollo's help)
How was the next emperor selected after the assassination of Domitian?: By the senate
Whom did the Senate select to be the new king after the death of Domitian?: Nerva
What are Nerva and his four successors collectively called?: The Five Good Emperors
What is the present passive infinitive of facio?: fieri
What is the Latin for "It will be done"?: fiet
What is the Latin for "It has been done"?: factum est
At the wedding feast of Perseus and Andromeda, Andromeda's uncle, her former betrothed, attacked. What was his name?: Phineus
What was the birthpalce of Apollo and Artemis?: Delos
Who was the mother of Apollo and Artemis?: Leto
Where was Apollo's most important oracle?: Delphi
Who is a noverca?: stepmother
What is the superlative degree of bonus?: optimus
Who is a proavus?: Great-grandfather
Through which parent are you related to your agnati?: Father
Who was the daughter of Helen and Menelaus?: Hermione
What captive Trojan woman did Pyrrhus cast off because he fell in love with Hermione?: Andromache
Who also planned to marry Hermione and did kill Pyrrhus?: Orestes
What early first-century BC conflict pitted Rome against some of her Italian allies?: Social War (or Marsic or Italic)
What tribe was cheif among the rebellious allies?: Marsi
Who in the Aeneid says: "Nascetur pulchra Troianus origine Caesar imperium Oceano, famam qui terminet astrist"?: Jupiter
Who says: "O fortunati, quorum iam moenia surgunt!"?: Aeneas
Who is the first Trojan to address Dido?: Ilioneus
What Roman writer, speaking in awe of his contemporary Vergil, wrote: "Nescio quid maius nascitur Iliade"?: Propertius
What was Propertius' name for his beloved?: Cynthia
Where was Propertius born?: Assisi
What character in mythology was turned into a hoopoe?: Tereus
Who was turned into a woodpecker?: Picus
Who became kingfishers?: Ceyx and (H)Alycyone
Where could a Roman go to see a bestiarius?: Arena/Amphitheater/Colosseum
In what sort of combat would a bestiarius engage?: Combat with beasts
What elected officials were obliged to put on public games?: Aediles
Whom did Demeter punish with insatiable hunger?: Erysichthon
What god had Sisyphus offended?: Zeus
Who was the father of the centaurs?: Centaurus/Ixion
Where did Tarquinius Superbus' sons go to learn why a snake had appeared from the foundations of the temple of Jupiter?: The oracle at delphi
Being ambitious men, what else did the sons of Tarquinius Superbus ask the oracle of Delphi after the snake inquery?: Who would be the next Ruler of Rome?
What was the oracle's answer to Tarquinius Superbus' sons question of "Who would rule Rome next?"?: Whoever kissed his mother first
What is the superlative degree of malus?: Pessimus
What is the comparative of bonus?: melior
What was a Roman family's carpentum?: wagon
What Roman vehicle included bunks for its passengers?: Carruca
What was a lectica?: A slave-carried litter
In what speech, made a year after his return from exile, did Cicero make scathing comments on Clodius Pulcher and his sister?: Pro Caelio
This defendant, Caelius Rufus, had what in common with Catullus?: He was an ex-lover of Clodia
Clodia's husband was consul of Rome in what year, the same yaer in which the First Triumvirate was formed?: 60 BC

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