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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The garment which signified a Roman man's citizenship
Athens/Acropolis
Parthenon
consul
toga
2. King punished in Tartarus by having to roll a stone up a hill continuously for eternity; when he reached the top & the stone rolled to the bottom again
Icarus & Daedalus
Tiber
Sisyphus
Ides of March
3. Titan who had to hold up the heavens on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
Zeus/Jupiter
Atlas
mellifluous
Homer
4. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
the Odyssey
Caesar
Hades/Pluto
consul
5. The highest political office in the Roman Republic; 2 were elected every year
Eros/Cupid
puerile
consul
vice versa
6. 'for the time being' - temporary
Mt. Parnassus
pro tempore
V (Roman numeral)
labor vincit omnia
7. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
the furies
pro tempore
sub rosa
Homer
8. 'beware of the dog'
verbatim
polytheism
mellifluous
cave canem
9. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
M (Roman numeral)
Athens/Acropolis
jovial
SPQR
10. 'That is' used for further explanation: 'in other words...'
the Odyssey
Perseus & Medusa
i.e./id est
valedictorian
11. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
marathon
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
atrium
vs./versus
12. Goddess of wisdom
vs./versus
Hermes/Mercury
Athena/Minerva
A.M./ante meridiem
13. One-eyed children of Ouranos/Uranus and Gaea (Mother Earth); sided with Zeus during the war with the Titans; were helpers of the smith-god Hephaestus
Pan
veto
magnum opus
Cyclops
14. 'And you & Brutus?' famous last words of Julius Caesar as the Senate members assassinated him; Brutus was supposed to be a friend of his & but had a hand in the killing
veni & vidi & vici
et tu & Brute?
i.e./id est
rara avis
15. A modern day race of 26.2 miles; from Marathon in Greece & the scene of a victory over the Persians in 490 BC; the modern race is based on the tradition that a messenger ran from Marathon to Athens (26 miles) with the news.
Romulus and Remus
D (Roman numeral)
marathon
Medea
16. Goddess of wisdom
Punic Wars
Athena/Minerva
Colosseum
Hercules/Heracles
17. 'seize the day'
Caesar
Hestia/Vesta
carpe diem
per diem
18. 'The one who says farewell' -- the student with the highest grade point average & Who is chosen to give a speech at the end of graduation
etc./et cetera
sub poena
valedictorian
Mt. Parnassus
19. Figuratively 'secretly.' Aphrodite gave her son Eros a rose. Eros gave it to Harpocrates & the god of silence & to ensure that his mother's love affairs remained a secret.
ambrosia and nectar
Elysian Fields/Elysium
sub rosa
Aegean Sea
20. 'per day'
consul
e.g./exempli gratia
Orpheus & Eurydice
per diem
21. 500
Jove
V (Roman numeral)
Daedalus
D (Roman numeral)
22. 'After death'
rara avis
Caesar
post mortem
Ithaca
23. Home of the Greek gods
Paris
Mt. Olympus
the Odyssey
Minotaur
24. The arena for gladiatorial games in Rome (also known as the Flavian Amphitheater)
plebeian
in loco parentis
Aegean Sea
Colosseum
25. A system created by the Romans which carried water over long distances
Pax Romana
the Odyssey
Ariadne
aqueduct
26. The wife of Odysseus; a model of faithfulness to one's husband
Saturnalia
mosaic
Penelope
consul
27. The golden wool of a ram sought by Jason and the Argonauts
Homer
Ge/Gaea
consul
Golden Fleece
28. The god of the sky; created the Titans with Gaia & Mother Earth
Medea
Uranus
iota
agora/forum
29. A material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant & used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on
L (Roman numeral)
papyrus
e pluribus unum
agenda
30. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
cave canem
in memoriam
Icarus & Daedalus
mellifluous
31. Inventor who created the Labyrinth where the Minotaur lived
verbatim
Daedalus
Perseus & Medusa
Circus Maximus
32. Homer's epic poem about Odysseus & kind of Ithaca & trying to find his way home from the Trojan War
the Odyssey
Pandora
cave canem
post mortem
33. Writing after the body of a letter
in loco parentis
tribune
rara avis
P.S./post scriptum
34. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
Pegasus
iota
errare humanum est
marathon
35. 'Always prepared'
Daedalus
SPQR
semper paratus
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
36. Out of her curiosity & she opened a box containing all the bad things in the world; she put the lid on just in time & so that hope did not escape from the box & too
Pandora
Charon
Sisyphus
per capita
37. Refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the responsibilities of a parent
A.D./anno Domini
A.M./ante meridiem
Colosseum
in loco parentis
38. 10
X (Roman numeral)
rostra
Tartarus
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
39. A modern day race of 26.2 miles; from Marathon in Greece & the scene of a victory over the Persians in 490 BC; the modern race is based on the tradition that a messenger ran from Marathon to Athens (26 miles) with the news.
marathon
semper fidelis
Uranus
Zeus/Jupiter
40. 'After death'
sub rosa
errare humanum est
post mortem
Apollo/Apollo
41. A material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant & used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on
tempus fugit
Penelope
Jove
papyrus
42. The norms or values of a society
Sisyphus
mores
Styx
Iliad
43. 'And the rest' usually seen at the end of a list of things & instead of listing everything
etc./et cetera
Atlas
Tantalus
e.g./exempli gratia
44. 'Always prepared'
sic transit gloria mundi
Jason
semper paratus
labor vincit omnia
45. 'per year'
ad infinitum
per annum
rostra
etc./et cetera
46. 'Higher!' -- the state motto of New York
Sicily
rostra
Excelsior!
polytheism
47. Athenian prince who killed the Minotaur
Theseus
Aphrodite/Venus
sedentary
pax vobiscum
48. 'one out of many' - found on most US minted coins and the back of the dollar bill
via
Theseus
Pompeii
e pluribus unum
49. A state of disorganized matter from which the gods and the world were created
sine qua non
C (Roman numeral)
lapsus linguae
Chaos
50. Good-humored & jolly (ancient astrologers thought that the planet Jupiter fostered cheerfulness)
jovial
Demeter/Ceres
in loco parentis
Augustus