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Classical Literacy
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A town on the western coast of Italy destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuius in AD 79
Artemis/Diana
Pegasus
V (Roman numeral)
Pompeii
2. Characterized by sitting & inactive (from sedet- to sit)
I (Roman numeral)
sedentary
summa cum laude
Trojan Horse
3. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
Perseus & Medusa
rara avis
tempus fugit
post mortem
4. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
Hephaestus/Vulcan
Dionysus/Bacchus
paterfamilias
in toto
5. 'for the time being' - temporary
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
pro tempore
Perseus & Medusa
persona non grata
6. King of Troy during the Trojan War; father of Hector and Paris; begged Achilles to give his son Hector's body back to be properly buried (Achilles had been dragging it around the city)
Tiber
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
A.D./anno Domini
Priam
7. Greek island in the Ionian Sea; the home of Odysseus
via
jovial
Mt. Vesuvius
Ithaca
8. Spirits who carry out curses and torture for wrongdoing toward one's family member (s)
Tiber
the Fates
the furies
Demeter/Ceres
9. Titan best known for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humans; He was punished by being chained to a rock and having his liver eaten by a bird everyday
omniscient
Prometheus
Arachne
in loco parentis
10. Icarus was the son of Daedalus who flew too close to the sun with the wings his father made him from wax and feathers & and fell to his death
mellifluous
verbatim
Tiber
Icarus & Daedalus
11. 'unknown land'
in memoriam
carpe diem
Palatine Hill
terra incognita
12. Was chosen by Zeus to settle the argument of Who was the fairest of the goddesses; he chose Aphrodite because she promised him the most beautiful woman in the world if he chose her
per capita
semper paratus
Paris
mores
13. A member of one of the original aristocratic families of Rome; 'aristocratic'
patrician
Ithaca
persona non grata
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
14. A teacher Who is like a parent; comes from the Mentor & Odysseus' old friend & whom he left in charge of his son Telemachus when he went off to the Trojan War
the Fates
lapsus linguae
mentor
A.D./anno Domini
15. Writing after the body of a letter
Achilles' heel
V (Roman numeral)
P.S./post scriptum
apple of discord
16. 'Time flies/flees'
consul
tempus fugit
Pan
marathon
17. 'To infinity &' to continue forever & without limit
Mt. Parnassus
ad infinitum
Palatine Hill
Eros/Cupid
18. A hollow wooden horse built by the Greeks so that they could get into the walls of Troy. The Greeks pretended to pack up and leave from the war & but some hid in the horse which was later led into the walls of Troy by the Trojans (thinking it was a
Arachne
Pantheon
e pluribus unum
Trojan Horse
19. 'boyish &' 'childlike' (from puer- boy)
Caesar
puerile
et al./ et alii
sedentary
20. 'great-souled & high-minded'
mentor
etc./et cetera
Poseidon/Neptune
magnanimous
21. Son of Zeus; had to complete 12 labors to regain favor with the gods after killing his family; when he died & he became a god
Hercules/Heracles
the furies
rara avis
agenda
22. 'from the office &' 'by right of office' - used to refer to someone Who is a member of a group (a board & committee & council & etc.) because they hold another office/position
Hephaestus/Vulcan
agora/forum
summa cum laude
ex officio
23. A picture made from small bits of glass or pottery
mosaic
muses
apple of discord
Prometheus
24. 'per year'
satyr
ex officio
per annum
papyrus
25. Sweet-sounding (literally 'flowing like honey')
V (Roman numeral)
terra firma
mellifluous
Atlas
26. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
the furies
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
iota
SPQR
27. 1000
Priam
toga
mosaic
M (Roman numeral)
28. A bundle of wooden sticks and an axe blade that the attendants of Roman magistrates carried; symbolized the magistrates' power to inflict capital punishment
I (Roman numeral)
Trojan Horse
fasces
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
29. 'great work'
quid pro quo
magnum opus
Sicily
Pompeii
30. Goddess of grain & the harvest & and the seasons; mother of Persephone/Proserpina
Demeter/Ceres
Pantheon
polytheism
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
31. 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.
Persephone/Proserpina
terra firma
marathon
sic transit gloria mundi
32. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
Circus Maximus
M.D./Medicinae Doctor
Perseus & Medusa
C (Roman numeral)
33. Goddess of wisdom
A.M./ante meridiem
Athena/Minerva
Hera/Juno
Ides of March
34. 'Always prepared'
epic
magnum opus
semper paratus
summa cum laude
35. Site of the Apollo's oracle at Delphi; home of the Muses
Hercules/Heracles
Mt. Parnassus
et al./ et alii
Carthage
36. Female monsters who had snakes for hair and whose horrifying gaze could turn a man to stone if he looked at them (Medusa was one of the Gorgons)
Gorgons
lapsus linguae
Ithaca
SPQR
37. Carthaginian general who attacked Italy by crossing the Italian Alps in the 2nd Punic War; He was eventually defeated by Scipio at the Battle of Zama
Hannibal
Hydra
magnanimous
in memoriam
38. A serpent-like monster with many heads and poisonous breath; when one head got cut off & it grew two more; killed by Hercules as his second labor
homo sapiens- 'wise man'
Hydra
I (Roman numeral)
lapsus linguae
39. King of Ithaca who came up with the idea of using the Trojan horse to defeat the city of Troy; hero of the Odyssey
Odysseus/Ulysses
per capita
marathon
Caesar
40. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (i); commonly used in the phrase 'not one iota &' meaning 'not one bit'
Tartarus
iota
epic
the furies
41. Usually referring to Julius Caesar & the Roman dictator Who was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15th) 44 BCE
Caesar
plebeian
rara avis
labor vincit omnia
42. 'in the whole &' 'as a whole &' 'totally'; ex: The suggestions were adopted in toto.
Troy
plebeian
per annum
in toto
43. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was turned into a spider for her excessive pride
Sparta
Arachne
Athens/Acropolis
Medea
44. 'Always prepared'
agora/forum
Parthenon
polytheism
semper paratus
45. 'A rare bird' - something unique/rare
rara avis
per annum
e.g./exempli gratia
Daedalus
46. 'doctor/teacher of philosophy' - an advanced academic degree
Spartacus
errare humanum est
Orpheus & Eurydice
Ph.D./Philosophiae Doctor
47. Large island off the southeast coast of Italy; home of Mt. Etna & a huge volcano; where the Cyclopes lived in the Odyssey
Sicily
sic transit gloria mundi
Caesar
pro tempore
48. The technical biological term for the human species
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49. 'To err is human' - in other words & it's normal to mess up
magnum opus
rostra
errare humanum est
tribune
50. A large horse and chariot racing track in Rome
post mortem
in memoriam
Circus Maximus
rostra