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| Say in Latin "to have given." | dedisse
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| Give the passive counterpart for dedisse | datus (-a -um) esse
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| Name the Roman who was the first to build a new forum adjacent to the Forum Romanum, in which a temple to his alleged ancestor Venus was decicated. | Julius Caesar
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| List chronologically the four emperors responsible for the next imperical fora in Rome. | Augustus, Vespasian, Nerva, Trajan
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| According to Ovis, who is addessed with the words "At quoniam coniunx mea non potes esse,\arbor eris certe... mea!" after being unsuccessfully pursued by Apollo? | Daphne
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| Name the father of Daphne | Peneus
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| Say in Latin, "On October 16"? | Idibus Octobribus
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| What Roman numeral should be used in the Latin for "On October 16"? | XVII (A.D. XVII Kalendas Novembres)
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| Give the English verb derived from the Latin noun radix, radicis, f. which means "to uproot." | eradicate
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| Give a synonym of "eradicate" derived from the Latin noun stirps, stirpis, f. | extirpate
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| With what type of equipment did a retiarius fight? | a net and a trident
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| What was peculiar about the fighting style of an essedarius? | He fought from a chariot
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| In what city did Helen live before she was brought to Troy? | Sparta
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| Name Helen's mother, sister and daughter. | Leda (mother), Clytemnestra (sister), Hermione (daughter)
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| Give the superlative forms of miser and facilis. | miserrimus, facillimus
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| What superlative form is the opposite of summus? | imus
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| Sometimes known as a societas or amicitia, what political alliance formed in 60 B.C. combined the talents of Marcus Licinius Crassus, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus and Gaius Iulius Caesar? | The First Triumvirate
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| What was the purpose of the Lex Titia of 43 B.C.? | It legalized the Second Triumvirate
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| Give the Latin term with a translation for what would be thrown at a Roman wedding. | nuces, nuts
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| Translate and explain the significance of the phrase "relinquere nuces" | To give up nuts, to grow up (abandon childhood games)
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| Translate the motto of the University of Pennsylvania: "Inveniemus viam aut faciemus." | We will find a way or make one.
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| Translate the proverb: "De gustibus non disputandum est." | One should not argue about tastes.
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| Which of the following four states does not have a name rooted in Latin via a Romance language: Flordia, Nevada, Texas and Vermont? | Texas
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| What feature of nature is part of each of the names of the three other states (Flordia, Nevada and Vermont) (English is fine! =) ) | flower (flos), snow (nix), mountain (mons)
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| What book title might be called in Latin "Harrius Potter et Poculum Ignis?" | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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| (Keep in mind the Harry Potter Book Goblet of Fire) In hoc libro, qui discipulus fine fabulae necatur? | Cedric Diggory
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| Translate the following Latin sentence: "Imperavi tibi ne dormires." | I ordered you not to sleep.
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| Say the same thing (I ordered you not to sleep) in Latin using the verb iubeo instead of impero. | Iussi to non dormire.
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| In book one of the Aeneid, the words "pietate gravem ac meritis... virum" describe a man campared to what deity? | Neptune
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| In book one of the Aeneid, what are the roles of the nymphs Cymothoe and Deiopea? | Cymothoe helps Neptune rescue Trojan ships, Deiopea is promised in marriage to Aeolus by Juno
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| What creatures from mythology did the Olympians need the aid of Hercules to defeat? | The Giants
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| What is the literal meaning of the word "giant"? | "of the earth"
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| Give the Latin names for the two regions seperated by the Pyrenees Mountains. | Gallia, Hispania
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| Which general of the late republic did not command an army in Hispania: Scipio Aemilianus, Sulla, Sertorius, or Pompey? | Sulla
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| What use of the ablative is found in the sentance "omni ab omnibus fieri non possunt"? | ablative of personal agent
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| Useng an ablative absolute, say in Latin, "I was unhappy while you were fighting." | Te pugnante, dolebam (etc.)
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| What children's book in Latin is entitles Alicia in Terra Mirabili | Alice in Wonderland
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| What children's book in Latin is entitled Petrus Cuniculus? | Peter Rabbit
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| Name the Roman author whe dates were from 65-8 BC, whose father was a libertus, who was born in Venusia, and whose writings include Satires, the Cermen Saeculare, Epodes and Odes. | Horace
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| Horace (Epist. 2, 1) gives his teacher Orbilius the nickname plgosus. Whatdoes this epithet signify? | He beat his pupils ("Full of whacks")
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| Name the 3rd century AD emperor who reunited break-away regions in bot the East and West of the Empire, and who built a new wall around Rome. | Aurelian
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| Who was Arelian's successor, whose short reign lasted from 275-276 AD and who shared a name with a historian of the earlian Roman Empire? | Tacitus
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| What hero from Greek mythology does ovid describe with the words Orante frustraque iterum transire volentem/ portitor arcuerat? A hint is that the portitor n these lines if the ferryman Charon. | Orpheus
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| After he is torn apart by Maenads, to what island does Orpheus' head float? | Lesbos
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| Give the nominative, genitive and gender of the Latin noun whch is the root word of the English derivative "casualty." | casus, casus, M.
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| Give the nominative, genitive and gender of the Latin noun whch is the root word of the English derivative "federation." | foedus, foederis, n.
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