Latin Certamen Questions
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| Who is the third king of Rome? | Tullus Hostilius
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| What are the names of the Fates? | Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos
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| Who killed Medusa? | Perseus
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| What is Dionysus' Roman name? | Bacchus
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| Who is the second king of Rome? | Numa Pompilius
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| Who is the forth king of Rome? | Ancus Marcius
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| Who is the fifth king of Rome? | Tarquinius Priscus
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| Who is the sixth king of Rome? | Servius Tullius
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| Who is the seventh king of Rome? | Tarquinius Superbus
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| What is the year of four emperors? | 69 A.D.
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| Name the gorgons | Stheno, Euryale, Medusa
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| Which of the gorgons was mortal? | Medusa
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| Who were the sisters of the gorgons? | The Graiae
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| What did the Graiae share between them? | One eye and one tooth
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| Who was the nymph that witnessed Persephone's kidnapping? | Cyane
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| Name the three furies | Tisiphone, Allecto, Megaera
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| What was the name of the cyclopes encountered by Odysseus? | Polyphemus
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| How do you say Odysseus' name in Latin? | Ulysses
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| What were the years of the First Punic War? | 274 - 241 B.C.
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| Who wrote the Annales (an 18-book work on Roman history in dactylic hexameter) | (Quintus) Ennius
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| What form of poetry was the Iliad written in? | Dactylic Hexameter
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| What Latin adverb means "for a long time"? | DIU!
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| What early king, according to legend, was fathered by burning ember? | Servius Tullius
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| What Latin verb with what meaning is the root of toga? | Tego = to cover
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