Louisiana Junior Classical League
Regional Certamen Tournaments 2017
Upper Level – Round One
1. Who was Aeneas' wife at Troy?
Creusa
Bonus 1: Who was his wife at Carthage?
Dido
Bonus 2: Who was his best friend on the voyage to Carthage?
Achates
2. Name three children of Oedipus and Jocasta:
Polyneices, Eteocles, Antigone, Ismene
Bonus 1: Which of them was sentenced to death by the king of Thebes?
Antigone
Bonus 2: Which two killed each other?
Plyneices and Eteocles
3. Who was the goddess of witches?
Hecate
Bonus 1: Name another famous witch from Greco-Roman mythology.
(See below)
Bonus 2: Name another.
Medea, Circe, Calypso
4. Who were addressed as "conscripti"?
Senators
Bonus 1: In what building did the senate usually meet?
Curia
Bonus 2: Where did the senate meet on March 15, 44 B.C.?
Pompey's Theater
5. Who were the members of the first triumvirate?
Caesar, Pompey, Crassus
Bonus 1: Where did the first triumvirate meet in 56 B.C.?
Luca, Lucca
Bonus 2: Name the co-consuls of 55 B.C.
Crassus and Pompey
6. Who was the last wife of Claudius?
Agrippina
Bonus 1: With whom did Claudius share the consulship in 37 A.D.?
Caligula
Bonus 2: How was Claudius related to Caligula?
Uncle
7. Select the word that does not belong: timeo, taceo, vereor, metuo.
Taceo
Bonus 1: What do the remaining words mean?
to fear
Bonus 2: What voice is the verb "vereor"?
Deponent
8. Who said, "Alea jacta est"?
Julius Caesar
Bonus 1: Who said, "Carthago delenda est"?
Cato
Bonus 2: Translate, "Carthago delenda est"?
Carthage must be destroyed
9. Give the Latin root and its English meaning from which "capable" is taken.
Capio, capere / take, seize, capture
Bonus 1: Give the Latin root and its English meaning from which "criminal" is taken.
Crimen / Crime
Bonus 2: The word "future" comes from the fourth principal part of what Latin verb?
Sum
10. What grammatical construction is "templo" in this sentence: Arbor est altior templo.
Ablative of comparison
Bonus 1: What construction is (cum) celeritate?
Ablative of manner
Bonus 2: What construction is cum sorore?
Ablative of accompaniment
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(Alternate Question) The symbol of "imperium" in Rome was a bundle of rods tied around an
axe. Name this symbol.
Fasces
Bonus 1: What attendants carried the fasces?
Lictors
Bonus 2: When was the ax removed from the fasces?
When it was within the city walls