I have no doubt that you will know all the answers. However the answers are jumbled up so you have to match them to the questions.
bonam fortunam!
Magister Antonius
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QUESTION
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ANSWER
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1.
What villain in the Underworld served up his own son Pelops as food fit for
the gods?
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a.
The Colosseum
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2.
The small, round temple in the forum that housed the sacred fire of city was
dedicated to whom/
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b.
Artemis
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3.
What mythological hero did the witch Medea help in his quest?
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c,
Marathon
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4.
What Latin phrase is often used in a bookplate to indicate from whose library
a book comes?
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d.
The Fates
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5.
What woman did the Prometheus decline to take as his wife, but his brother
Epimetheus accepted?
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e.
The Pantheon
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6.
What structure did the Romans build to bring water to Rome from the
surrounding mountains?
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f.
Tantalus
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7.
What magistrate presided over the deliberations of the Roman Senate?
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g.
e pluribus unum
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8.
What derivative of a Roman name for Zeus refers to someone of a happy
disposition?
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h.
The Gorgons
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9.
Against what city in northern Africa did Romans fight during the Punic Wars?
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i.
via
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10.
To what group do Megaera, Allecto and Tisiphone belong?
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j.
Vesta
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11.
To what group do Calliope, Terpsichore and Clio belong?
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k.
Dionysus
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12.
To what group do Stheno, Euryale and Medusa belong?
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l.
Augustus
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13.
To what group do Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos belong?
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m.
Jason
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14.
Where were gladiatorial combats held in ancient Rome?
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n.
atrium
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15.
At what temple did the ancient Romans worship all the gods?
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o.
The Muses
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16.
With what name meaning ‘majestic’ was Octavian, the adopted son of Caesar, honored?
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p.
Eurydice
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17.
Who was the Greek god who carried a snake-entwined staff called the caduceus?
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q.
ex libris
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18.
For what Latin phrase is A.M. an abbreviation?
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r.
Pax Romana
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19.
The Aegean Sea was named after the father of what mythological hero?
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s.
Proserpina
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20.
Hermes is to Mercury as __________________ is to Diana.
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t.
Pandora
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21.
What is the Latin phrase that means “one out of many”?
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u.
Hermes
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22.
Who were the workmen who provided Zeus with his thunderbolts?
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v.
The Furies
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23.
What term is used both literally and figuratively for a long and exhausting
race?
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w.
aqueduct
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24.
What Latin word do we use in English to mean “by way of”?
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x.
veto
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25.
The maenads were the enthusiastic women who were followers of what Greek god?
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y.
Carthage
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26.
“I forbid” is the translation of what Latin word used in English by a
president to reject a bill?
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z.
ante meridiem
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27.
What was the name for the reception room in an ancient Roman house?
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aa.
Jovial
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28.
Whose life did Orpheus seek to restore through the power of his music?
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bb.
Cyclops
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29.
Odysseus is to Ulysses as Persephone is to ____________________________.
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cc.
Theseus
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30.
What two-word Latin phrase signifies the peace that Augustus tried to
establish in the Roman world?
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dd.
consul
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