Numerus
Ora...
Kalends and Nones and Ides, Oh My!
It's the 11th Hour somewhere
et Labora
100

One hundred is this in Latin.

Quid est centum?
100

This was the saint who coined the phrase “ora et labora.”

Who is Saint Benedict?

100

New Year’s Day is on this date.

What is the Kalends of January or Kalendis Janurarius?

100

This Latin class starts during this hour according to the Romans. (English)

What is the 8th hour?

100

If your town was conquered by an enemy, and now you must work for a master with little say about whether you want to or not, you might be this in Latin.

What is a servus?

200

The word "thirty" is this in Latin.

Quid est triginta?

200

Not including “Amen,” this is the last word in the Ave Maria.

What is nostre?

200

This holiday is celebrated A.D. VIII Kal. Jan.

What is Christmas?

200

Christ died during this hour according to the Romans. (English)

What is the 9th hour?

200

If you work at a shop, then you are called this in Latin.

What is tabernarius?

300

Ninety is this in Latin.

What is nōnāginta?

300

A woman who feeds, clothes, houses, births, educates, disciplines, and prays for her children is called this in Latin.

What is a mater?

300

This male saint, whose first class feast is celebrated A.D. XII Kal. Apr. and is often a nice break during lent, is named in all the gospels except Mark.

Who is Saint Joseph?

300

“Evening prayer,” also called this, gets its name from the Latin word for evening. (English)

What is vespers?

300

If you are an episcopus, then you are in charge of all the priests in your this.

What is a diocese?

400

Count Rugen had VI of these on his right hand.

What are digiti?

400

When you ask for a saint to pray for yourself and those around you in Latin, this is the phrase that is said.

Ora pro nobis.

400

This is the day on which the feast of Saint Lucy is celebrated (as the Romans would have said.)

What is the Ides of December or Idus December?

400

“A.M.” stands for this. 

What is “ante meridiem”?

400

If you work caring for sheep in the field, then you are called this in Latin.

Quid est pastor?

500

If you were a young child in the Roman Empire, and you asked your mom for a new pony to pull your chariot, but she said, “Pretium nimis magnum est,” then she told you this about the pony.

What is the price is too great?

500

Mary’s “fiat,” a word which is now used by Catholics to express their submission to God’s will, means this in English.

What is “let it be done”?

500

This is the day on which the Battle of Lepanto was won and is now celebrated as the Feast of the Holy Rosary.


What is the nones of October or Nones Octobris?

500

“P.M.” stands for this.

What is “post meridiem”?

500

If you are an “agricola,” then you work in this industry.

What is farming?

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