Geography
Culture
Gods
Myths
WACKO COLUMN (Random)
100
Where did Romulus build his city?
Modern day Italy.
100
What did men wear in Ancient Rome vs what Women wore?
Men wore togas, and Women wore Stolas and Pallas NOT togas.
100
Who was Bacchus (Dionysus)?
What is the god of wine?
100
King Midas was a foolish and greedy man. He wanted to be the richest man in the world. What was his famous superpower.
His gold Touch.
100
What is a gorgon?
A mythological creature with snakes for hair. (Ex: Medusa)
200
What is Gaul?
What is France? Who knows, this is Jeopardy!
200
How many kings were there in Rome. (Bonus 200- Who where they?)
There was Seven kings— 1- Romulus (REX ROMVLVS) 2- Numa Pompilius (REX NVMA POMPILIVS) 3- Tullus Hostilius (REX TVLLVS HOSTILIVS) 4- Ancus Marcius (REX ANCVS MARCIVS) 5- Lucius Tarquinius Priscus (REX LVCIVS TARQVINIVS PRISCVS) 6- Servius Tullius (REX SERVIVS TVLLIVS) 7- Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (REX LVCIVS TARQVINIVS SVPERBVS)
200
Who was Venus married to? And who did Venus have an affair with to produce Cupid? (Venus= Aphrodite) (Either Roman or Greek names)
Married to: Vulcan/Hephaestus Affair: Mars/Ares
200
What was the name of the nymph out for Narcissus's love?
Echo, that poor, poor girl. Fell in love with a mirror lover it seems.
200
WHO IS THIS GODDESS? Goddess of the Fireplace of homes Symbol: Hearth Rome loved and worshipped her who was second to Juno She symbolized the fire, of energy of Rome (Both Greek and Latin please!)
Hestia/Vesta
300
Why couldn't Rome conquer the German people.
It was too cold for them!
300
What is Rome's most famous landmark where fights used to be held?
What is the Colosseum?
300
Who is Janus?
In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus is the god of beginnings and transitions (And New Years!), thence also of gates, doors, passages, endings and time. He is usually depicted as having two faces, since he looks to the future and to the past. The Romans named the month of January (Ianuarius) in his honor.
300
What is this myth? This myth ends with the married couple turning into a tree to stay together forever.
Baucis et Philemon.
300
What is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything?
MATH M= 13th letter A= 1st letter T= 20th letter H= 8th letter 13+1=14 20+8=28 14+28= 42 42 is also accepted.
400
What sea did ancient Rome surround after conquering?
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
400
True or False, Julius Caesar outsmarted a pirate crew.
True (and it was a rather funny story to hear about if you want a good laugh... Google it!)
400
Who is part of the Capitoline Triad? (In ancient Roman religion, the Capitoline Triad was a group of three supreme deities who were worshipped in an elaborate temple on Rome's Capitoline Hill, the Capitolium.)
What is Jupiter, Juno and Minerva
400
Who rode Pegasus?
Bellerophon rode him.
400
What is MDCCLXXVI in roman numerals translate to. (And where is it found)
What is 1776 (On the dollar bill, on the pyramid)
500
What country did Magistra visit over the summer, and where is it in Europe? (According to the Greeks)
What is Macedonia. It's above Greece.
500
What does SPQR stand for?
(Latin- Senātus Populusque Rōmānus) The Senate and People of Rome
500
Name the Four winds under Aeolus, God and Ruler of the Winds. (They're called the Anemoi according to Wikipedia) 1. _________, god of the north wind and of winter. 2. _________, god of the unlucky east or southeast wind. 3. _________, god of the south wind. 4. _________, god of the west wind.
1. Boreas, god of the north wind and of winter. 2. Eurus, god of the unlucky east or southeast wind. 3. Notus, god of the south wind. 4. Zephyrus, god of the west wind.
500
What was Faunus famous for? (Before he was turned half goat...)
Luring people into the forest, and sacrificing them to his father, Mercury.
500
What does these phrases mean? 1. E PLURIBUS UNUM 2. ANNUIT COEPTIS 3. NUVUS ORDO SECLORUM
1. One from many 2. Fortune has favored our undertakings. 3. A new order of the ages. They're on the dollar bill.
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