March Mad Myths
What is the Latin name for Zeus?
Jupiter or Jove
In which month did the Ides of March occur?
March
(Nolite esse fatui!)
Our Father
Quid est porcus?
Pig
What are the present tense verb endings?
o, s, t, mus, tis, nt
Who was the mythical mother of Persephone/Proserpina? (We shall accept the Greek or Roman name.)
Greek: Demeter
Roman: Ceres
Who died on the Ides of March in 44B.C.?
Julius Caesar
Translate: Non Nobis, Domine
Not to Us, Lord
Quid est canis?
Dog
In what three things must a noun and adjective agree?
Case, number, gender
Which Roman goddess (give her Roman name, please) plagued poor Aeneas and the Trojans as they tried to travel to Italy?
Juno
15th
(March 15th)
Translate: In principio erat Verbum
In the beginning was the Word
Quid est serpens?
What is the case used for locations involving small islands and cities, as well as the nouns domus and rus?
the Locative case
What was the name of the skilled weaver who incurred the wrath of Minerva/Athena and became something creepily new?
Arachne
What famous Shakespeare quote is most associated with one of the conspirators who stabbed Caesar? Hint: It's in Latin!
"Et tu, Brute?"
Translate: Veni, Vidi, Vici
I came, I saw, I conquered
Quid est equus?
Horse
What is the neuter rule?
Nominative = Accusative
What was the name of the wife of Orpheus, the musician who could not help but look behind him on his way out of the Underworld?
Eurydice
Where did the famous Roman who died on the Ides of March in 44B.C. die?
The Theater of Pompey
Translate: Arma virumque cano,
Arms and the man I sing, / I sing of arms and a man,
Quid est asina?
Donkey
What is the imperfect indicative of est, keeping the same person and number?
erat