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The character in Harry Potter named after a dragon in Latin.
Who is Draco Malfoy?
What is a/ab?
The Roman numerals CXXVI.
What is the number 126?
The adverb meaning easily and readily.
What is facile?
The central hub of the city Rome - where the taberna, the curia, and the bascilica was found.
What is the Forum?
The television host of the Hunger Games, named after the famed military general who named himself "dictator perpetuo" of Rome.
Who is Caesar Flickerman?
What is the second declension?
What someone would say if they were preaching the #YOLO life.
What is carpe diem?
The Latin verb that lead to the birth of words like "induction, abduct, product, and conductor"?
What is duco?
The goddess of marriage and childbirth, known notably for her scared symbol of the peacock.
Who is Juno?
The character in Disney's 1995 animated film whose catchphrase is loosely based on the Latin phrase "ad infinitum".
Who is Buzz Lightyear?
The superlative of magnus.
What is maximus?
The Latin phrase referring to a plot device that uses an unexpected divine force to end and resolve the story.
What is deus ex machina?
The Latin verb taken from "ab" and "fero", meaning to steal or take away.
What is aufero?
The god who is famously known for having two faces.
Who is Janus?
The "queen bee" of her high school in the iconic 2004 movie Mean Girls, named after the Latin word for "queen".
Who is Regina George?
The name of the participle in the perfect tense if it derives from a deponent verb.
What is the perfect active participle?
puellae nesciebant cur magister tam iratus esset. (bonus points if you can identify the construction!)
What is the Latin translation for "The girls didn't know why the teacher was so angry."? (it's an indirect question!)
The Latin verb that is often used both in the famous phrase meaning "to wage war" but also meaning "to wear or bring".
What is gero?
The daughter of King Aeetes who aided her lover, Jason, in his pursuit of the golden fleece and helped the Argonauts flee her father's wrath.
Who is Medea?
The English translation of the Harry Potter spell expecto patronum - which famously protects the wizard from dementors.
What is " I await help/a patron"?
The grammatical construction that uses ut and a subjunctive verb, and is often indicated by signpost words like adeo, tam, or ita.
What is the result clause?
amico viso, puer laetus erat. (bonus points if you can identify the construction!)
What is the Latin translation for "After seeing his friend, the boy was happy". (it's an ablative absolute!)
The full Latin phrase of the abbreviated term "i.e", meaning "in other words" or "that is".
What is id est?
The heir and nephew of Julius Caesar who famously ushered in the period of "pax romana" during the Roman Empire.
Who is Augustus?