Roman Numerals
Latin in Law
Latin sayings
Misc.
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What is the Roman numeral for 7?
VII
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Literally, what does "ante" mean?
"before"
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What does "contra" mean in Latin?
"against"
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Who is the messenger of the Gods?
Mercury
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What is Juno's Greek name? Jupiter's?
Hera and Zeus
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What is the Roman numeral for 44?
LXIV
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What does "amicus curiae" translate to in Latin?
"friend of the court"
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What word is a mixture of "horizon" and the latin word for "true"?
Verizon
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Contradictory to mythology, in the Disney Hercules movie, who are Hercules's parents?
Jupiter and Juno
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Who is the God of the underworld? Who is he married to?
Hades, Persephone
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To write four in RN, can you express it as IIII? If not, what is the correct way?
No, IV
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Literally, what does "bona fide" translate to?
"in good faith"
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What does "mens et manus" mean in Latin?
"mind and hand"
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How can you write 56 in Roman Numerals?
LVI
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What is the name for the less powerful Gods who commonly are female? (hint: they often live in the forest)
Nymph
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What does a line over Roman numerals indicate?
To multiply by 1,000
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What does "ergo" translate to in Latin?
"therefore"
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The common school motto, "disceaut discede" means what?
"learn or leave"
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Why is a Narcissus flower called by its name? How is that myth related to the idea of an echo?
Narcissus was a very self-absorbed man who only loved himself, and when he sent away a beautiful nymph named Echo, she ran away, with the ability to only repeat the last word spoken to her, she disapeared until only her voice remained (what we hear when we yell in an open area). Narcissus, after a curse was put upon him, fell in love with his reflection, remaining at the edge of the river until he turned into a flower, drooping over the river, as if it was admiring himself.
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What is a "myth"?
Stories people tell about themselves
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What is the Roman numeral expression for this year?
MMXIII
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What does "et cetera" mean? In the context of the court, what could this mean?
"other things", which could mean a continuation of the same
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The common saying, "a mare usque ad mare" means what in Latin?
"from sea to sea"
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Does "annuit coeptis" or "norus ordo selcorum" mean "fortune has favored our undertakings"? Where can this saying be found?
"annuit coeptis", on the dollar bill
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Which common Latin saying appears on the Colbert Report, but backwards? (Hint: you can give either the English or Latin translation)
"esse quam videri"-to be, rather than to seem to be
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