Vocabulary
Servus
What is "slave/servant?"
Carpe diem.
What is "Seize the day?"
Rome was ruled by a successive seven of THESE during the regal period, traditionally dated from 753-509BC.
What are kings?
The Greek hero who served as inspiration for Rick Riordan's best selling protagonist, Percy Jackson.
Who is Perseus?
This Silly Symphonies animated short "The Goddess of Spring" was released in 1937 by Walt Disney Productions featuring THIS first Disney Princess and Greek goddess of eternal spring.
Possum
What is "I am able?"
Which country claims the phrase "e pluribus unum," "out of many, one" as its national motto?
These seven geographic features in Rome go by the names Capitoline, Quirinal, Viminal, Esqueline, Caelian, Aventine, and Palatine?
What are hills?
Aphrodite's boy on the side.
Who is Ares?
Star Trek, the long running series and successful movie franchise, is credited with pushing television boundaries, primarily the first of these interactions between a white man and a black woman in 1968.
What is a kiss?
Coniuratio
What is a "plot?"
The term "magnum opus" refers to a greatest achievement achievement, or seminal work in WHAT areas of human creativity?
What is a great work of art, literature, and/or music?
Caesarion was the illegitimate son of Julius Caesar and THIS infamous Egyptian ruler.
Who is Cleopatra?
The mother of Romulus and Remus, a princess who was visited by the god Mars while locked away in a tower.
Who is Rhea Silvia?
The NYC Museum of Ice Cream is arguably the first of these where museum goers can take selfies in a variety of colorful places including a rock candy cave, sprinkle pool, and banana swing.
What are instagrammable places, and/or experience exhibits?
Ornatrix
What is a "hairdresser?"
This term, though morbid via the superficial translation "remember to die," should rather be interpreted as a "live for the moment."
What is "memento mori?"
THIS Roman general, who was a good friend and widowed son in law of Julius Caesar, fled Rome as Octavian bore down upon it. He was murdered in the name of the new leader in Greece.
Who is Pompey?
The Latin for horn of plenty, often displayed at Thanksgiving, was first introduced when Zeus sacrificed a magical fairy goat and kept her horns.
What is the Cornucopia?
This 90's sitcom chronicled the childhood and early adulthood of Cory Matthews, Shawn Hunter, and Topanga Lawrence, and inspired a short lived Disney Channel sequel of a similar name which was cancelled in 2017.
What is "Boy Meets World?"
Euge!
What is "Oh!/Good!/Fine!/Well done!"
In "To Kill a Mockingbird," Mrs. Merriweather misinterprets THIS phrase as "through the mud to the stars." THIS phrase also serves as the motto of Kansas.
What is "ad astra, per aspera?"
The late Roman diocese named for this region included the province of Lugdunensis. This regionʹs peoples, such as the Arverni, were led by Vercingetorix during a war against Julius Caesar. THIS ancient region encompassed most of present‐day France.
What is Gaul?
The husband of Pandora and the brother of Prometheus. A titan with the gift of afterthought.
M. Night Shymalan was hired to direct this movie "one of the worst films ever made." The concept came from a popular, animated, anime that aired on Nickelodeon in 2008. Netflix just announced plans to make THIS kids show into a live action series.
What is "Avatar: the Last Airbender?"