Vocabulary
Latin Phrases and Abbreviations
Roman History
Mythology
Stuff
100

Servus

What is "slave/servant?"

100

Carpe diem.

What is "Seize the day?"

100

Rome was ruled by a successive seven of THESE during the regal period, traditionally dated from 753-509BC.

What are kings?

100

The Greek hero who served as inspiration for Rick Riordan's best selling protagonist, Percy Jackson.

Who is Perseus?

100

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.

Who is Persephone?
200

Possum

What is "I am able?"

200

Which country claims the phrase "e pluribus unum," "out of many, one" as its national motto?

What is the USA?
200

These seven geographic features in Rome go by the names Capitoline, Quirinal, Viminal, Esqueline, Caelian, Aventine, and Palatine?

What are hills?

200

Aphrodite's boy on the side. 

Who is Ares?

200

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?

300

Coniuratio

What is a "plot?"

300

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?

300

Caesarion was the illegitimate son of Julius Caesar and THIS infamous Egyptian ruler. 

Who is Cleopatra?

300

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?

300

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?

https://youtu.be/5QfeqZkaDQs 

400

Ornatrix

What is a "hairdresser?"

400

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?"

400

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?

400

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?

400

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?"

500

Euge!

What is "Oh!/Good!/Fine!/Well done!"

500

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?"

500

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?

500

The husband of Pandora and the brother of Prometheus. A titan with the gift of afterthought. 

Who is Epimetheus?
500

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?"