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100

In Latin, the verb cogitare translates to this.

What is "to think?"

100

Who is the "last of the Ptolemies"?

Who is Cleopatra VII?

100

In Disney’s Hercules, what actor plays Philoctetes, the satyr who trained the titular hero?

Who is Danny Devito?

100

Which US city has a full-scale replica of the Parthenon from Athens?

What is Nashville, Tennessee?

100

What is the name of the exercise area in a Roman bathhouse?

What is a Palaestra?

200

“Ipse, Ipsa, Ipsum” is the ______ pronoun in Latin

What is "intensive"?

200

Name the Egyptian Pharoah who defines the “Amarna Period”, and reformed religion to center solely on the god “Aten”

Who is Akhenaten?

200

What incarnation of doom has become popularized due to his appearance in Hades 2 as a brother to the Fates and an ally on Melinoe's quest?

Who is Moros?

200

Who is this?

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Who is Apollo?
200

What is the popular juggling game from Ancient Rome?

What is Trigon?

300

If you look up a form of the Greek verb εἶμι (“to go”), on Perseus’ Greek Word Study Tool, you get a definition in Latin: “ibo.” Parse ibo and give the verb it is from.

What is 1st singular future active indicative?

What is "eo"?

300

A famous relief at the Egyptian temple Medinet Habu depicts Pharaoh Ramesses III’s military defeat over what group of invaders?

Who are the Sea Peoples?

300

Which Greek mythological figure appears in the title of a Taylor Swift song on The Tortured Poets Department, featuring lyrics: “so they filled my cell with snakes, I regret to say, do you believe me now?”

Who is Cassandra?

300

What is the name of the house in Pompeii in which this fresco can be found?

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What is the House of the Vettii?

300

Name two events in the ancient pentathlon.

What is Javelin, Wrestling, Foot race, Discus, Jump?

400

Palmyra showcases the cross-cultural interactions between the East and West. Their funerary epigraphy is written in Greek or Latin with what other language?

What is Palmyrene Aramaic?

400

Which Near Eastern Empire defeated Rome in battle enough to take the Roman battle standards, which Rome finally regained on campaign about 30 years later?

What is the Parthian Empire?

400

In Epic: The Musical, which mentor does Telemachus share a duet with that features the same chord progression as Odysseus in his duet with the same character?

Who is Athena?

400

Who is this?

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Who is Emperor Trajan?

400

Emperor Domitian added which two colors as teams in chariot racing?

What are purple and gold?

500

In the New Testament Luke 1:28, when the Angel Gabriel appears to Mary to tell her of the birth of Jesus, he greets her with a rare form of the verb χαριτόω, “to show grace to:” κεχαριτωμένη. What part of speech is this word?

What is a perfect passive participle (feminine vocative singular)?

500

Which craft store's CEO has had to repatriate thousands of smuggled artifacts back to Iraq, including the Dream Tablet of Gilgamesh?

What is Hobby Lobby?

500

Virgil and this popular American children’s book author were both commissioned by political figures to write what genre of popular media?

Who is Dr Seuss?

What is propaganda?

500

 On what Roman building is this frieze?

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What is the Ara Pacis?

500

Who would participate in the Heb Sed jubilee beginning after 30 years of service?

Who is the Pharaoh?