Greek Mythology
The following all have this in common
Cocytus, Phlegethon, Acheron, Lethe, Styx.
What is they are rivers
This construction is called
Maddie credit Saturanlia esse optima.
Under this man's rule, the Empire reached its greatest extent?
Who is Trajan
Saturnalia is a celebration of this annual occurrence
What is the Winter Solstice
This professor played rugby in college
Professor Benefiel
This is the name of Oedipus' mother and wife
Jocasta
Change amas to the imperfect tense keeping the same person and number
amabas
This woman is best known as Nero's overbearing mother.
Who is Agrippina the Younger
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... People decorated their homes with this during the festival of Saturnalia.
What are wreaths and other Greenery
This professor wrote a children's book entitled "Dinosongs: Poems to celebrate a T-Rex named Sue"
Who is Professor Crotty
Hermes's staff was home to this many snakes
What is two
The Roman poet Horace is the first to have quoted the phrase “carpe diem.” “Carpe” is this type of verb?
What is an imperitive
The homes of the wealthiest Romans were located on this hill
What is the Palatine Hill
This is one of the activities that people participated in during the festival of Saturnalia
What is feasting, gambling, singing, playing music, merry making, giving gifts
This professor spent a summer as a truck driver delivering kegs to cowboy bars in Kansas.
Who is Professor Laughy
This island was home to the infant Zeus while his father ruled the universe
Crete
Out of these prepositions: Sub, in, dē, circum, ab only this one takes the accusative
What is circum
This Gallic chieftain led a revolt against Caesar, and was finally defeated in 52 B.C.E?
Who is Vercingetorix
These wax taper candles called cerei were common gifts during Saturnalia signifying the return of this after the festival.
What is the sun
The "X" in CMXD stands for this name
Xavier
These nymphs, having been chased by Orion, were turned into a constellation.
What are the Pleiades
Make verberabamini pluperfect, keeping everything else the same.
verberati, verberatae eratis
This brave Roman defended the Pons Sublicius single-handedly as it was being destroyed behind him, and then swam back to safety in his armor.
Horatius
This was the name of the last day of Saturnalia celebrations
Sigillaria
These two people should be the next hosts of Jeopardy
Who are Maddie and Lauren