Saturnalia Jeopardy

Languages

100

This word, which describes someone who donates large amounts of money charitably, comes from the greek words for love and man

What is philanthropist?

200

Latin has six different cases, including nominative, ablative, accusative, genitive, dative, and this case

What is the vocative?

300

This Hebrew letter is named after the palm

What is kaf?

400

Translate this phrase: hāc tuā

This is yours

500

Parse ἄειδε, the second word of the Iliad

Second person singular present active imperative 

Classics In pop culture

100

This Disney movie released in 1997 follows the life of this hero  

What is Hercules?

200

This actor stars in the new movie Gladiator II, portraying the character Lucius

Who is Paul Mescal?

300

This Francis Ford Copolla movie, released this September, centers on two characters named Catilina and Cicerov

What is Megalopolis?

400

This Godard movie follows the making of a movie based on the Odyssey

What is Contempt (Le Mepris)?

500

This actor portrays Percy in the Disney+ show Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Who is Walker Scobell?

miscellaneous

100

This woman was the wife of Augustus

Who is Livia?

200

The human body has this many adult teeth

What is 32?

300

This archaeologist is credited with discovering Troy

Who is Heinrich Schliemann?

400

This day is the actual date for the celebration of Saturnalia

What is December 17?

500

Euripides wrote two plays centered on Phaedra and her love for her stepson, titled these two different names

What are Hippolytus Kalyptomenos and Hippolytus Stephanophoros?

Classics Society

100

This student who graduated last year was president of classics society for 2 years in a row

Who is Maddie?

200

Faculty advisor for Classics Society

Who is Dr Syfox?

300

This Classics Society member has four pet cats

Who is Chloe?

400

Room that classics society meets in

Van Hise 155

500

Classics society member whose birthday is today

Who is Chloe?

Myths

100

This nymph is the mother of Achilles

Who is Thetis?

200

These two lovers from rival families communicated with each other through a crack in the wall

who are Pyramus and Thisbe?

300

This mother of 14 children was turned into a rock to escape her sadness but continued to cry

Who is Niobe?

400

This monstrous dweller of Erytheia was known for the cattle he kept

Who is Geryon?

500

This Arcadian king was turned into a wolf after killing his son and feeding him to Zeus

Who is Lycaon?