Trivia

Grammar

100

1. What case does the prepositions per, circum, ad, inter, trans, in

1. accusative

200

1. What are the four principle parts of a verb?

1. 1st person singular, infinitive, 1st person perfect, perfect passive participle

300

1. Please translate this sentence from English into Latin: “The messenger walks to the queen.”

1. NŪNTIUS AMBULAT AD RĒGĪNAM

400

1. Give three genitive endings and their number/declension

refer to Mrs. Tomayko

500

1. Name 6 uses of the ablative

1. Means, manner, place where/from, time when, ablative absolute, separation, comparison, cause, agent

Vocab/Derivatives

100

1. The name of what symptom is derived from the latin word galbus meaning yellow?

Jaundice

200

1. What is the latin word and meaning from which muscular is derived?

hint: 

1. The astrologus’ favorite animal!!

mus

300

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   • What is the latin word and meaning from which glutelin is derived

   • hint: There is a box in this classroom labeled with the word.

Gluten

400

1. Which is the odd one out: fortitude, fortuitous, fortissimo, and comfort

hint: 

1. Lucky strength

fortuitous

500

Give the latin word and meaning from which calculator, chalk, caliche, and calcium derives from 

hints: 

1. What’s everyone’s least favorite math class?

2. What is the most common rock type in Tennessee (hint: sedimentary)?

1. Calculus, Pebble, limestone

Mythology

100

• Which god was the patron over the city of Athens, Delphi, and Dion

• Athena, Apollo, Zeus

200

• Father & Mother of Monsters

• Typhon & Echidna 

300

• Who did Hercules marry and what’s she the goddess of?

• Hebe…youth

400

• Who was Medea’s grandfather?

Helios

500

• BOMB: if you get this wrong…delete all your points…which cyclops got stabbed by nobody

• Polyphemus

History

100

• Name that dude!

  • Cabbages

  • A farmer who becomes dictator in a crisis

  • Defeats Rome’s enemies & returns to his farm within 15 days

Cincinnatus

200

• Name that dude!

  • Was a roman guy

  • Roman historian

  • Friends w/ Augustus

  • Wrote ab urba condita

Livy

300

• Name all emperors in the julio-claudian emperors…(doulbe points...if named in order)

Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero

400

• What notable event happened in 79 CE & who described the death of  Pliny the Elder who died while trying to rescue people from Pompeii and Herculaneum.

• Mt Vesuvius erupted; Pliny the younger

500

A naval battle fought between Octavian's maritime fleet, led by Marcus Agrippa, and the combined fleets of Mark Antony and Cleopatra…

Battle of Actium

Astronomy

100

QUINTIPLE POINTS (500!!!): Name the formula… you even get the variable names!!! m-M = -5+5log(d); d = 10^((m-M+5)/5). m = Apparent magnitude, M = Absolute magnitude, d = Distance (pc).

Distance modulus

200

1. DOUBLE POINTS: Which ancient Greek determined the circumference of the earth?

1. eratosthenes

300

1. BOMB: which two generals were ambushed by the Gallic tribes after being idiots/ falling for the French peeps deception

1. Sabinus & Cotta

400

1. DOUBLE POINTS: What is the name of the famous diffuse nebula that resides in a constellation that makes up the KEEL of Jason’s ship the Argo?

1. Carina nebula

500

1. DOUBLE POINTS: The K-type star 55 Cancri A which is 41 light years away and part of a binary star system with 5 planets shares a name with a what famous scientist?

1. Copernicus