Random Virgil Fact
Who's That?
About Aeneas / Book One Plot
Background
Mr. Knittle it's hard to fill this many categories
100
What is Virgil's nationality?
Roman
100
Who Shakes the seas while trying to stop Aeneas? (God/Goddess)
Neptune
100
Where did Aenies live prior to his adventure?
Troy
100
Who is the Author of the Aeneid?
Virgil
100
What color is this? IN LATIN
prasinus, -a, - um
(Green)
200
What is Virgil's full name?
Publius Vergilius Maro
200
Which God/Goddess hates Aeneas/Trojans and wants to kill him.
Venus
200
Who is his mom?
Venus
200
Who is the leader at the time of writing the Aeneid
Augustus
200
What Number is this?
MCMXXXIX
Bonus 100 Points: What color movie came out this year?
1939
Wizard of Oz/Gone With the Wind
300
What Year did Virgil Die?
19 BC
300
Who is the god also referred to as Jove in Vergil's Aenied?
Jupiter
300
Where does Venus tell Aeneas to go?
Carthage
300
What is the estimated date of the Trojan War?
around the years 1200-1250 BC
300
What color is this Jeopardy board? (Its not just blue)
caerula
(Dark Blue)
400
Who did Virgil take inspiration from for his poems like the Aeneid?
Homer
400
Greek leader, who in the sack of Troy had taken Priam's daughter, Cassandra, by force from the sanctuary of Minerva
Ajax
400
What is a famous Greek story does Aeneas have a minor role in?
Homer's Iliad
400
The three reasons that Juno hates the Trojans
The judgment of Paris
Ganymede
The newly founded land will mean that Carthage is no longer the most important city in the world
400
Whats infant in latin?
infans
500
How old was Virgil when he died?
50 Years Old
500
Which direction of the wind is controlled by the God Zephyrus?
The West Wind
500
2X POINTS: This statue was made during what years?
c. 1618-19.
500
Who are the divine ancestors connected to Augustus?
Who are Venus and Mars
500
What is happy birthday in latin?
felix dies tibi sit