2007 Smokey Rivers Certamen Round 1

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 2007 Ad Flumina Fumosa Certamen

 Round 1

1. What was the real name of Cynthia, the woman glorified in the elegies of Propertius?
    HOSTIA
       B1 Where is Propertius believed to have been born?
            ASSISI (ASISIUM)
       B2 Did Propertius share a patron with Tibullus or with Horace?
            HORACE (MAECENAS)

2. Give the Latin verb that most logically completes this set: gustare, tangere, audire, videre.
    OLFACERE
       B1 Give a single Latin noun to categorize the verbs from the tossup.
           SENSUS
       B2 Give a single Latin noun to categorize this set: bellis viola, caltha, lilium.
           FLOS/FLORIDA
      
3. What is a Vergilian cento?
    POEM PRODUCED BY REARRANGING LINES AND PHRASES FROM VERGIL
       B1 What 4th century AD female Roman author composed a Vergilian cento on the creation of the world and the life of Christ?
             (FALTONIA BETITIA) PROBA
       B2 On what war did she write an epic poem?
             (CIVIL WAR B/T) CONSTANTIUS II & MAGNENTIUS

4. According to Homer, who is Calypso's father?
    ATLAS
       B1 What was the name of the island on which she dwelt, known as "the sea's navel"?
             OGYGIE
       B2 For how many years did Odysseus remain on Ogygie with Calypso?
             7

5. What is the Latin verb at the root of "prompt"?
    EMO, EMERE
       B1 What is the Latin verb at the root of "routine"?
             RUMPO, RUMPERE
       B2 What is the Latin verb at the root of "envy"?
             VIDEO, VIDERE

6. What extension of power had Tiberius received in the year prior to his accession to the throne?
    (RENEWAL OF) TRIBUNICIAN POWER
       B1 In what year did Tiberius assume the throne?
          14 AD
       B2 What group, upon which Augustus had relied heavily in his last months, did Tiberius abolish?
          CONSILIUM PRINCIPIS

7. Perform the following Latin command: Kavindae maledice Latine.
    (PLAYER SHOULD INSULT KAVINDA IN LATIN; THE LATIN MUST BE GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT.)
       B1 Now try this one: Fumosum laudate Anglice.
          (WHOLE TEAM SHOULD PRAISE SMOKEY IN ENGLISH.)
       B2 Translate the following sentence into English: Haroldus tam benignus est ut muscam non noceat.
          HAROLD IS SO NICE THAT HE DOES NOT/WOULD NOT HARM A FLY.

8. Give the 2nd person plural pluperfect active subjunctive of dispello.
    DISPEPULISSETIS
       B1 Change dispepulissetis to the passive.
          DISPULSI ESSETIS
       B2 Change dispulsi essetis to the imperfect.
          DISPELLEREMINI

9. Which Plautine comedy features two slaves competing for the hand of a slave-girl in marriage?
    CASINA
       B1 Which of his plays revolves around the scamming of a leno?
          PERSA
       B2 Which of his plays features a mischievous merchant's son?
          MERCATOR

10. Of the following divinities, to which two is Medea related? HELIOS, Dionysus, Artemis, and CIRCE.
       B1 According to Apollonius of Rhodes, which dead hero did Medea marry?
          ACHILLES
       B2 Medea's traditional husband is Jason, of course. They fled to Corinth after Medea persuaded whose daughters to kill their father?
          PELIAS'

11. Listen carefully to the following passage, which I will read twice, and answer the question that follows in Latin.
Carus fuit Africano superiori noster Ennius, itaque etiam in sepulcro Scipionum putatur is esse constitutus ex marmore. At eis laudibus certe non solum ipse qui laudatur, sed etiam populi Romani nomen ornatur. In caelum huius proavus Cato tollitur: magnus honos populi Romani rebus adiungitur.
(READ PASSAGE AGAIN)
The question: Cuius nomen, preater Africanum, ab Ennio ornatum est?
    POPULI ROMANI
       B1 Now answer in English. What relation is Cato to the man feferred to as "huius"?
            GREAT-GRANDFATHER
       B2 In what year was this speech from which this passage was taken delivered?
             62 BC

12. Quid significat "aratrum"?
    PLOW
       B1 Quid significat "aranea"?
           SPIDER/SPIDERWEB
       B2 Quid significat "ardor"?
           ZEAL

13. What is the Greek term for the homecomings of the Greeks from Troy?
    NOSTOI
       B1 What was the fate of Agamemnon upon his return?
          MURDER BY AEGISTHUS AND CLYTEMNESTRA
       B2 Where did Menelaus before returning home to Sparta?
          EGYPT

14. In whose Persian campaign was Jovian serving as senior staff officer when he became emperor?
      JULIAN
       B1 In what year did Jovain die?
          364 AD
       B2 Who succeeded him?
          VALENTINIAN I

15. Which of these abbreviations would you expect to find on a legal document? loc. cit., Au, Q.E.D., or hab. corp.?
    HAB. CORP. (HABEAS CORPUS)
       B1 Which would you expect to find in a chemistry book?
          AU
       B2 Which would you expect to find in a footnote?
          LOC. CIT. (LOCO CITATO)

16. What were the wooden fillets used to arrange a Roman bride's hair called?
    VITTAE
       B1 Into how many locks was her hair arranged?
          SIX
       B2 Identify the name and color of the bridal veil.
          FLAMMEUM, ORANGE

17. Translate: Nihil impedit quin lacrimem.
    NOTHING STOPS ME FROM CRYING/NOTHING INTERFERES BUT THAT I CRY.
       B1 Translage: Amor obstat ne lacrimem.
          LOVE STOPS ME FROM CRYING/LOVE INTERFERES SO THAT I DON'T CRY.
       B2 Translate: Quin lacrimes?
          WHY ARE YOU CRYING?/STOP CRYING

18. What prolific author served under Pompey in the Civil War, is credited with writing over 70 works spanning over 600 books, and is considered Rome's greatest scholar?
    (MARCUS TERENTIUS) VARRO
       B1 What is Varro's only wholly extant work?
          DE RE RUSTICA
       B2 To whom does Varro dedicate 21 of the 25 boooks of his De Lingua Latina?
          CICERO

19. Of what was Melpomene the Muse?
    TRAGEDY
       B1 Which Muse governed hymns and pantomime?
          POLYHYMNIA
       B2 Which two Muses were variously said to govern lyric poetry?
          ERATO & TERPSICHORE

20. How long was Hadrian's wall?
    80 ROMAN MILES
       B1 What emperor built another wall in Britain to extend Roman authority?
          ANTONINUS PIUS
       B2 What emperor withdrew Rome's authority from Pius wall back to Hadrian's?
          COMMODUS