| According to Roman Tradition, what hero saved Rome from the Etruscans by defending the Pons Sublicius? | Horatius Cocles |
| According to its Latin motto, what state only requires you to look around if you seek a pleasant peninsula? | Michigan |
| After she brought about her father's death by cutting her purple lock of hair, who was changed into a ciris bird? | Scylla |
| During the Salutatio it was customary for clients to bring what small gift basket to their patrons? | Sportula |
| From the blood of what Spartan youth did Apollo cause a flower to grow after accidentally killing him with a discus? | Hyacinthus |
| From what Latin noun with what meaning do we derive the English noun coin? | Cuneus - wedge |
| From what Latin noun with what meaning do we derive the English word "coward"? | Cauda - tail |
| Generally worn by freedmen, what conical hat was also placed upon slaves during auctions? | Pilleus |
| Give the Latin and English for the motto of Kentucky. | Deo Gratiam Habeamus - Let us give thanks to God |
| Give the Latin and English for the motto of London? | Domine, dirigo nos - Lord guide us |
| Give the Latin and English for the state motto of New Mexico. | Crescit eundo - It grows as it goes |
| Give the Latin and English for the state motto of New York. | Excelsior! - Higher! |
| Give the Latin and English for the state motto of South Carolina. | Dum Spiro, Spero - While I breathe, I hope |
| Give the Latin and English for the state of Idaho? | Esto perpetua - Be always |
| Give the Latin and English for the state of Kansas? | Ad astra per aspera - To the stars through difficulties |
| Give the Latin and English for the state of Wyoming. | Cedant arma togae - Let arms yield to the toga |
| Give the Latin motto and its meaning for the state of Arizona. | Ditat Deus - God enriches |
| Give the Latin term for the person whose duties included placing a titulus and pilleus upon slaves to prepare them for auction? | MangÅ |
| In which part of a Roman house would you find an impluvium for collecting rainwater? | Atrium |
| In which room of a Roman house was it customary to eat? | Triclinium |
| In which room of a Roman house was it customary to sleep? | Cubiculum |
| Into what was Clytie transformed because of her jealous actions against her sister Leucothoe? | Sunflower |
| Into what were the tears of the Heliades transformed? | Amber |
| The Latin phrase "crescite et multiplicamini" is the Latin motto of what U.S. state? | Maryland |
| The former Latin motto of Wyoming was "cedant arma togae". Translate this into English. | Let arms yield to the toga |
| The recently adopted Latin motto of North Dakota is "serit ut alteri saeclo prosit". Translate this into English. | One sows for the benefit of another age |
| Translate into English the motto of Alabama, which is rendered in Latin as "audemus iura nostra defendere". | We dare to defend our rights |
| Translate into English the motto of Boston, which is rendered in Latin as "sicut patribus, sit deus nobis". | As to our fathers, may God be to us |
| Translate into English the motto of Vermont, "stella quarta decima fulgeat". | May the fourteenth star shine bright |
| Translate into English the motto of the Olympics. "Citius, Altius, Fortius" | Swifter, Higher, Stronger |
| Translate into English the motto of the US Coast Guard. "Semper Paratus" | Always prepared |
| Translate into English the motto of the US Marine Corps. "Semper Fidelis" | Always faithful |
| Translate into English the motto of the state of Colorado. "Nil sine numine" | divine will/Nothing without god |
| Translate into English the state motto of Connecticut. "Qui transtulit sustinet." | He who transplanted sustains |
| Translate into English the state motto of Missouri. "Salus populi suprema lex est." | The welfare of the people is the supreme law |
| Translate into English the state motto of North Carolina. "Esse quam videri." | To be rather than to seem |
| Translate into English the state motto of Oklahoma. "Labor omnia vincit." | Work conquers all |
| Translate into English the state motto of Oregon. "Alis volat propiis." | She flies with her own wings |
| What European city has as its Latin motto "fluctuat nec mergitur" which means "it is tossed by the waves but does not sink"? | Paris |
| What King of Epirus did the Tarentines appeal to for help in 280 B.C? | Pyrrhus |
| What Latin adverb with what meaning lies at the ultimate root of clandestine? | Clam - secretly |
| What Latin noun is at the root of cavalier? | Caballus |
| What Latin noun with what meaning is at the ultimate root of chef? | Caput - head |
| What Latin noun with what meaning is at the ultimate root of proctor? | Cura - concern |
| What Latin noun with what meaning is at the ultimate root of trident? | Dens - tooth |
| What Latin noun with what meaning lies at the root of kennel? | Canis - dog |
| What Latin verb with what meaning lies at the root of "challenge"? | Calvor - to deceive, to use tricks against |
| What Latin verb with what meaning lies at the root of "chisel", "concise", and "suicide"? | Caedo - to fall |
| What Latin verb with what meaning lies at the root of chisel? | Caedo - to cut |
| What Latin verb with what meaning lies at the root of chowder, scald, and cauldron? | Caleo - to be warm |
| What Latin verb with what meaning lies at the root of the English noun chauffeur? | Caleo - to be warm |
| What Latin verb with what meaning lies at the ultimate root of "nonchalant"? | Caleo - to be warm |
| What Ligurian musician was changed into a swan as he mourned for his friend Phaethon? | Cycnus |
| What Plebeian consul, responsible for the Foedus Cassianum, was executed by a patrician consul n 485 B.C? | Spurius Cassius |
| What Roman commander committed the devotio during the battle of Sentinum? | Decius Mus |
| What Roman commander was the victorious admiral at the battle of Aegates Islands? | Lutatius Catulus |
| What Roman patrician, exiled through plebeian hostility, led a Volscian attack on Rome in 491 B.C? | Coriolanus |
| What Sennonian chieftain reportedly said vae victis to the Romans when they complained of weighted scales? | Brennus |
| What Spartan mercenary did the Carthaginians hire in 255 B.C to reform their military? | Xanthippus |
| What US state has as its motto "Dirigo" which means I direct? | Maine |
| What battle of 260 B.C was Rome's first major naval victory? | Mylae |
| What battle of 321 B.C was a decisive victory for the Samnites? | Caudine Forks |
| What childhood amulet did Roman boys lay aside during their Liberalia when they assumed the toga virilis? | Bulla |
| What city has as its Latin motto "urbs in horto" which means "a city in a garden"? | Chicago |
| What consul of 249 B.C was responsible for the naval disaster at Drepana? | Publius Claudius Pulcher |
| What consul was victorious at the battle of Mylae? | Duilius |
| What couple, riding an oxcart, led the Encheleans into various wars until that tribe was routed and they were transformed into snakes? | Cadmus & Harmonia |
| What daughter of Peneius was changed into a Laurel tree as she fled from Apollo? | Daphne |
| What device marked the hours of the night as well as day and could be used in the house with the use of water? | Clepsydra |
| What group of Campanian Mercenaries seized the city of Messana in 289 B.C? | The Mamertines |
| What happened to the Roman army at the Caudine Forks after they were defeated? | Driven under the Yolk |
| What is the Latin term for a slave who was in charge of managing a familia rustica? | Vilicus |
| What is the Latin term for the 9th day after birth when an infant was given his name? | Dies Lustricus |
| What is the Latin term for the guardian spirit that entered the world with boys? | Genius |
| What is the only State in the union with a Greek motto? | California |
| What man did the Senate chose to be dictator to save the Romans at Mt.Algidus? | Cincinnatus |
| What man, the only member of both decemviri councils, is infamous for his tyrannical actions? | Appius Claudius |
| What naval battle of 241 B.C proved to be the deciding battle of the First Punic War? | Aegates Island |
| What piece of naval technology did the Romans use against the Carthaginians to turn a naval battle into a land battle? | Corvus |
| What son of Cephissus & Leiriope fell in love with his own reflection and wasted away watching it? | Narcissus |
| What state has as its Latin motto "civilitas successit barbarum ", which means "civilization succeeds barbarism"? | Minnesota |
| What state's legislature displayed their great facility with the text of Lucretius when they accepted "crescit eundo" as their state motto? | New Mexico |
| What two Latin nouns with what meanings lie at the root of dandelion? | Dens - tooth, Leo - lion |
| What two day battle did Pyrrhus fight against the Romans in 279 B.C, ultimately winning another Pyrrhic victory? | Asculum |
| What war ended with the consul Gaius Lutatius Catulus destroying a Carthaginian fleet near the Aegates Islands in 241 BC? | First Punic War |
| What woman from Colophon dared to challenge Athena to a weaving contest and as a result was transformed into a spider? | Arachne |
| What word is shared by the mottoes of Missouri and Idaho? | Esto |
| Where did Pyrrhus defeat the Romans in 280 B.C? | Heraclea |
| Where did the Romans defeat Pyrrhus in 275 B.C? | Beneventum |
| Where in 295 B.C did the Romans defeat a coalition of Samnites, Etruscans, Sabines, and Umbrians? | Sentinum |
| Where in 390 B.C were the Romans routed by Gaullic invaders? | Allia River |
| Where in 458 B.C was a Roman army trapped by the Aequi? | Mt.Algidus |
| Where, in 225 BC, did the consuls Gaius Atilius Regulus and Lucius Aemilius Papus decimate a force of over 70,000 Insubrian Gauls? | Cape Telamon |
| Which Greek Olympian does Homer call "Nephelegereta" meaning "the cloud gatherer"? | Zeus |
| Which Greek deity had the epithet "Argeiphontes", meaning "killer of Argus"? | Hermes |
| Which Greek deity had the epithet "Ennosigaeus", meaning "Earth-shaker"? | Poseidon |
| Which Greek deity had the epithet "Promachos"? | Athena |
| Which Greek deity had the epithets "Anadyomene", and "Cytheria"? | Aphrodite |
| Which Greek deity had the epithets "Delphinius", and "Smintheus"? | Apollo |
| Which US state has a future imperative in its Latin motto? | Idaho/Missouri |
| Which of the following if any does not belong because of derivation? Cutlet, accolade, accost, coast | Accolade |
| Which of the following words if any does not share the same Latin root as the others? Chivalry, chef, cavalier, cavalry | Chef |
| Which pious couple offered to kill their pet goose to provide a meal for a pair of disguised gods? | Baucis & Philemon |
| Which state called upon an exchange between Cicero and his brother when accepting the phrase "dum spiro, spero" as its Latin motto? | South Carolina |
| Which two women persuaded Coriolanus to turn back from his assault on Rome? | Veturia (mother), Volumnia (wife) |
| While grieving over the loss of his daughter who flung himself from a cliff and was transformed into a hawk? | Daedalion |
| Who blinded Polymnestor for killing her youngest son and was transformed into a fiery-eyed dog? | Hecuba |
| Who sacked Carthage in 146 BC? | Scipio Aemilianus |
| Who sacked Corinth in 146 BC? | Mummius |
| Who stuck his right hand in a fire to prove the resolve of the Romans to Lars Porsenna? | Mucius Scaevola |
| Who twice punished by Demeter in the underworld - first trapped under a heavy stone, and later transformed into an owl? | Ascalaphus |
| Who was the Samnite commander at the battle of Caudine Forks? | Gavius Pontius |
| Whose rude laughter at the way Demeter greedily drank barley water resulted in his transformation into a lizard? | Ascalabus |