Culture Introduction Toss-Ups

Question 1

What was the woolen mantle worn to protect against dust or sudden showers?

Answer 1

lacerna, Week 3

Question 2

Give the Latin term for the person whose duties included placing a titulus and pilleus upon slaves to prepare them for auction?

Answer 2

mango, Week 2

Question 3

What building in Rome had eighty entrances?

Answer 3

Colosseum / Flavian Amphitheater, Week 4

Question 4

In what year was the Flavian Amphitheater dedicated?

Answer 4

80 AD/CE, Week 4

Question 5

What was the occupation of a libitinarius?

Answer 5

undertaker, Week 5

Question 6

What tasty snack would the Romans refer to as malum persicum?

Answer 6

peach, Week 3

Question 7

What ceremony, during which the deities Tellus, Picumnus, and Pilumnus were honored, was culminated with an offering of spelt cake to Zeus?

Answer 7

Confarreatio, Week 1

Question 8

What is the Latin term for dramatic performances?

Answer 8

ludi scenici, Week 4

Question 9

What does a sutor make?

Answer 9

shoes (cobbler), Week 5

Question 10

In ancient times the Romans would flood the colosseum and imitate naval battles. What is the term for this type of spectacle?

Answer 10

Naumachiae, Week 4

Question 11

Which republican magistrate was accompanied by six lictors and was responsible for the administration of justice?

Answer 11

praetor, Week 5

Question 12

What was the weapon of choice of a laquaeator?

Answer 12

lasso, Week 4

Question 13

Sea urchins, asparagus, sliced eggs, lettuce, and onions are examples of what part of the meal that might be served before the cēna?

Answer 13

gustus, Week 3

Question 14

What is the Latin term for the 9th day after birth when an infant was given his name?

Answer 14

Dies Lustricus, Week 2

Question 15

What drink was made of water and honey?

Answer 15

mulsa, Week 3

Question 16

If you are in the circus and you have just witnessed a spatium, what have you just seen?

Answer 16

1 lap in a chariot race, Week 4

Question 17

What is the term for the heavy wool wrap worn outside the toga?

Answer 17

paenula, Week 3

Question 18

What is the term for a dinner party?

Answer 18

convivium, Week 3

Question 19

What by-product was made by fermenting the intestines and other waste parts of fish?

Answer 19

garum / liquamen, Week 3

Question 20

What did the Romans call a tax-collector?

Answer 20

publicanus, Week 5

Question 21

What is the Latin term for the box in which tali were kept?

Answer 21

fritillus, Week 4

Question 22

What was the best throw in a game of tesserae?

Answer 22

Venus Throw, Week 4

Question 23

On what occasion might you hear a Roman say “quando tu Gaius, ego Gaia”?

Answer 23

wedding, Week 1

Question 24

Generally worn by freedmen, what conical hat was also placed upon slaves during auctions?

Answer 24

pilleus, Week 2

Question 25

What was a gladiator called at his first public appearance?

Answer 25

tiro, Week 4

Question 26

What is the Latin term for a peach?

Answer 26

malum Persicum, Week 3

Question 27

Who was always the opponent of a retiarius?

Answer 27

secutor, Week 4

Question 28

What delicacy was known to the Romans as "glis"?

Answer 28

doormouse, Week 3

Question 29

What is the Latin term for the footwear which Roman women wore indoors?

Answer 29

soleae, Week 3

Question 30

What is the Latin term for a lap around the circus?

Answer 30

curriculum or spatium, Week 4

Question 31

Give the Latin terms for the two major categories into which Roman clothing fell depending on whether they were wrapped or pulled over the head.

Answer 31

amictus & indutus (respectively), Week 3

Question 32

What term classifies garments which are wrapped around the body instead of draped over the shoulders?

Answer 32

amictus, Week 3

Question 33

What is the Latin term for the guardian spirit that entered the world with boys?

Answer 33

Genius, Week 2

Question 34

Which toga was customarily adorned by boys at the age of 16 during their liberalia?

Answer 34

toga virilis, Week 3

Question 35

What was the exercise ground of the baths called?

Answer 35

palaestra, Week 4

Question 36

What is the Latin term for a slave who was in charge of managing a familia rustica?

Answer 36

vilicus, Week 2

Question 37

What is the Latin term for a coarse wrap, older than the lacerna, and made of wool, leather, or fur?

Answer 37

paenula, Week 3

Question 38

Which toga was often worn by triumphant generals?

Answer 38

toga picta, Week 3

Question 39

How many laps were completed for a chariot race?

Answer 39

seven, Week 4

Question 40

What is the Latin term for the adoption of one paterfamilias by another paterfamilias?

Answer 40

Adrogatio, Week 1

Question 41

Which festival's rituals included animal sacrifice in a cave on the Palatine followed by two young men wearing the skins of the sacrificed animals, whipping everyone they met?

Answer 41

Lupercalia, Week 6

Question 42

Which Roman praenomen is abbreviated P.?

Answer 42

Publius, Week 1

Question 43

What type of Roman funeral was called fūnus acerbum?

Answer 43

funeral for children, Week 5

Question 44

In which room of a Roman house was it customary to eat?

Answer 44

triclinium, Week 2

Question 45

What was the purpose of lustratio?

Answer 45

purification & averting the evil eye, Week 6

Question 46

What was a fritillus?

Answer 46

a dice box, Week 4

Question 47

Of what important guide for Rome were the priests called quindecemviri in charge?

Answer 47

Sybilline Books, Week 6

Question 48

Regularly carried by a camillus, what small covered gift basket of utensils was a key symbol of the Confarreatio ceremony?

Answer 48

cumera, Week 1

Question 49

If you were walking down a Roman street and you saw a man dressed in purple with his face painted red, whom would you most likely be looking at?

Answer 49

triumphant general, Week 3

Question 50

What is the term for a training master for gladiators?

Answer 50

lanista, Week 4

Question 51

In terms of meals, what is the meaning of secunda mēnsa?

Answer 51

dessert, Week 3

Question 52

Which part of a Roman's name denotes his gens?

Answer 52

nomen, Week 1

Question 53

Usually fastened by the nodus Herculaneus, what garment did women wear on their wedding day?

Answer 53

tunica recta / tunica regilla, Week 1

Question 54

What is the Latin term for a wholesale slave dealer?

Answer 54

mango, Week 3

Question 55

What is the Latin term for the turning posts in the circus?

Answer 55

metae, Week 4

Question 56

What kind of gladiator would usually depart the arena via the Porta Libitīnēnsis?

Answer 56

a dead one, Week 4

Question 57

Due to its great length, a stola was always worn with what accessory?

Answer 57

zona, Week 3

Question 58

Who oversaw the mixing of wine at a comissātiō?

Answer 58

Magister Bibendi / Rex Bibendi / Arbiter Bibendi, Week 3

Question 59

What Phrygian goddess came to Rome in 205 BC during the Second Punic War?

Answer 59

Magna Mater, Week 6

Question 60

Who was the first emperor to wear a beard?

Answer 60

Hadrian, Week 3

Question 61

Who interpreted the will of the gods by bird flight patterns?

Answer 61

augures, Week 6

Question 62

What is the Latin term for a pomegranate?

Answer 62

malam Punicum, Week 3

Question 63

After a bride's hair was divided by a spear, what set of ribbons held the six locks in place?

Answer 63

vittae, Week 1

Question 64

In which part of a Roman house would you find an impluvium for collecting rain water?

Answer 64

atrium, Week 2

Question 65

What device marked the hours of the night as well as day and could be used in the house with the use of water?

Answer 65

clepsydra, Week 2

Question 66

What type of toga was worn by those called sordidātī, who were mourning the loss of a loved one?

Answer 66

toga pulla, Week 3

Question 67

What Latin term describes the relationship between people related by blood?

Answer 67

cognati, Week 1

Question 68

What unique characteristic identified a gladiator as a murmillō?

Answer 68

fish-crested helmet, Week 4

Question 69

Which type of gladiator was armed with two swords?

Answer 69

dimachaerus, Week 4

Question 70

What was an argentarius?

Answer 70

banker, Week 5

Question 71

Which type of gladiator fought blindfolded?

Answer 71

andabata, Week 4

Question 72

What is another term for gustus?

Answer 72

antecena, Week 3

Question 73

What are Cerialia, Quirinalia, Matronalia, Lupercalia, and Saturnalia?

Answer 73

Roman Festivals, Week 6

Question 74

What is the malum armeniacum?

Answer 74

apricot, Week 3

Question 75

What piece of clothing might be considered the 'uniform' of a Roman citizen?

Answer 75

toga, Week 3

Question 76

What is another term for the toga splendēns?

Answer 76

toga candida, Week 3

Question 77

Which three Roman gods had priests known as flamines?

Answer 77

Jupiter, Mars, Quirinus, Week 6

Question 78

What did the Romans call gladiators who used two swords?

Answer 78

dimachaerus, Week 4

Question 79

Ientāculum, prandium, and cēna are all terms for what?

Answer 79

meals, Week 3

Question 80

What type of Roman funeral was called fūnus plēbēium?

Answer 80

funeral for the poor / plebeians, Week 5

Question 81

What is the Latin term for the sacrifice of a pig, a ram, and a bull?

Answer 81

Suovetaurilia, Week 6

Question 82

What markers indicated the completion of a lap in the circus?

Answer 82

eggs & dolphins, Week 4

Question 83

What was the worst throw in a game of tesserae?

Answer 83

Vulture Throw, Week 4

Question 84

What are the Latin terms for the four factiones?

Answer 84

russata, albata, veneta, prasina, Week 4

Question 85

What childhood amulet did Roman boys lay aside during their Liberalia when they assumed the toga virilis?

Answer 85

bulla, Week 2

Question 86

What is the profession of a pistor?

Answer 86

baker, Week 5

Question 87

During the Salutatio it was customary for clients to bring what small gift basket to their patrons?

Answer 87

sportula, Week 2

Question 88

After taking a vow of 30 years of chastity, which priestesses were placed in charge of protecting the hearth fire?

Answer 88

Vestal Virgins, Week 6

Question 89

Who fought with a heavy net and trident?

Answer 89

retiarius, Week 4

Question 90

What is the name of the holiday on April 21st that celebrated Rome's founding?

Answer 90

Parilia, Week 6

Question 91

In which room of a Roman house was it customary to sleep?

Answer 91

cubiculum, Week 2

Question 92

August 24th, October 5th, and November 8th were all days considered unfavorable for marriages because of the occurance of what phenomenon?

Answer 92

entrance to underworld opened, Week 1

Question 93

In ancient Rome, what would have been the occupation of a caupo?

Answer 93

inkeeper, Week 5

Question 94

Benches and lockers would be found in the room for undressing known as what in the thermae?

Answer 94

apodyterium, Week 4

Question 95

What is the profession of a sutor?

Answer 95

shoemaker, Week 5

Question 96

What is the profession of a publicanus?

Answer 96

tax-collector, Week 5

Question 97

What is the term for the first, watery, dark and bitter flow of olive oil?

Answer 97

amurca, Week 3