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Quiz about If Latin Werent Dead
Quiz about If Latin Werent Dead

If Latin Weren't Dead Trivia Quiz


Suppose that people today spoke Latin. That's the premise of this quiz. A careful look at context clues in the question and the possible answers ought to result in a correct response.

A multiple-choice quiz by sircrossen. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
sircrossen
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
274,523
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
1387
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. Let's suppose that George Lucas wrote "Star Wars" in Latin. It means that the scene just prior to Luke Skywalker destroying the Death Star would contain the following voice over (by Alec Guinness - aka Obi Wan). Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. You're very concerned over how many of the largest oceanic mammals are left alive, so you shout what? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. A certain king of pop might have shouted this when he was covered in a shower of sparks while filming a Pepsi commercial. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. You're a teacher, and you've heard every excuse in the book. You roll your eyes when a student says this about his missing homework. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. You've kicked back to relax with your iPod. Now you're listening to a classic Motley Crue hit from the 80s. In Latin, it's: Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. You're watching a classic film set mostly in a land somewhere over the rainbow. At one point, the protagonist looks down at her tiny companion and says: Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. You're at a birthday party for your five year old nephew. Just when it's time for cake and that delicious dairy treat, the kids chant what? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. You're on a date at an Italian restaurant. Just after you sample the manicotti al forno, your date leans forward and whispers something to you. You blush with embarrassment as you tidy up with a napkin. What did she say? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. You're reading a new Garfield strip, and in this one Jon is angry because Garfield has just made an unwelcome addition to the living room carpet. In a fit of baffled anger, Jon says what? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. It's been a long day (and a long quiz). You'd like nothing more but to kick back with a refreshing and fermented brewed beverage. However, you're watching your calories, so you say to the bartender: Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Let's suppose that George Lucas wrote "Star Wars" in Latin. It means that the scene just prior to Luke Skywalker destroying the Death Star would contain the following voice over (by Alec Guinness - aka Obi Wan).

Answer: Sit vis vobiscum

Obi Wan comforted Skywalker by saying, "May the force be with you." The context clue here is "vobiscum," meaning with you - as Catholics say, "Pax vobiscum," or "Peace be with you."
2. You're very concerned over how many of the largest oceanic mammals are left alive, so you shout what?

Answer: Balaenae nobis conservandae sunt!

Of course, you want to "Save the whales!" The key word for context here is "conservandeae," or, in English, "conserve" (aka "save").
3. A certain king of pop might have shouted this when he was covered in a shower of sparks while filming a Pepsi commercial.

Answer: Mei capilli flagrantes sunt!

I'm not sure what Jackson really yelled, but it might as well have been "My hair is on fire!". The main context clue here is "flagrantes," similar to the English word "conflagration," meaning fire.
4. You're a teacher, and you've heard every excuse in the book. You roll your eyes when a student says this about his missing homework.

Answer: Canis meus id comedit

What is it about homework that dogs mythically find so irresistable? Nothing, you would think, but still students claim, "My dog ate it!"

Of course, the key context clue is "canis," which means dog.
5. You've kicked back to relax with your iPod. Now you're listening to a classic Motley Crue hit from the 80s. In Latin, it's:

Answer: Domus Dulcis Domus

Released on the band's 1985 album "Theater of Pain," the monster hit "Home Sweet Home" is considered one of the great metal ballads of the 80s. The context clue is "Domus," related to the English "Domicile," meaning house or home.
6. You're watching a classic film set mostly in a land somewhere over the rainbow. At one point, the protagonist looks down at her tiny companion and says:

Answer: Certe, Toto, sentio nos in Kansate non iam adesse

Who doesn't love the "Wizard of Oz"? Of course, when things seem out of sorts, any one of us might say, "You know, Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." Context clues include "Toto" and "Kansate."
7. You're at a birthday party for your five year old nephew. Just when it's time for cake and that delicious dairy treat, the kids chant what?

Answer: Clamo, clamatis, omnes clamamus pro glace lactis!

What's a party without a cake and ice cream? Context clues include "clamo" -"I scream", "clamatis" - you scream", "omnes clamamus"- "we all scream" (think "clamor" in English). Also note "lactis," and think of milk - at least the lactic acid part.
8. You're on a date at an Italian restaurant. Just after you sample the manicotti al forno, your date leans forward and whispers something to you. You blush with embarrassment as you tidy up with a napkin. What did she say?

Answer: In dentibus anticis frustrum magnum spiniciae habes

She just told you that you have a big piece of spinach in your front teeth. Context clues include "dentibus" (teeth - think dentist!) and "spiniciae" (think spinach - main ingredient in manicotti).
9. You're reading a new Garfield strip, and in this one Jon is angry because Garfield has just made an unwelcome addition to the living room carpet. In a fit of baffled anger, Jon says what?

Answer: Feles mala! Cur cista non uteris? Stramentum novum in ea posui.

"Bad cat!" he shouts, "Why don't you use the cat box. I put new litter it it." Then again, Garfield does what he wants. Context clues include "Feles" (think feline, or cat) and "mala" (meaning "bad," used primarily as a prefix in English - e.g. malevolent, malediction).
10. It's been a long day (and a long quiz). You'd like nothing more but to kick back with a refreshing and fermented brewed beverage. However, you're watching your calories, so you say to the bartender:

Answer: Da mihi sis cerevisiam dilutam

"I'll have a light beer," that's what you'd say. Context clues include cerevisiam (think "cerveza" - Spanish for beer; come on, you've seen the labels for Corona, "Cerveza mas fine"!) and "dilutam" (think diluted - or light).
Source: Author sircrossen

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