Latin Phrases

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. When a meeting has been adjourned without a date being agreed upon for re-convening, we can say it has been adjourned _____ ____ ? sine dato sine dicto ad diem nullam sine die

2. When you make a plea for your own cause, your plea can be called a(n) _______________ ? in medias res apologia pro vita sua oratio pro domo ex abrupto

3. If you print the complete text of a speech, you print it _____________ in toto ad usum vulgatum ex toto in extenso

4. If you want to make a clean slate and start from scratch again, the thing to do is to make '_______ _____' of the past ? tabula nuda status quo tabula nulla tabula rasa

5. Many a good speech begins with a 'fight for the attention and the good-will of the audience'. What is the traditional name for such a beginning of a speech? captatio audientiae captatio benevolentiae captatio auditorii admonitio

6. What Latin expression claims that giving names to a person or a thing may have its effect on the future of that person or thing? Lumen numen. Nomen est omen. In cauda venenum. Nomen est oraculum.

7. What is meant in the Roman Catholic tradition by the saying: Roma locuta , causa finita ? If Rome is destroyed, it's the end of the world. When Rome has spoken, the discussion is closed. Rome is eternal, the world is finite. Let's ask Rome and finish off the matter.

8. Quot capita, tot sententiae. Every man has a right to an honest trial. The more money involved, the longer you have to wait for a sentence to be pronounced. Nobody escapes his sentence. The more people take part in a discussion, the more differences in opinion there will be.

9. Who spoke the famous words 'Non possumus' when facing his judges? the Apostles Peter and Paul the Apostles Peter and John Martin Luther Martin Luther King

10. Which of these quotes is traditionally referred to by those in favour of heavy arms spending? Inter arma, silent leges. Verba volant, scripta manent. Dura lex sed lex. Si vis pacem, para bellum.