The Big Latin Quiz

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Alea iacta est To the other side East is the way The die is cast A la carte

2. I came, I saw, I conquered. Vici, vidi, veni. Vidi, veni, vici. Veni, vici, vidi. Veni, vidi, vici.

3. Aut Caesar aut nihil. Nothing is like Caesar. Either a Caesar or a nobody. Either a Caesar or nothing. Caesar is also nothing.

4. Delenda Carthago est. Carthage is gone. Carthage lies in the east. Carthage must be destroyed. Carthage is splendid.

5. Si vis pacem, para bellum. When I see peace, I see something beautiful. If you wish peace, prepare for war. The pace is slow, not high. Peace is noble, contrary to war.

6. May he (or she) rest in peace. Siste viator Dies Irae Morituri te salutamus Requiescat in pace

7. Lord direct us. Domine dirige nos Deus vult Dominus vobiscum Laus Deo

8. Quod erat demonstrandum. When it was translated. What a monstrosity. Which was to be shown. Who dares to demonstrate, wins.

9. Pereant qui ante nos nostra dixerunt. The sound of dixie is pleasant. What is before us is ours to take. May they perish who have expressed our bright ideas before us. Some of us were lost in the woods.

10. Quos deus vult perdere prius dementat. A god first drives mad those he wishes to destroy. He (God) has smiled on our undertakings. The mind is what goes first. To be at the end of one's mental resources.