| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Apr 06 05:15PM -0700 On 4/4/21 10:59 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Julius Caesar and his nephew Octavian each renamed a month in > the calendar for himself. What do we call these months today? > (Name both, in English.) July, August > 2. Which Roman emperor adopted the Christian religion, not only > for himself but also effectively as the established religion > of the Empire? Constantine > the 20th century, was the 4-letter abbreviation for the Latin > phrase meaning "the Senate and the Roman People". What were > the 4 letters? Exact answer required. SPQR > ruled from Rome (and later Ravenna) and an eastern section > ruled from Constantinople. Name any year during this period > of the two empires. 360 AD > early form of checks and balances, executive power in the > Republic was normally shared between two men, who held the > same title. What title? consul > 6. In the Roman Republic, the Senate had the power, in case of > crisis, to name a single individual to rule in place of the > two <answer 5>s. What was his title? dictator > 7. And what was the title of the men who held supreme authority > before the Republic was established? rex > 8. The first <answer 7> was Romulus, said to have founded the city > of Rome in what year (within 50 years)? 776 BC > lived in the 1st century BC. In 63 BC he became <answer 5>, > but he later found himself on the losing side of the power > struggles of that turbulent era. What was his name? Marc Antony > * A. Numbers > A1. 8 of the numbers between 60 and 100 are primes. Name any > one. 67 > A2. 8 of the numbers between 200 and 500 are squares. > Name any one. 256 > * C. Albert Einstein > C1. Einstein was born in Germany, but became a citizen of what > country in 1901? Switzerland > C2. Einstein is best known today for his work on relativity, > but he did not win the Nobel Prize for it. What did he > win it for, in 1921? photoelectric effect -- Dan Tilque |
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