The Springfest MMIV’s Tour d’Etruria Contest
Author
Tanaquil Sergius
AW first name
AW last name
Aelius
Aemilius
Antonius
Atrebas
Augustus
Caecilius
Caelius
Caesar
Cassius
Cicero
Claudius
Cocceius
Cornelius
Crassus
Curius
Curtius
Didius
Domitius
Duilius
Fabius
Flaminius
Flavius
Fufius
Furius
Furtivus
Horatius
Hostilius
Junius
Livius
Longinus
Lucretius
Lupus
Manlius
Marcius
Marius
Maximus
Papirius
Pinguinus
Pompilius
Porcius
Romulus
Scipio
Sempronius
Sergius
Servilius
Terentius
Tertius
Tullius
Ulpius
Valerius
Volumnius
Agis
Alexandros
Aristocratos
Ariston
Aristophanes
Aristotle
Artistides
Callias
Callicrates
Chabrias
Charmides
Chilon
Cleanthes
Cleisthenes
Cleomenes
Cylon
Eurimedon
Glaucon
Harmodios
Hector
Hipocrates
Hippon
Ictinus
Isocrates
Leonidas
Lysias
Mnesicles
Nestor
Orestes
Pausanios
Pericles
Philemon
Philippos
Plato
Socrates
Solon
Theocritos
Theognis
Timoleon
Xanthippos
Aha
Ahhotep
Amenemhat
Amenemheb
Amenhotep
Anedjib
Baket
Bekh
Benerib
Betrest
Djari
Djoser
Hatshepsut
Henuttawy
Horemheb
Imhotep
Isetnofret
Iutenheb
Khaemwaset
Khafre
Khufu
Mentuhotep
Meritamen
Mutemwiya
Nakhthoreb
Narmer
Nebet
Nitiqret
Osorkon
Peribsen
Pseusennes
Ptolemy
Ramesses
Raneb
Rekhmire
Seneb
Senwosret
Siamen
Sithathor
Sneferu
Sobkneferu
Taharqa
Tewosret
Thutmose
Unas
Userkaf
Yewelot
Yuya
Amytas
ApilSin
Assurbanipal
Atrahasis
Bahktiari
Ben Judah
Cyaxeres
Enkidu
Etana
Gilgamesh
Hammurabi
Hasdrubal
Hattusilis
Malachus
Naboplashar
Naboridus
Nebuchadnezzar
Saba
Sargon
Scyles
Siduri
Ubaratutu
UtNapishtim
Warad Sin
Xerxes
Acamapichtli
Acoma
Amaru
Balam
Capac
Chimalpopoca
Cochise
CrazyHorse
Cusi
Deganawida
Huacac
Huallpa
Huascar
Inca
Ishi
Kawiil
Kinich
LadyXoc
Llama
MorningStar
Moteuczoma
MountainSpirit
Osceola
Pacal
Roca
Sealth
Sequoyah
Shenandoah
ShieldJaguar
Tecumseh
Tupac
Yazzie
YellowBird
YellowStar
Yupanqui
Aedui
Arevaci
Averni
Baoisgne
Beag
Belgae
Brigantes
Caledonii
Catuvellauni
Cenel Conaill
Cormac
Cruithni
CuChulainn
Cumhaill
Dumnonii
Durotriges
Eravisci
Helvetti
Iceni
MacRoth
Manach
Morna
Nervii
Niafer
Niall
Ordovices
Parisii
Scordisci
Silures
Trinovantes
Trocmii
Ui Maine
Urchurdan
Venetii
Vindelici
Volcae
Amaligg
Baiuvarii
Balthigg
Blatand
Blodoks
Burgundian
Chattian
Cherusci
Egilsson
Folcwalding
Gepid
Godwinson
Grafeldr
Gunthigg
Haraldsson
Harfagri
Hasding
Hun
Hvitaskald
Jarnsida
Karjalainen
Knudsson
Krokrygg
Olafsson
Ostrogoth
Scylding
Sigurdsson
Siling
Skotkonung
Thorolfsson
Turcligg
Tveskjegg
Virtanen
Visigoth
Welf
Wuffing
Yngling
Ashikaga
Ashoka
Chi
Chosokabe
Chung
Ding
Diponogoro
Feng
Goryeo
Gupta
Han
Hatakeyama
Hideyoshi
Hosokawa
Huang
Ieyasu
Jampa
Jimmu
Kanishka
Kaundinya
Khan
Kimhae
Kotoku
Laksanavisit
Lapu
Lim
Luong
Malla
Matsudaira
Minamoto
Ming
Murasaka
Nguyen
Nobunaga
Nyentsen
Qin
Rinchen
Shang
Shikibu
Sitrasena
Song
Songtsen
Taejon
Tang
Temur
Thakuri
Tilak
Tokugawa
Vardhana
Wang
Wu
Xie
Zhou
Zopa
1. The highest god of the Etruscans, the god of the heavens is called in Etruscan:
A)
Jove
B)
Cilen
C)
Tin
D)
Tiu
E)
Maru
2. The Etruscan centre of knowledge and religion was, according to ancient history records, the city of
A)
Rome
B)
Vulci
C)
Veii
D)
Clusium
E)
Caere
3. The Etruscan set of moral and dogmatic laws and rules concerning religion and the gods is called in Latin:
A)
Leges Deorum
B)
Leges XII Tabularum
C)
Facta Etrusca
D)
Disciplina Etrusca
E)
Ars Haruspicina
4. A bronze sheep's liver, containing incisions dealing with the Etruscan relgious macro- and microcosmos, dated 2nd century B.C., was found in:
A)
Nurcia
B)
Veii
C)
Piacenza
D)
Rome
E)
Florence
5. The famous Etruscan noble warlord, who fought with his men in aid of Romulus in his battle against the king Tatius, is called, according to Varro:
A)
Mamurce Circsena
B)
Vipsanius Agrippa
C)
Larth Pursena
D)
Caele Vibenna
E)
Maecenas
6. The Etruscan goddess, compared to Roman Venus, is called
A)
Laran
B)
Turan
C)
Catha
D)
Uni
E)
Thesan
7. Until this day, the most astonishing achievement of the Etruscans is considered to be
A)
the filigrain gold jewelry
B)
the ability to make iron weapons and tools
C)
the fact that Etruscan upper class married couples mostly had an "open" relationship
D)
the ability to make dentistry work, like bridges and false teeth
E)
the ability to read the will of the gods through signs of nature
8. Near this Italian town, the foundations of a 5th century BC Etruscan city were found:
A)
Lecce
B)
Marzabotto
C)
Nepi
D)
Gravisca
E)
Civitavecchia
9. The family name of "Tarquinius" (as was the name of two legendary Roman kings) has been stated as a true Etruscan family name ("Tarchunies") through
A)
the finding of this name in an Etruscan linen book
B)
tradition
C)
the name "Tarchunies" on a pot sherd
D)
a statement by the Roman historian Livius
E)
the mentioning of the name "Tarchunies" in an inscription on a painted wall in a tomb in Vulci
10. From which culture was the art of Etruscan divination by the studying of animal entrails derived?
A)
Egyptian culture
B)
Roman culture
C)
Celtic and Germanic cultures
D)
Babylonian and Greek cultures
E)
African cultures