WWTBAM Bored

2 points per correct answer, 10 points if you get all four correct. Answer with a Spoiler tag in one post in this thread before noon EDT on Wednesday, August 20.

No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.



1. Name any two of the Seven Hills of Rome.

2. Ancient Roman scholars might have called 1960 AD what year Ab Urbe condita ("from the founding of the City")?
A) 1379 AUC B) 2713 AUC
C) 5720 AUC D) 7468 AUC

3. Polenta is a peasant food made out of what basic ingredient?

4. The Pilum was a weapon used by the Roman legions, which is most similar to what item used in an Olympic track & field event?



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2 points per correct answer, 10 points if you get all four correct. Answer with a Spoiler tag in one post in this thread before noon EDT on Wednesday, August 20.

No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.



1. Name any two of the Seven Hills of Rome.

Benny Hill and Hank Hill

2. Ancient Roman scholars might have called 1960 AD what year Ab Urbe condita ("from the founding of the City")?
A) 1379 AUC B) 2713 AUC
C) 5720 AUC D) 7468 AUC

E. 5019 AUC

3. Polenta is a peasant food made out of what basic ingredient?

Peasants! Was this supposed to be a trick question?

4. The Pilum was a weapon used by the Roman legions, which is most similar to what item used in an Olympic track & field event?

A syringe


LFHP

Yay, about time we got to Rome!

Spoiler

2 points per correct answer, 10 points if you get all four correct. Answer with a Spoiler tag in one post in this thread before noon EDT on Wednesday, August 20.

No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.



1. Name any two of the Seven Hills of Rome.


Aventine and Quirinal


2. Ancient Roman scholars might have called 1960 AD what year Ab Urbe condita ("from the founding of the City")?
A) 1379 AUC B) 2713 AUC
C) 5720 AUC D) 7468 AUC


Thanks for giving such a generous spread. I didn't know the exact date, but it has to be 2713 AUC.


3. Polenta is a peasant food made out of what basic ingredient?


Cornmeal. It's gross, but don't let on to the Italian lady that just dished it out to you. They're touchy about that sort of thing. Ha!


4. The Pilum was a weapon used by the Roman legions, which is most similar to what item used in an Olympic track & field event?

Javelin.

Spoiler

1. Name any two of the Seven Hills of Rome.
Doc and Sneezy (damn I knew I should have taken a Roman Holiday when we lived in Switzerland!)

2. Ancient Roman scholars might have called 1960 AD what year Ab Urbe condita ("from the founding of the City")?
A) 1379 AUC B) 2713 AUC
C) 5720 AUC D) 7468 AUC
B 2713 AUC

3. Polenta is a peasant food made out of what basic ingredient?
Corn (or Cornmeal)

4. The Pilum was a weapon used by the Roman legions, which is most similar to what item used in an Olympic track & field event?
Javalin?

---Jay (If you know how long ago it was when Audrey Hepburn's movies Two For The Road and Wait Until Dark came out then you will know how many days ...)

MarleysGh0st wrote:2 points per correct answer, 10 points if you get all four correct. Answer with a Spoiler tag in one post in this thread before noon EDT on Wednesday, August 20.

No outside sources allowed. Just take your best guess.

Spoiler

1. Name any two of the Seven Hills of Rome.
Although I have had the pleasure of walking at least several of them some years ago I can think of perhaps only three. Capitoline and Palatine I am pretty sure of. The third one I recall is Equiline I believe. Fortunately I need only two...

2. Ancient Roman scholars might have called 1960 AD what year Ab Urbe condita ("from the founding of the City")?
A) 1379 AUC B) 2713 AUC
C) 5720 AUC D) 7468 AUC
Can I phone a friend? No??? Ah well, then I will SWAG with B as it seems most plausible.

3. Polenta is a peasant food made out of what basic ingredient?
Corn. Italian grits...

4. The Pilum was a weapon used by the Roman legions, which is most similar to what item used in an Olympic track & field event?
SWAG with Javelin. Sounds vaguely familiar as if it was a question in a past QOD. Also seems the most "weapon-y" of the track & field items.

ANSWERS


1. Name any two of the Seven Hills of Rome.

Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal and Viminal. Half credit to anyone who only named one hill.

I was generous with the various spellings of Capitoline.

Now what am I supposed to do about someone who duplicates one of LFHP's answers without specifying that they're also looking for humor points?


2. Ancient Roman scholars might have called 1960 AD what year Ab Urbe condita ("from the founding of the City")?
A) 1379 AUC B) 2713 AUC
C) 5720 AUC D) 7468 AUC

2713 was the year AUC, calculating from the traditional date for the founding of Rome in 753 BC. Yes, I took a WWOQ and went easy on you with some well-spaced-out choices. The other choices also happened to be relevant. 1379(-1380) was the year in the Islamic calendar, 5720(-5721) in the Hebrew calendar and 7468(-7469) in the Byzantine calendar.


3. Polenta is a peasant food made out of what basic ingredient?

Cornmeal. Wintergreen included that answer in a lengthier discussion about historical usages before the introduction of maize to Europe, but nowadays, it's corn.

In my family, though, polenta will always be known as mamaliga.


4. The Pilum was a weapon used by the Roman legions, which is most similar to what item used in an Olympic track & field event?

Javelin.


POINTS


Another stellar performance with eight perfect scores and many near perfect. And I'm giving Annie her 7 points.


Here's Fanny! = 10
wintergreen48 = 10
tanstaafl2 = 10
andrewjackson = 10
Hambone = 10
NellyLunatic1980 = 10
jsuchard = 10
etaoin22 = 10
plasticene = 7
Catfish = 7
AnnieCamaro = 7
LookingForHumorPoints = 6.666 (A solid effort today, except I didn't get the humor in your 5019 answer. If you have to explain the joke...)
ulysses5019 = 6
T_Bone0806 = 6
SportsFan68 = 6
TheConfessor = 6
megaaddict = 6
frogman042 = 6
themanintheseersuckersuit = 5
jarnon = 5
kroxquo = 4
elwoodblues = 2
Rexer25 = 2

1. Name any two of the Seven Hills of Rome.
Palatine and I don't remember.

2. Ancient Roman scholars might have called 1960 AD what year Ab Urbe condita ("from the founding of the City")?
A) 1379 AUC B) 2713 AUC
C) 5720 AUC D) 7468 AUC
2713 AUC

3. Polenta is a peasant food made out of what basic ingredient?
Ground up corn

4. The Pilum was a weapon used by the Roman legions, which is most similar to what item used in an Olympic track & field event?
The javelin?