Here is a quiz on the historical significance of the Ides of March, the day Roman statesman Julius Caesar was assassinated
QUESTION 1
On months with 31 days, the ides fall on the 15th day. When do they fall in months with 30 days?
QUESTION 2
In the first, a delegate from the senate marched to the Temple of Venus Genetrix to bestow upon Caesar various honours for his leadership in the Gallic Wars and the civil war that followed. But once the senators reached the temple, Caesar did X, which they construed to be an insult. What is X?
QUESTION 3
In the second, two elected officials or tribunes stoked trouble in the senate after suspecting Caesar of Y. Following his clash with them Caesar had the duo removed from the senate. The Romans held this to be an affront to democracy. What is Y?
QUESTION 4
In the third, in a public event in February of 44 BC, ____ ______ twice placed a crown on Caesar’s head only for Caesar to take it off on both occasions. The second time, Caesar said only Jupiter
(the deity) could be king of the Romans — but many perceived his actions to be a charade orchestrated by Caesar to check if he had the people’s support to be king. Fill in the blanks.
QUESTION 5
In Dante’s Inferno, Satan is frozen waist deep in ice in the Ninth Circle of Hell. He has three faces. The one in the centre is munching on Judas Iscariot while the other two are consuming two ‘traitors’ involved in Caesar’s assassination. One is Gaius Cassius Longinus. Who’s the other?
This photograph shows three actors essaying a scene from Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Name the leftmost actor. He became famous for assassinating the leader of his country.
Questions and Answers to the previous day’s daily quiz:
Ans: Pi Day is observed on March 14 (the third month) since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant figures of π
2. Who founded this day and in which year? Ans: It was founded in 1988 by Larry Shaw, an American physicist
3. In 2019, UNESCO designated Pi Day to be celebrated as which day? Ans: International Day of Mathematics
4. People also celebrate Pi on other dates in the year. Which are they? Why? Ans: July 22 (22/7 in the day/month format, an approximation of π) and June 28 (6.28, an approximation of 2π)
5. In the year 2015, March 14 was celebrated as Super Pi Day. Ans: The date is written as 3/14/15 in month/day/year format. At 9:26:53, the date and time together represented the first ten digits of π, and later that second Pi Instant represented all π’s digits
6. Name two common ways of celebrating Pi Day. Ans: Pie eating competitions, recalling Pi to the highest number of decimal places
7. Which famous scientist’s birthday also falls on Pi Day? Ans: Albert Einstein
Visual: What is the symbol? How is it related to Pi? What is the specific time associated with the symbol? Ans: Tau. Tau is double the value of
Pi. Tau Time is at 6:28 Early Birds:
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