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Saturnalia Quiz!
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| Saturnalia storyteller at Fishbourne Roman Palace 2014 |
1. December 25th has been claimed as the birthday for which deity?
a) Sol Invictus
b) Mithras
c) Jesus Christ
d) all of the above
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| Saturnalia revelry from Roman Mysteries TV series |
a) Summer Solstice
b) Summer Equinox
c) Winter Solstice
d) Winter Equinox
3. Many scholars believe Jesus was actually born in:
a) late December, of course!
b) late September/early October
c) mid January
d) Philadelphia
4. The Romans celebrated a mid-winter festival called the Saturnalia. It was named after:
a) The planet Saturn
b) The god Saturn
c) Saturday
d) Satyrs
a) one
b) five
c) twelve
d) thirty
e) none
6. The Romans gave gifts on the Saturnalia. Which of the following did they NOT give?
a) chocolate
b) silver objects
c) preserved fruit
d) small clay or wooden figures
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| scene from the Roman Mysteries TV series |
a) hiring comic actors to deliver gifts
b) writing a two-line epigram to accompany a Saturnalia gift
c) Roman singing telegrams (in dactylic pentameter)
d) memorizing and reciting lines from Virgil's Aeneid as a Saturnalia party trick
8. Which ONE of the following Christmas customs did NOT orignate in the Saturnalia:
a) feasting
b) drinking
c) putting up lights
d) putting up greenery
e) Santa and his reindeer
f) giving gifts
g) taking time off work
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| fresco from Pompeii: men playing dice |
a) murder
b) theft
c) witchcraft
d) gambling
e) pantomime
f) chainsaw juggling
10. The paper crown in our Christmas cracker reminds us of the Roman custom of:
a) choosing a 'King' of the Saturnalia
b) Caesar legalizing festivities
c) the Etruscan king Tarquin
d) It has nothing to do with any Roman custom
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| in my Saturnalia cap |
a) Trojans
b) Greeks
c) Persians
d) Smurfs
e) freedmen
12. During Saturnalia, Romans festooned their houses with many green plants, but probably NOT:
a) mistletoe
b) pine boughs
c) wreaths
d) garlands
e) seaweed
a) mulled wine
b) Christmas stockings
c) singing songs
d) pantomime
14. Which of the following foods was certainly NOT part of the Saturnalia feast?
a) roast pork
b) honey-glazed ham
c) turkey and mashed potato
d) roast goose
Answers at the bottom.
(You might want to read my piece about Saturnalia before you try this quiz.)
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| Nubia and Jonathan make music in the Roman Mysteries TV series |
The Answers
1. d) At different points in history Jesus, Mithras and Sol Invictus (the unconquered sun) were all assigned the birthday of 25 December
2. c) Winter Solstice (the shortest day of the year) occurs shortly before 25 December.
3. b) Some scholars believe Jesus was actually born in late September or early October
4. b) The festival of Saturnalia was named after the god Saturn
5. b) In the first century AD the Romans set aside five days to celebrate the Saturnalia. Later it was extended.
6. a) The Romans did not give chocolate on the Saturnalia because it comes from central America and was still unknown.
7. b) The mottoes and riddles in Christmas crackers might well go back to the Roman practice of writing a short poem called an epigram to accompany a Saturnalia gift
8. e) Santa and his reindeer did not appear until Victorian times
9. d) In first century Rome, gambling was illegal except during the Saturnalia
10. e) The paper crown in our Christmas cracker reminds us of the Roman custom of choosing a 'King' of the Saturnalia
11. e) Santa's red conical hat might well be traced back to so-called freedom caps worn by newly freed slaves and also by many ordinary people during the Saturnalia as a symbol of freedom from restrictions
12. e) During Saturnalia, Romans festooned their houses with green plants, but probably not seaweed
13. b) Christmas stockings hung by a fireplace come in well after the Roman period.
14. c) Like chocolate, turkey and potato both come from the New World and were unknown in Roman times.
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