Context and question: Possibly as early as the second century AD, Virgil's works were seen as having magical properties and were used for divination. In what became known as the Sortes Vergilianae (Virgilian Lots), passages would be selected at random and interpreted to answer questions. In the 12th century, starting around Naples but eventually spreading widely throughout Europe, a tradition developed in which Virgil was regarded as a great magician. Legends about Virgil and his magical powers remained popular for over two hundred years, arguably becoming as prominent as his writings themselves. Virgil's legacy in medieval Wales was such that the Welsh version of his name, Fferyllt or Pheryllt, became a generic term for magic-worker, and survives in the modern Welsh word for pharmacist, fferyllydd.
Where did Virgil's name become a generic term for magic-worker?
Answer: medieval Wales
Context and question: The Sanskrit grammatical tradition, Vyakarana, one of the six Vedangas, began in the late Vedic period and culminated in the Astadhyayi of Panini, which consists of 3990 sutras (ca. fifth century BCE). About a century after Panini (around 400 BCE), Katyayana composed Vartikas on the Panini sutras. Patanjali, who lived three centuries after Panini, wrote the Mahabhasya, the "Great Commentary" on the Astadhyayi and Vartikas. Because of these three ancient Vyakaranins (grammarians), this grammar is called Trimuni Vyakarana. To understand the meaning of the sutras, Jayaditya and Vamana wrote a commentary, the Kasika, in 600 CE. Paninian grammar is based on 14 Shiva sutras (aphorisms), where the whole matrika (alphabet) is abbreviated. This abbreviation is called the Pratyahara.
What was composed about a century before Panini?
Answer: unanswerable
Context and question: Although the Tories were dismissed from office for half a century, for most of this period (at first under the leadership of Sir William Wyndham), the Tories retained party cohesion, with occasional hopes of regaining office, particularly at the accession of George II (1727) and the downfall of the ministry of Sir Robert Walpole in 1742. They acted as a united, though unavailing, opposition to Whig corruption and scandals. At times they cooperated with the "Opposition Whigs", Whigs who were in opposition to the Whig government; however, the ideological gap between the Tories and the Opposition Whigs prevented them from coalescing as a single party. They finally regained power with the accession of George III in 1760 under Lord Bute.
What type of behavior was Lord Bute known for when in power?
Answer:
unanswerable