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Ridicula Latine
Riddles in Latin (for Gimkit)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The poor have it, the rich need it and if you eat it you’ll die. What is it? | nihil (nothing) |
| It walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs in the evening. What is it? | homo (human) |
| What always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats? | flumen (river) |
| At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen. What are they? | stellae (stars) |
| The one who makes it, sells it. The one who buys it, never uses it. The one that uses it never knows that he’s using it. What is it? | sepulcrum (grave, tomb) |
| The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it? | tenebra (darkness) |
| What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs? | as (penny) |
| I am always hungry, I must always be fed, the finger I touch, will soon turn red. What am I? | ignis (fire) |
| When young, I am sweet in the sun. When middle-aged, I make you happy. When old, I am valued more than ever. What am I? | vinum (wine) |
| All about, but cannot be seen. Can be captured, cannot be held. No throat, but can be heard. What is it? | ventus (wind) |
| If you break me, I do not stop working. If you touch me, I may be snared. If you lose me, nothing will matter. What am I? | cor (heart) |
| Until I am measured I am not known, yet how you miss me when I have flown. What am I? | tempus (time) |
| I drive men mad for the love of me. Easily beaten, but never free. What is it? | aurum (gold) |
| Each morning I appear to lie at your feet. All day I will follow no matter how fast you run. Yet I nearly perish in the midday sun. What am I? | umbra (shadow) |
| Three lives have I: Gentle enough to soothe the skin, Light enough to caress the sky, Hard enough to crack rocks. What am I? | aqua (water) |
| I build up castles. I tear down mountains. I make some men blind, I help others to see. What am I? | harena (sand) |
| Say my name and I disappear. What am I? | silentium (silence) |
| Alive without breath, as cold as death, clad in mail never clinking, never thirsty, ever drinking. What is it? | piscis (fish) |
| Pregnant every time you see her, yet she never will give birth. What is it? | plena luna (full moon) |
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MagistraBerg
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