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The riddle game is an ancient tradition, enjoyed by both the learned and the lay. It is a game of logic, intuition, and memorization, in which at least two participants challenge each other with conundra that require a specific answer. When a participant fails to give a correct answer, or fails to challenge the other participant(s) with a new conundrum, they are out of the game. The game continues until all but one participant has been defeated, at which point, the last remaining participant is declared the winner.

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees, Up, up it goes, And yet never grows?¹⁾

Thirty white horses on a red hill. First they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still.²⁾

Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.³⁾

An eye in a blue face Saw an eye in a green face. “That eye is like to this eye” Said the first eye, “But in low place, Not in high place.”⁴⁾

It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.⁵⁾

A box without key, hinges, or lid, yet inside a golden treasure is hid.⁶⁾

Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking.⁷⁾

No-legs lay on one-leg, two-legs sat near on three-legs, four-legs got some.⁸⁾

This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down.⁹⁾

What have I got in my pocket?¹⁰⁾

I live for but a single breath. Any touch could spell my death. A rainbow spins within my eye. Make me right, and I can fly.¹¹⁾

Lose me once I'll come back stronger, lose me twice I'll leave forever, what am I?¹²⁾

We sound like Eden as a pair. Make us weight, we won't play fair. Sometimes consensus, most times schism. Usually locked away in prism. If by chance you seek, then throw. The serpent sees where we meet low. We carry freight when we meet high, but separate us, and we die.¹³⁾

I have 6 faces, but I don't wear makeup. I have 21 eyes, but I can't see. What am I?¹⁴⁾

Two partners share letters. They agree that next time they meet, She may sit on his face But he may not get inside her. Who are they? ¹⁵⁾

A man shot two arrows at its center and missed both times, but using a sword swung once at its center and hit it twice.¹⁶⁾

I have six eggs. Broke two, cooked two, and ate two. How many do I have left?¹⁷⁾

If you are to keep it, you must first give it to me.¹⁸⁾

You heard me before, yet you hear me again, then I die, 'till you call me again.¹⁹⁾

My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Tall I am young, short I am old. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. While with life I glow but wind is my foe.²⁰⁾

I was carried into a dark room, and set on fire. I wept, and then my head was cut off.²¹⁾

A dozen coloured folds stretch toward the sky, atop a tender strand. Rising from the land, 'til killed by maiden's hand. Perhaps a token of love, perhaps to say goodbye. What am I?²²⁾

Weight in my belly, trees on my back. Nails in my ribs, feet do I lack. What am I?²³⁾

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around.²⁴⁾

Tool of thief, toy of queen. Always used to be unseen. Sign of joy, sign of sorrow. Giving all likeness borrowed.²⁵⁾

What comes once a minute, twice in a moment, never in a century, but twice in a thousand years.²⁶⁾

No matter how smart you are, there is one thing you will always overlook, what is it?²⁷⁾

I always run, I never walk; I have a mouth, I never talk; I have a bed, I never sleep; I can be shallow, I can be deep.²⁸⁾