INTERMEDIATE

The answers to these riddles involve puns on some common Latin vocabulary.   You don't need to know Latin to solve conundrums.

(This section was taken from the Cambridge Rindge & Latin School with some minor changes.)

Directions:  Choose the Latin Word the SOUNDS LIKE the answer to each question.

Words:       

1.  What do you say when you don't know the answer?

2.  Where do we want our report cards to go instead of to our parents?

3.  What did the mother want the kid to do with his vegetables?

4.  What does a woman's bathroom door say?

5.  What do old-fashioned doctors use as medicine?

6.  What is a common expression of affection?

7.  What direction is the opposite of east?

8.  What do you use to cool your drink?

9.  What do you call the swiftest part of the stream?

10.  If a kitten jumped on your lap, what would you do?

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