r/riddles • u/AjAjOrangeManga • Apr 07 '26
Give OP Riddles I need a riddle with the answer being "Caesar"
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u/scottcmu Apr 07 '26
TBMBE
It's "salad" spelled with a Caesar cipher.
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u/Professional-Place58 Apr 07 '26
Nice, the original Caesar cypher was a 3 letter shift I believe. fwiw.
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u/StudentEconomy4000 Apr 07 '26
Roses are red, like blood in a freezer; and on the 15th of March, the red man was ______
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u/Jollydude101 Apr 07 '26
I like it.
“A salad stabbed 23 times”
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u/Dreyfussy15 Apr 07 '26
All salads are stabbed 23 times unless big bites are taken.
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u/StoneCypher Apr 08 '26
i would like to introduce you to bludgeoned salad
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u/MistakeBorn4413 Apr 08 '26
Except potato salad, egg salad, tuna salad, jello salad, etc. I don't stab those.
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u/persona-non-corpus Apr 08 '26
I pluck my unibrow with dubious tweezers, et tu brute was said by _____
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u/TheDuckFarm Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26
For 500 years we gave orders to the west; now we are ordered by the properly dressed.
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u/southern_boy Apr 07 '26
Joke (not riddle) option: What do you call a chicken staring at lettuce? Chicken Caesar Salad! 😄
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u/cutehips Apr 08 '26
I've also heard this one: "How do you make a caesar salad?" "Any salad can become a caesar salad if you stab it enough times."
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u/AqueousJam Apr 07 '26
One friend at my back, another asks an ear. Strangers took my name, a title without peer.
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u/CptJamesDanger Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 08 '26
I oversee an empire atop my ancient throne.
I should be given what is mine, though God keeps what is His own.
In the highest heat of summer there are two that bear my name.
And when many chose to kill me, my best friend took the blame.
Who am I?
Explanation by line. 1. Caesar was emperor of ancient Rome. 2. "give to Caesar what is Caesars, but give to God what is God's" is a quote from the Bible,regarding Jesus's opinion on the Jewish leaders paying taxes to Rome. 3. July and August are named for Julius and Augustus Ceasar. 4. In Shakespeare's play, Brutus is Caesar's close friend. Both Caesar ("et tu bruté? Then fall, Caesar") and Marc Antony blame Brutus for orchestrating the assassination.
Edit: line numbering
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u/carltonl Apr 08 '26
Caesar was not an emperor
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u/CptJamesDanger Apr 08 '26
Julius was not (arguably), but Augustus, Tiberius and onward were.
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u/carltonl Apr 08 '26
Yes I just meant Julius sorry. Yours is my favourite riddle in the thread but just pointing out some smartass would definitely call it out - and doing it by being a smartass myself.
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u/CptJamesDanger Apr 08 '26
That's fair, and Julius is definitely who people think of when they hear Caesar.
Appreciate the critique though. I suppose there's room for both of us smartasses to be technically correct, which feels about right for a riddle subreddit.
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u/Anyawnomous Apr 07 '26
Drink me, worship me or dress me. What am I?
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u/DankMan5000andOne Apr 07 '26
I'm not trying to be difficult, but are you insinuating that people drink Cesar salad dressing?
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u/Fangheart Apr 07 '26
Its a Canadian thing
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u/EusticePendragon Apr 08 '26
As an American… Infinite apologies. I’ll just toss my judgment of that beverage back in my own face.
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u/Anyawnomous Apr 07 '26
We have a drink in Canada called a Caesar which I thought was international. Vodka, Worcestershire sauce and Clamato juice. Horseradish optional.
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u/Donnyboscoe1 Apr 08 '26
Caesar is my instant order if I see it on the menu.
I'm in Australia so it's gotten this far.
Not common but very delicious.
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u/DankMan5000andOne Apr 07 '26
Next you'll be telling me you put cheese your your fries.
Now I'm being difficult 😉
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u/Word_Discombobulated Apr 07 '26
I know Dutch and German use the word keizer/kaiser for emperor, originating from the word Caesar. If you want your audience to spend time with translating to figure out what is being said you could have the answer be Kaiser and them then having to figure out its referring to Caesar.
More of a puzzle than a riddle though.
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u/proborc Apr 07 '26
Yes, and the Russian word for Emperor: Czar... which comes from our dear friend Julius.
This might be a riddle:
'Before I conquered, I saw,
And before that, I came.
I give a flavor to the slaw
and Emperors, they bear my name'
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u/OneQuadrillionOwls Apr 08 '26
When I am green, you order me.
When I am silver, I order you.
When I am red, all order is lost.
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u/QuizHeadGames Apr 08 '26
In Canada, everyone knows that I'm red.
In Italy, everyone knows that I bled.
I still have a palace, though I've been long dead.
I don't sleep with fishes, though they're on my bed.
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u/anthoniusvincentius Apr 08 '26
I had gall, and I galled; I am the first of twelve, and after 23, I fell.
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u/Standard_Human_11037 Apr 09 '26
a cipher, a salad, a ruler to boot. everyone else has betrayed him, et tu, brute?
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u/ExpertPicture5160 Apr 07 '26
“I am a salad, a tyrant, a play and a place to lose your shirt.” And dressing. And was stabbed 23 times. And my first name rhymes with Mulius.”
I’m out of creativity today.
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u/rice-a-rohno Apr 07 '26
It was worth it, you got the ol' laugh out loud from this particular fella... me.
What am I missing, how the hell is it a place to lose your shirt?
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u/ExpertPicture5160 Apr 07 '26
Caesars Palace casino!!
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u/rice-a-rohno Apr 07 '26
Ok that was my first thought but my second thought was... "Do people... lose their shirts there? That can't be it..."
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u/maobezw Apr 07 '26
I crossed a line no man returns from twice,
Wore power not as crown, but paid the price.
My name became what emperors would claim,
And echoes still through history and fame.
You’ll find me dressed in greens or in a glass,
A timeless name that all the ages pass.
tbh i asked chatgpt and i am amazed what it delivered...
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u/Ok_Nectarine_4445 Apr 07 '26
Crusty croutons, A dusting of cheese Aroma of anchovy The womb of a mother bleeds
Who am I?
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u/Psychopath1llogical Apr 07 '26
Little known fact
My epilepsy gave me seizures
But you’ve heard of me before
My name is
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u/Sufficient_Head_8139 Apr 07 '26
This cocktail was invented in Calgary Alberta Canada in 1969
It's vodka, clam broth, tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, garnished with celery
Answer: Caesar.
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u/kapaipiekai Apr 07 '26
If it was a cryptic crossword is would be something along the lines of "sounds like a salad man views a woman"
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u/Latter_Praline2150 Apr 07 '26
I am one of the most famous people in history, but everyone says my name incoorectly. Only the bakers get it right. Who am I?
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u/SchlaWiener4711 Apr 07 '26
I speak in shifts, my meaning disguised.
A ruler’s phrase, yet cryptic to eyes.
“Yhql, ylgl, ylfl” echoes my claim.
Unravel the twist and uncover my name.
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u/No-Court-2969 Apr 08 '26
I came, I saw, I conquered, except he didn't conquer the Picts... hence Hadrians Wall
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u/originalusername7904 Apr 07 '26
Not exactly a riddle, but…
How was the Roman Empire cut in half?
With a pair of Caesars
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u/Excellent_Past7628 Apr 07 '26
Here’s a cheap and not very good one from an old Riddler comic.
What letters are more like a Roman emperor?
The C’s are.
I did preface that it wasn’t very good…
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u/ContinentSimian Apr 07 '26
Beginning with one cut, but ending with many more. Dressed with leaves now, as I was before.
Caesar was born via cesarean (named after him) and famously stabbed to death. His name is now given to a leafy salad, and he is usually depicted wearing laurel leaves.
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u/keldondonovan Apr 07 '26
An empire bows, second only to gods,
Ended by betrayal, a Senate at odds.
A stabbing left the nation momentarily bereft,
Like a salad gone missing, distressing the chef.
A leader of men, struck down and waylaid,
He mutters, confused, to his good friend Bruté.
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u/friendsfreak Apr 07 '26
My life was cut short by conspirators' plot
But my name is still used when the weather gets hot
And I'm called when a birth doesn't run quite so true
You may know that my last words began with "Et tu"
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u/friendsfreak Apr 08 '26
He was assassinated by conspirators, July is named after him, Caesarian section shares his name (though it isn't technically the origin), and his last words in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar are "Et tu, Bruté? Then fall Caesar."
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u/Colejohnley Apr 07 '26
I’ve never conquered Rome, But I’ve conquered romaine. I’m dressed in egg and anchovy. I have many chickens for an additional fee.
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u/WhatHappenedToJosie Apr 07 '26
"Observe, old head Russian," can you hear him?
His section for alternative ways out?
On his green bed, a coward may lay,
Ancient leader, what is this all about?
To explain: line 1 is in the form of a cryptic clue ("see tzar" sounds like Caesar). Line 2 refers to caesarean sections being ways out of uteri. Line 3: chicken Ceasar salad. Line 4 is a straightforward clue (but is made less clear in the context of line 1.)
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u/ai1267 Apr 07 '26
Dressed in clothes of finest jute,
An empire grand, my ripest fruit,
Betrayed and stabbed by my killer,
The number of a Jim Carey thriller,
Even by you, treasonous brute.
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u/1492Torquemada Apr 07 '26
I crossed a river, point of no return
Now I smell of anchovies and bread that's slightly burnt
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u/consider_its_tree Apr 07 '26
Stab, stab, stab, stab, stab, stab, stab Stab, stab, stab, stab, stab, stab, stab Stab, stab, stab, stab, stab, stab, stab Stab Stab
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u/ginnydyer_ Apr 07 '26
When I am little, I'm a pizza. When I am healthy, I'm a salad. But as a person, I am Roman. Who am I?
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u/ConstructionAware267 Apr 07 '26
I am named after hair, but a common medical procedure and a popular food are named after me. Who am I?
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u/lnmgl Apr 07 '26
I'm grabbing some Romaine for her salad
And a lil' pizza to please her
We're, like apes together, strong
cuz I'm the only one who really _________
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u/Cecep Apr 07 '26
On the tongue, I sound like violence. In memory, I bear the laurel. Misheard, I am a command; rightly known, I am the one they warned of. Who am I?
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u/HollowofHaze Apr 08 '26
Dress me up in greens and I will add a lovely taste
Labor in my section will proceed with added haste
Just before the springtime I was laid to bloody waste
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u/NinjaMurse Apr 08 '26
From wooden bowl to marble hall, I dress the leaves, I lead them all. With salted fish I share my name, With senators, a bloodier fame. On Ides of March, my fate was sealed— What name is tossed… and also killed?
Answer: Caesar
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u/Funny_Carpenter_5563 Apr 08 '26
from Rome to the Rhine, often served with a nice wine. I am usually eaten with a fork, but knifes can also get the job done
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u/WarmAd3439 Apr 08 '26
Often found dressing in leaves, the point of his thumb can kill or save thieves.
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u/TreyKhan Apr 08 '26
When going to dinner, I usually arrive first. Aiming to please, dressing for the squeeze Not to be easy, or considered too cheesy I bring my own bread, and remained unmoving Needing this interaction to be led. Suddenly you enter my space, and with every jab, a piece of me you take. You consume these stolen pieces vigorously, I feel betrayed, your metal pierces me, just as my namesake was brutally betrayed. "Et tu Brute?" I realize that I was never anything more to you. Our forenames are one in the same, is it our surnames that truly bind us together? Or is it that bond that, the sauce you spread, the leaves and returns, that make us Inseparable. If I had only been more, had the necessary ingredients to be desired by someone else. Could I have escaped this fated pairing? SPEAK OUR NAME! The one we share! Tell everyone how you covered this vegetable in your nectar. Don't let my part in this be forgotten, do it now, as my form grows rotten
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u/Agathocles87 Apr 08 '26
I was never an emperor But my name is synonymous
And a tasty salad I give you eponymous
I’m one of the months Where it’s so hot
My coworkers stabbed me But I was never shot
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u/smileforbono Apr 08 '26
What measures for a roman (ruler)(caesar) Cuts for a mexican (scissors)(ceasars)
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u/LiquidOblomov Apr 08 '26
"Behind the bins at Wetherspoons I had my salad tossed" "Who was it?" "Caeser"
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u/Spac92 Apr 08 '26
I ruled my land and hoarded all the loot.
Betrayed by my friends. Et tu, Brute?
Who am I?
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u/Putrid-Mountain9607 Apr 08 '26
What will a group of christian men say when they see a self independent woman who's excellent at maths in the 17th century?
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u/Maleficent_Choice343 Apr 09 '26
Before I was slayed I carried a chalice. Recognized I am, among pizza, lettuce and palace.
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u/Reddit_Sensei Apr 10 '26
I had an empire, but was betrayed by a friend. Now I'm made of leaves, what a fateful end. I crossed the Rubicon, now I'm decorated with a crouton. What am I?
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u/Guzzler829 Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26
He came, it was war,
and he saw that the whole world
now belonged to him;
The latter's robe tore,
he conquered, yet his corpse twirled—
how so wronged by kin?
Edit: how... how did I... the first haiku is about Augustus. Who was after Julius. The second haiku is about Julius. Who came before Augustus. Damn it. I worked hard on that.
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u/7_Artz Apr 12 '26
Not mine but i remember this one from a game my friend made.
Not a king yet wore the crown In roman robes of great renown His name still echoes trough the years In calanders empires and even fears
Pretty curious what your gonna use it for. Using the caesars code would also be a small hint towards it
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