List of Riddles

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List of Riddles
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• The Riddle of the Sphinx
• Based on legend, the sphinx perched high above a
  mountain terrorized travelers but promised safe
  passage to anyone who could successfully respond
  to her riddle "What creature is that which in
  the early morning walks on 4 legs, 2 at noon, and
  also upon 3 in the evening?" The rogue royalty
  Oedipus came with the answer "Man, who in
  childhood crawls on both knees and hands, in
  manhood walks erect, and in aging is aided with a
  staff." At this, the sphinx cast herself from the
  loft of her and perished.

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• The Riddle of Fleas
• Based on Greek biographer Plutarch (ca. A.D. 46
  119), a riddle killed Homer in his vain attempt
  to unravel it. The riddle went as such "What we
  caught/ we threw away.../What we couldn't catch/
  we kept. The answer fleas.

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• Samson's Riddle
• As fully told in Judges chapter fourteen, Samson
  challenged his Philistine guests with a riddle
  "Out of the eater, a thing to eat out of the
  formidable, something sweet." The riddle was set
  up on a wager that cost "thirty linen garments
  and 30 sets of clothes," within a deadline of 7
  days. The wiley Philistines coaxed the answer
  from Samson's Philistine wife. The explanation to
  the riddle "What is sweeter compared to honey?
  What's better than a lion?"

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• The Gordian Knot
• Riddles also are available in the form of a
  device, like the one created by King Gordius of
  Phrygia. In honor to Zeus, he fastened in concert
  the pole and yoke of the chariot of his with a
  complex knot. Along with it came a prophecy that
  whoever unravels the knot shall rule all Asia
  Minor. Centuries of failed attempts came to an
  end when Alexander the Great, impatient after
  repeatedly failing with the skill of his, reached
  for the sword of his and hacked the knot away.

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• The Rubik's Cube
• Known as the Gordian Knot of the time of ours, it
  had taken the planet by storm when it debuted in
  the West in 1980. Yearly cube tournaments
  continue to this day with records made and
  broken.

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