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== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire|Harry Potter]]''<ref>Original novel only, sadly this scene does not appear in the movie</ref>, Harry encounters a sphinx in the hedge maze and has to answer a riddle in order to pass by it safely; however, she does tell Harry that if he decides not to give an answer and just retreat, she won't stop him. She's also generous enough to repeat the riddle a second time when he needs to listen to it closer. ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]'' states this as the reason the sphinx is classed as a beast rather than a being, as it only speaks in riddles and puzzles and reacts violently if given the wrong answer.
* ''[[Percy Jackson & the Olympians]]'': When the half-bloods meet a sphinx in the Labyrinth in ''Battle of the Labyrinth'', it tries to administer a multiple-choice standardized test, with mundane trivia questions. Annabeth, who was expecting a riddle that would test her cleverness, is not amused.
* In ''[[Discworld/Pyramids|Pyramids]]'', a sphinx asks Pteppic the [[Riddle of the Sphinx]]. Pteppic nitpicks the metaphor and manages to leave the sphinx confused enough that he can make a quick getaway.
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