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[[File:test611_6460.jpg|frame|Always [[Take a Third Option|Take the Third Option]]]]
 
{{quote|''If be it your hubby,<br />
wish you to see, <br />
this haunting be-riddle<br />
answer you'll me!''|''[http://andrewhussie.com/comic.php?sec=archive&auth=Blurbs&cid=blurbs/00018-rg.gif&blurb=rg Riddler's Gammon]'', by [[MS Paint Adventures|Andrew Hussie]]}}
 
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** As everyone knows, Sphinxes are fond of riddles. Sphinx cards, therefore, will often pose riddles to the players, such as [http://magiccards.info/cmd/en/42.html "What is the top card of your library?"] or [http://magiccards.info/m10/en/73.html "Which creature card have I stolen from your deck?"] or [http://magiccards.info/di/en/114.html "What card is in your opponent's hand?"]
** Sphinxes feature heavily in ''[[Magic: The Gathering/Test of Metal|Test of Metal]]'', so Tezzeret has plenty of riddles to solve.
{{quote| I am the stone that comes not from the sea<br />
I am the blood but the blood is not me<br />
I am the key to the door with no locks<br />
I am the mainspring that winds broken clocks<br />
I am your tears on the chains of the rack<br />
I am your gift and you can't give me back }}
 
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* Subverted in [[Subnormality]]. The sphinx meets Oedipus' ''mother''. When she learns who she's talking to, the sphinx has a massive flipout about which one of them is considered the monster, and makes Oedipus' mother take her place.
* A subversion in [[Order of the Stick]]. First, there's Haley's famous solution to the "two paths, one honest man, one liar, one question" riddle. [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0327.html The Test of the Mind].
{{quote| '''Varsuvius''' Gordium called--they have a knot you may want to take a look at.}}
* In {xkcd}, The classic "[[Knights and Knaves]]" puzzle is sent up/parodied where there's three guards. One only tells the truth, one only lies, and one [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|stabs people who ask tricky questions]].