These Questions Three: Difference between revisions

Note that these have to be answering them, not just three challenges. And it has to be three chosen as a deliberate number, not a quiz that just happens to be three.

 

 

Compare [[Riddle of the Sphinx]], [[Only Smart People May Pass]].

* In ''[[Quest for Glory I]]'', a gargoyle who guards the house of the wizard Erasmus asks the hero three questions similar to these, probably as a reference to ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''. If he gives the wrong answer, he is transported back to the bottom of the mountain. The questions are random and along with the standard "what is your name?" and "what is your quest?" there are also questions either about information you've learned in the game or ones that are [[Shout-Out|shout outs]] to other media. For instance, to "what is your quest?" the hero can answer "[[Monkey Island|I want to be a pirate.]]" Another question asks what the password to the thieves guild is, and the correct response is actually to give the wrong answer to prove that you are not a thief. And the answer to "What's the meaning of life?"... [[Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy|42.]]

** And once again for ''Quest For Glory 5'', except with a titanic cloud creature replacing it. However it does this only once, and the questions are "Who are you, what do you want, and who are you here to see." which anybody can answer.

* In ''[[Machinarium]]'', you are given three "complete the pattern" puzzles by a ventilation fan robot. {{spoiler|Subverted by the fact that if you get them right, the robot will simply fall back to sleep. You're actually supposed to get the questions ''wrong'' to make the robot angry enough to eject the fan allowing you to go inside the shaft.}}

* The Bridgekeeper appears as a special encounter in ''[[Fallout 2]]''.

* Spoofed in ''[[Rose of Versailles Abridged]]''.

* [[Deadpan Snarker|Ferr]] of the [[Freelance Astronauts]] tried to pull this [[Running Gag|a few times]] during the [[Let's Play]] of ''[[Serious Sam]]''. He never does complete it, as [[The Quiet One|Evek]] interrupts him each time. Usually with bullets.

* In [[Unforgotten Realms]] our heroes encounter a riddle-dealing stone wall on the fourth floor of the Tower of Ultimate Wizardy

{{quote|'''Statue (AKA Wall)''': "Answer questions, questions of three/ Get questions right and move on can thee// Listen to the rules and follow them well/ Or you will most certainly be visiting HELL!// "