A Riddle Game is an ancient contest of wits & skill inside mythology and folklore. Modern readers can understand it better from either a novels of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, in which the players take turns asking each other riddles; the first one who cannot guess an answer is the loser. To cheat at these are considered stinking, potentially though Bilbo's riddle "what is in my pockets" may be considered cheating, shopping for that it's non the very riddle. A Game is utilized by Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit as a way to barter to escape from two a goblin tunnels and from either becoming the tasty morsel for the animal Gollum. Bilbo in time outwits Gollum at a Riddle Game, from either whom he must escape anyway whenever Gollum chases him through the tunnels. These are at this moment after Bilbo discovers a power of the One Ring, which he found earliest in the tunnels. Gollum got owned it, however wasted it when it slipped off his finger. Bilbo escapes, however might late exist when pursued by Gollum as he tries to heal his "precious" in The Lord of the Rings.

Around Norse mythology, the king of the gods, Odin, like Bilbo, won such a contest per confutative maneuver of request the wonder to which lone he may understand the guide. Yet, a antagonist world health organization accepts such a wonder is attached to honor the terms of the game.

More high-stake riddles: Oedipus and the Sphinx