Oedipus and the Riddle of the Sphinx

Which character poses this riddle?

• Oedipus

• Zeus

• the Sphinx

• Icarus

What is a Sphinx according to Greek mythology?

• a beast with a cat's body, the face and neck of a human woman, and a tail

• a beast with a lion’s body, the face and neck of a human woman, and wings

• a beast with a lion's body, the face and neck of human man, and wings

• a mystical creature, half feline, half human

What is the Sphinx that lived on a towering rock overlooking the road to Thebes?

• a god

• a hero

• supernatural creature

• a ghost

What is the answer to the riddle: What is it that walks on four feet in the morning, on two feet at noon, and on three feet in the evening?

• a dog

• a Greek god

• a baby

• a man or human beings

"Walking on all fours in the morning” of our lives refers to what?

• a cat

• a baby

• a dog

• the Sphinx

"On two feet at noon" is represented as what?

• a Greek god

• Oedipus

• a man

• the Sphinx

"On three feet in the evening" is represented by what?

• a tricycle

• walking with a cane

• a stick

• a wheelchair

Did Oedipus answer the Sphinx's riddle correctly?

• Yes

• No