Riddle-game

The Riddle-gameThe Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Prologue", 4. Of the Finding of the Ring was an ancient game played by Bilbo Baggins and Gollum in Gollum's cave, whereupon they struggled for dominance against one another, as recounted in the fifth chapter of The Hobbit.
Having found the One Ring beforehand in the cave, Bilbo won the game by asking Gollum what he had in his pocket. The opinions of the Authorities differ on this issue, whether or not Bilbo's question was a riddle-but they all agreed upon the fact that Gollum had accepted the question as a riddle, and was now obliged to give an answer or lose the game. Gollum, of course, did not know, and frustratedly pardoned himself to his island home. Bilbo then escaped using the One Ring's property of invisibility, and would rejoin Thorin and Company at the eastern foot of the mountains.The Hobbit, Chapter V: "Riddles in the Dark"
== The riddles ==
Riddle 1 (Gollum):
:What has roots as nobody sees,
:Is taller than trees,
:Up, up it goes,
:And yet never grows?
Answer: a Mountain
Riddle 2 (Bilbo):
:Thirty white horses on a red hill,
:First they champ,
:Then they stamp,
:Then they stand still.
Answer: Teeth
Riddle 3 (Gollum):
:Voiceless it cries,
:Wingless flutters,
:toothless bites,
:Mouthless mutters.
Answer: Wind
Riddle 4 (Bilbo):
:An eye in a blue face
:Saw an eye in a green face.
:“That eye is like to this eye”
:Said the first eye,
:“but in low place”
:Not in high place.”
Answer: Sun on the daisies
Riddle 5 (Gollum):
:It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
:Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
:It lies behind stars and under hills,
:And empty holes it fills.
:It comes first and follows after,
:Ends life, kills laughter.
Answer: Darkness
Riddle 6 (Bilbo):
:A box without hinges, key or lid,
:Yet golden treasure inside is hid.
Answer: Egg
Riddle 7 (Gollum):
:Alive without breath,
:As cold as death;
:Never thirsty, ever drinking,
:All in mail never clinking
Answer: Fish
Riddle 8 (Bilbo):
:No-legs lay on one-leg, 
:two legs sat near on three legs,
:four legs got some.
Answer: Fish on a little one-legged table, man at table sitting on a three-legged stool, the cat gets the bones
Riddle 9 (Gollum):
:This thing all things devours:
:Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
:Gnaws iron, bites steel;
:Grinds hard stones to meal;
:Slays king, ruins town,
:And beats high mountain down.
Answer: Time
Riddle 10 (Bilbo):
:What does Bilbo have in his pocket? 
Answer: The One Ring of Power
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Raadspel
Albanian 	Lojë shoshë
Amharic 	የእንቆቅልሽ ጨዋታ
Arabic 	لغز لعبه
Armenian 	Հանելուկ Խաղ
Assamese 	ৰহস্যৰ খেল
Azerbaijani 	Tapmaca oyunu
Belarusian Cyrillic	загадка гульні
Bengali 	ধাঁধা খেলা
Bosnian 	Zagonetka igra
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Игра на гатанки
Cambodian 	ល្បែងផ្គុំរូប
Catalan 	Joc d'endevinalles
Cebuano 	Tigmo nga dula
Chinese 	谜语游戏
Cornish 	Dismyk Gwari
Corsican 	Ghjocu di enigmi
Croatian 	Zagonetka igra
Czech 	Hádanka hry
Danish 	Gådedysten
Dari 	بازی پازل
Dutch 	Raadsel Spel
Esperanto 	Enigma Ludo
Estonian 	Mõistatus mäng
Filipino 	Laro ng bugtong
Finnish 	Arvoitus peli
French 	Jeu de l'énigme
Frisian 	Riedsel wedstriid (Western)
Friulian 	Gjoc enigmatic
Galician 	Xogo de enigma
Georgian 	რიდლი თამაში
German 	Rätselspiel
Greek 	Παιχνίδι αίνιγμα
Gujarati 	રિડલ ગેમ
Haitian Creole 	Devinèt jwèt
Hebrew 	משחק החידות
Hindi 	पहेली खेल
Hungarian 	Rejtvényes játék
Icelandic 	Ráðgáta leikur
Irish Gaelic 	Cluiche a tomhaiseanna
Italian 	Gioco di enigmi
Japanese 	謎のゲーム
Kannada 	ರಿಡಲ್ ಗೇಮ್
Kazakh 	Жұмбақ ойыны (Cyrillic) Jumbaq oyını (Latin)
Konkani 	कोड्याचो खेळ
Korean 	수수께끼 게임
Kurdish 	Lîstika Şertonek (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	табышмак оюн
Laotian 	ການຫຼິ້ນຄຳທວາຍ
Latvian 	Mīklu spēle
Lithuanian 	Mįslių žaidimas
Macedonian Cyrillic	Загатка игра
Malagasy 	Lalao Milalao
Malaysian 	Teka-teki permainan
Marathi 	कोडे खेळ
Mongolian Cyrillic 	онөсого Тоглоом
Nepalese 	पहेली खेल
Norwegian 	Gåten Spillet
Occitan 	Jòc d'enigma
Pashto 	د لوبې لوبې
Persian 	بازی معما
Polish 	Gry zagadka
Portuguese 	Jogo de acertijo
Punjabi 	ਬੁਝਾਰਤ ਖੇਡ
Romanian 	Joc de ghicitori
Russian 	Головоломка игра
Sanskrit 	प्रहेलिका क्रीडा
Sardinian 	Giogu de indovinellos
Scottish Gaelic 	Geama tòimhseachain
Serbian 	Загонетка игра (Cyrillic) Zagonetka igra (Latin)
Sindhi 	ڳجهارت واري راند
Sinhalese 	රයිල්ඩ් ගේම්
Slovak 	Hádanka hra
Slovenian 	Uganka igra
Somali 	Hal-xiraale Ciyaarta
Spanish 	Juego de adivinanzas
Sundanese 	Kaulinan Babadean
Swahili 	Mchezo wa kitendawili
Swedish 	Gåta Spel
Tamil 	புதிர் விளையாட்டு
Tatar 	Табышмак уены
Telugu 	రిడిల్ గేమ్
Thai 	เกมปริศนา
Turkish 	Bilmece oyunu
Turkmen 	Bulmaç oýun
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Загадка ігри
Uzbek 	Жумбоқ ўйин (Cyrillic) Jumboq o'yin (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Trò chơi đố
Welsh 	Gêm Pos
Yiddish 	רעטעניש שפּיל
Yoruba 	Adiitu idaraya
== References ==
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