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Originally Posted by MetaWraith
Man,
It was quoted in Tolkien's "The Hobbit" as one of the riddles Gollum asked Bilbo. Whether or not that was first usage, I couldnt say.
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JSYK: That riddle was devised by the Sphinx as one that could never be solved. Odeipus solved it, which annoyed the Sphinx somewhat and she killed herself. So it pre-dates Tolkein's book by some considerable margin.
Edit: Actually, I didn't know it was in The Hobbit, so it was far more famous than I realised
