riddle me this

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riddle me this

  1. Answer this riddle (or other difficult or tricky question) for me.
    • 1760, John Dryden, The miscellaneous works of John Dryden, volume 1, page 250:
      Riddle me this, and guess him if you can, / Who bears a nation in a single man?
    • 2011, J. H. Trumble, Don't Let Me Go, page 115:
      Somebody riddle me this. Why do people find pro-gay slogans on T-shirts so threatening?

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