The Riddle
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The Riddle may refer to:
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In music
- The Riddle, a 1959 jazz album by Dave BrubeckDave BrubeckDavid Warren "Dave" Brubeck is an American jazz pianist. He has written a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranges from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills...
- The Riddle (album)The Riddle (album)The Riddle is Nik Kershaw's second album. It was released in 1984 by MCA Records.-LP, Cassette, CD:#"Don Quixote" – 4:55#"Know How" – 4:52#"You Might" – 3:17#"Wild Horses" – 3:59#"Easy" – 4:13#"The Riddle" – 3:52#"City of Angels" – 3:56...
, a 1984 rock album by Nik Kershaw - "The Riddle (Nik Kershaw song)The Riddle (Nik Kershaw song)"The Riddle" was a hit single for Nik Kershaw in 1984/1985. It reached number three on the UK Singles Chart.-Lyrics:The "riddling" lyrics caused much puzzlement and speculation among listeners as to their meaning, which was further fuelled by record company MCA's decision to run a competition to...
", a song by Nik Kershaw in 1984 - "The Riddle (You and I)", a 2006 rock song, released as a single and on the album Two Lights, by Five for Fighting
- "The Riddle (Gigi D'Agostino)", a 2000 remix of the Nik Kershaw song by Gigi D'Agostino
- "The Riddle", a song from the musical The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical)The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical)The Scarlet Pimpernel is a musical with music by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics and book by Nan Knighton, based on the novel of the same name by Baroness Orczy. The show is set in England and France during the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution...
In literature
- The Riddle (novel), a 2004 fantasy book of the Pellinor series by Alison Croggon
- The Riddle (fairy tale)The Riddle (fairy tale)The Riddle is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 22. It is Aarne-Thompson type 851, winning the princess with a riddle. Andrew Lang included it in The Green Fairy Book. It is sometimes known as A Riddling Tale and is about a man whose wife is transformed into a flower...
, one of Grimm's Fairy Tales - "The Riddle", by Walter de la Mare; see wikisource:The Riddle (Mare)
In film
- The Riddle (film)The Riddle (film)- Plot/Synopsis :When a woman is murdered following her discovery of an unpublished Charles Dickens manuscript, an unusual trio team up to investigate. The three are Mike , an ambitious sports reporter determined to make a name for himself, Kate , a police officer, and an eccentric old man...
a film starring Derek Jacobi
Places
- The Riddle, Herefordshire, a settlement in England