哈利在树篱迷宫中也猜出了斯芬克斯的谜题，顺利通过，不久之后他就看见了奖杯——三强杯。但塞德里克比他看到得更早，已经开始全力向奖杯冲刺。 可就在这时，哈利看到一只巨型蜘蛛向塞德里克冲来。为了保护塞德里克，哈利和蜘蛛搏斗起来，却弄伤了自己的腿。最后，他和塞德里克同时发出昏迷咒，两个咒语叠加在一起，终于打败了蜘蛛。 This is the riddle that the sphinx posed to Harry in the maze during the third and final task of the Triwizard Tournament. 这是在三强争霸赛的第三个也是最后一个任务中，斯芬克斯在迷宫中向哈利提出的谜语：
The Sphinx's Riddle (Book 4)斯芬克斯的谜语（出自第四部） First think of the person who lives in disguise, Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend, The middle of the middle and the end of the end? And finally give me the sound often heard, During the search for a hard-to-find word. Now string them together, and answer me this, Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss? 先想想什么人总带着假面， 行动诡秘，谎话连篇。 再告诉我什么东西总是缝缝补补， 中间的中间，尾部的尾部？ 最后告诉我想不出词的时候 哪个字经常被说出口。 现在把它们连起来，回答我， 什么是你不愿意亲吻的动物？
解谜：1. Imposter -- English for 骗子 （'swindler'). 2. Spy -- English for 间谍 ( 'spy'). 3. Middle -- English for 中间（'middle'). 4. Er -- English for 呃 (an interjection in Chinese, similar to 'uh' in English 汉语中的感叹词，类似于英语中的“uh”). 5. Spider: English for 'spider'. This is an English riddle. 'Spi' has the same pronunciation as 'spy'. The middle letter in 'middle' and the last letter in 'end' is 'd'. Add 'er' to get the answer to the riddle. The answer to the riddle is hinted at in the third sentence because a spider looks like it's 'mending' when it is weaving its web. 蜘蛛：英文是“蜘蛛”的意思。这是一个英国谜语。'Spi’和'spy’的发音相同。'middle'中的中间字母和'end'中的最后一个字母是'd'。加上“er”就能得到这个谜语的答案。第三句话暗示了谜底，因为一只蜘蛛在织网的时候看起来像是在“缝缝补补”。 看过上面的解析，你对斯芬克斯的谜语一定更了解了吧~英国谜语也十分有趣哦，静待大家的发掘！
