| A world like ours needs a smile from time to | | | | winners with laurel. Throughout time, riddles |
| time, and there is nothing better that | | | | and puzzles have been spread widely all over |
| spending our leisure hours with fun and | | | | the world by one means or |
| entertaining activities, such as puzzles, | | | | another.Nevertheless, trivia also contributed |
| riddles and trivia solving.Puzzles come from | | | | to fun in communal gatherings and family |
| ancient times, and archaeologists have found | | | | reunions often associated with |
| evidence of puzzles with a history that can | | | | tongue-in-cheek riddles to make the events |
| be traced back thousand of years. In Persia, | | | | more fun and entertaining. There is reference |
| puzzles were part of mystical practices and | | | | of riddle tournaments held in remote places |
| religions.Temples in Tibet, China and Japan | | | | such as the Fiji islands were the losers were |
| have been found with engraved puzzles that | | | | placed laying on a feast for the |
| reveal mathematical formulas engraved on the | | | | champions.Trivia and puzzles in Africa were |
| walls by monks. However, puzzles were also | | | | used as ritual for young people that could |
| used as trivia to pass time and the origin of | | | | not be considered an adult if they failed to |
| board games such as chess.On the other hand, | | | | solve them. In the Middle East, trivia and |
| riddles are considered a modern entertainment | | | | riddles were used as oracles consultation so |
| form, but because they are more likely | | | | women could find if they were meant to marry |
| associated with the bards of the Middle Ages. | | | | with the man of their dreams.The history of |
| The format of riddles, forming a question to | | | | puzzles, riddles and trivia also fascinate |
| be solved by guessing, facilitated their job | | | | authors, painters and artist of all times |
| as traveling entertainers.Riddles were also a | | | | that has contributed to the preservation this |
| sort of trivia, passing messages on between | | | | form of entertainment until today.Natalie |
| people needing to share information that | | | | Aranda writes on art, recreation and |
| others could not understand, often compared | | | | entertainmet. A world like ours needs a smile |
| with "undercover information."Puzzles, | | | | from time to time, and there is nothing |
| riddles and trivia were, in fact, the way to | | | | better that spending our leisure hours with |
| go when justice was behind dreamers wanting a | | | | fun and entertaining activities, such as |
| better world, fighting against governments | | | | puzzles, riddles and trivia solving. On the |
| and rulers that otherwise would quiet their | | | | other hand, riddles are considered a modern |
| voice.However, researchers consider that both | | | | entertainment form, but because they are more |
| puzzles and trivia have a common origin in | | | | likely associated with the bards of the |
| religion, running parallel one to another. | | | | Middle Ages. The format of riddles, forming a |
| Many biblical verses and prophecies were | | | | question to be solved by guessing, |
| written as a sort of guessing game, and you | | | | facilitated their job as traveling |
| can easily find these riddles in the Torah, | | | | entertainers. Puzzles, riddles and trivia |
| the Koran, the Rig-Veda, and even the Bible | | | | were, in fact, the way to go when justice was |
| itself.Ancient Greeks liked all the | | | | behind dreamers wanting a better world, |
| challenging games, celebrating banquets where | | | | fighting against governments and rulers that |
| trivia, puzzles, and riddles were both | | | | otherwise would quiet their voice. |
| entertainment and competence, crowning the | | | | |