▁Middle ▁A ges . ▁It ▁has ▁modern ▁a ▁parallel ▁in ▁t riv ia ▁games . ▁Charles ▁Wright ▁gives ▁as ▁a ▁modern ▁American ▁example ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁sort ▁of ▁r iddle ▁" Who ▁first ▁played ▁tennis ▁in ▁the ▁Bible ? ▁Mos es ▁served ▁in ▁Ph ara oh ' s ▁court ". ▁ ▁A ▁single ▁i ocus ▁may ▁appear ▁in ▁several ▁manuscript ▁collections . ▁Although ▁the ▁answers ▁were ▁usually ▁short , ▁generally ▁a ▁single ▁name , ▁long ▁answers ▁were ▁not ▁unknown . ▁The ▁Frank ish ▁Table ▁of ▁Nations , ▁a ▁brief ▁gene al ogy ▁of ▁the ▁German ic ▁pe op les , ▁was ▁the ▁incorpor ated ▁as ▁the ▁answer ▁to ▁a ▁question ▁in ▁one ▁collection ▁of ▁eight ▁i oca . ▁The ▁Old ▁Testament ▁was ▁an ▁especially ▁fav oured ▁topic . ▁Question s ▁about ▁who ▁in ▁the ▁Bible ▁was ▁first ▁to ▁do ▁something ▁were ▁popular . ▁The ▁question er ▁and ▁res ponder ▁may ▁or ▁may ▁not ▁be ▁identified ▁in ▁the ▁text . ▁The ▁lines ▁are ▁usually ▁pre fac ed ▁with ▁dic ▁mi hi ▁( t ell ▁me ), ▁d ico ▁tib i ▁( I ▁tell ▁you ), ▁inter rog atio ▁( question ) ▁or ▁respons io ▁( answer ) ▁and ▁only ▁in ▁later ▁dialog ues ▁dis cip ulus ▁( student ) ▁and ▁mag ister ▁( te acher ). ▁In ▁one ▁group ▁of ▁i oca , ▁the ▁names ▁of ▁the ▁em peror ▁Had rian ▁and ▁the ▁phil os opher ▁Ep ict et us ▁are ▁used ▁for ▁the ▁inter loc utors . ▁ ▁Ex amples ▁" Who ▁died