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'''Sphinx''' is a character in ''[[Wario: Master of Disguise]]''. He is found in the [[Smithsnorian Museum]]. When [[Wario]] meets him, he says that because the museum is closed that day, he cannot ask Wario riddles. Wario tells him that he is looking for a [[Wishstone]]. Sphinx knows what it is, and tells Wario that if he finds his three items he had lost for centuries, he can give Wario and [[Goodstyle]] information.  
The '''Sphinx''' is a character in ''[[Wario: Master of Disguise]]''. He is found in the [[Smithsnorian Museum]]. [[Wario]] and [[Goodstyle]] meet him while searching the museum for clues about the whereabouts of the [[Wishstone]] pieces. After the Sphinx mentions a previous "visitor" in passing, Goodstyle asks him for information on the person. However, the Sphinx doesn't tell them what they need to know until Wario finds three of the [[Poobah the Pharaoh|Pharaoh]]'s treasures for him.


Wario finds the lost items by answering some [[Sphinx Simulator|riddles]] and returns them to Sphinx. Wario reveals he is a thief, so Sphinx doesn't want to give him information. However, because Wario helped him, he gives him a chance. If Wario answers his three riddles right, Sphinx tells him about the Wishstone. If Wario answers all wrong, Sphinx shoots him and makes him start for the last Save Point.  
After receiving the treasures, the Sphinx tells Wario and Goodstyle that a "[[Carpaccio|guy in a suit]]" was taking boxes out of the museum. However, after Wario inadvertently reveals that he is a thief, the Sphinx refuses to let him leave unless he solves three riddles. After Wario correctly answers the riddles, the Sphinx tells him to leave quickly before the guards find out he let him go. Before they leave, Goodstyle asks where the man in a suit was headed. The Sphinx says that he mentioned a "cave hidden by a perpetual blizzard". Goodstyle deduces that he is referring to [[Sneezemore Cave]], giving Wario his next destination.
 
If Wario answers all right, Sphinx is shocked to see Wario answer them all, and tells him to go to [[Sneezemore Cave]]. Wario then leaves the museum and goes to the cave. In the museum, what Sphinx does is ask a riddle to guests visiting the museum, just for fun.


==In-game description==
==In-game description==

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The Sphinx is a character in Wario: Master of Disguise. He is found in the Smithsnorian Museum. Wario and Goodstyle meet him while searching the museum for clues about the whereabouts of the Wishstone pieces. After the Sphinx mentions a previous "visitor" in passing, Goodstyle asks him for information on the person. However, the Sphinx doesn't tell them what they need to know until Wario finds three of the Pharaoh's treasures for him.

After receiving the treasures, the Sphinx tells Wario and Goodstyle that a "guy in a suit" was taking boxes out of the museum. However, after Wario inadvertently reveals that he is a thief, the Sphinx refuses to let him leave unless he solves three riddles. After Wario correctly answers the riddles, the Sphinx tells him to leave quickly before the guards find out he let him go. Before they leave, Goodstyle asks where the man in a suit was headed. The Sphinx says that he mentioned a "cave hidden by a perpetual blizzard". Goodstyle deduces that he is referring to Sneezemore Cave, giving Wario his next destination.

In-game description

The Sphinx works at the museum, but spends all of his time goofing off and asking dumb riddles of everyone he sees. Plus he never pulls OT.

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