The Lady, or the Tiger? a number of doors; behind each one was either a lady or a tiger. However, the king bases the prisoner's fate on intelligence and not luck by posting a statement on each door that can be true or false. "The Lady, or the Tiger?" adapted to a short film by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation on 1970. "The Lady, or the Tiger?" is referenced in "Ennui", a sonnet written by Sylvia Plath and published 43 years after her death. Plath's sonnet, however, speaks of an age when the choice has become no longer relevant. Alternative rock band They Might Be Giants
Dire animal updated versions of the monsters published in "Masters of the Wild". The monsters are listed here: dire elephant, dire elk, dire horse, dire hawk, dire snake, and dire toad. The third edition "Fiend Folio" introduced one new dire animal, the dire rhinoceros"'. "Races of Stone" introduced the dire eagle. "Frostburn" introduces numerous dire animals more suited to cold environments. Many of them are not named 'dire [animal name]' but are still counted as dire animals. They are listed here: dire polar bear, megaloceros, glyptodon, sabretoothed tiger, wooly mammoth, and zeuglodon. "Libris Mortis" does not technically introduce any dire animals, however,