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Test your knowledge about jigsaw puzzles with the following 10 questions
 
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1. Approximately when was the first jigsaw puzzle made?
 
1560
1660
1760
1860
 

 
2. Who is accredited with making the first jigsaw puzzle?
 
John Ravenscroft
John Redword
John Salisbury
John Spilsbury

Spilsbury was an Englishman who mounted a map of England on a thin sheet of mahogany board, cut round the county boundaries and called it a "Dissected Map"
 

 
3. Amongst modern manufacturers who reigns supreme as producers of quality puzzles featuring typically English subjects?
 
Excalibre Games
Gibsons Games
Hasbro
Jumbo International

Gibsons are not restricted to English subjects - they also own the sole rights to produce the famous Thomas Kinkade (Painter of Light) jigsaws
 

 
4. What is the most popular method of cutting out the pieces to make modern jigsaw puzzles?
 
Die Cutting
Electrical Fretsaws
Laser Cutting
Water Jet Cutting

Die cutting of cardboard puzzles is by far the most popular production method. The other three techniques are used for wooden puzzles but these are more expensive and less frequently seen.
 

 
5. Starting in 1933 which company name became synonymous with quality cardboard puzzles and to this day still produces much sought-after Christmas Limited Editions?
 
Doddingtons
Moddingtons
Poddingtons
Waddingtons
 

 
6. Raphael Tuck ran a London business in the late 1800's. As well as making stunning wooden jigsaws he was also the first commercial printer of what?
 
Calendars
Christmas Cards
Diaries
Wedding Invitations
 

 
7. In 1993 the Stave company of America sold a beautiful, newly cut wooden jigsaw for a record price of how much?
 
£80
£800
£8,000
£80,000

Stave regular sell 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzles for £3,000+
 

 
8. A measure of how ingrained the word "Jigsaw" is in the English language can be gleaned from the number of registered English companies whose name includes "Jigsaw". How many are there?
 
40
140
240
340
 

 
9. What is the name of the humorous puzzles where the picture on the box is the audience of the picture on the puzzle?
 
Jigwazzle
Jigwhat
Wasgij
Zigglejig

In case you had not noticed, WASGIJ is JIGSAW spelled backwards!
 

 
10. What is the brand name of the comprehensive range of jigsaw puzzle accessories (Cases, Frames, Boards etc.)?
 
Jiggear
Jigitems
Jigstuff
Jigthings
 

 
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