Multiple choice general knowledge

Who invented the Crossword puzzle in 1913?

  1. Charles Wheatstone

  2. Paul Winchell

  3. Arthur Wynne

  4. None
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Explanation

Arthur Wynne, a British journalist working for the New York World, invented the first crossword puzzle in 1913. His diamond-shaped word game appeared in the Sunday newspaper December 21, 1913. Wheatstone was a 19th-century inventor known for the Wheatstone bridge.

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