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Puzzles Power your



                                                   Brain




           Puzzles are usually in the form of Qs and As. They provide a good way to exercise our brains.
           Crosswords, Jigsaws, Word search, Brain Teasers, Sudoku – are all types of puzzles. Spending
           some time every day working on puzzles, improves memory and problem solving skills. Our Bal
           Vihar page every month, Train the Brain, is aimed at puzzle solving.



                                                     v    Arthur  Wynne  from  Liverpool  created  the  first
                                                          crossword puzzle on December 21st, 1913.


                                                     v    Sudoku was earlier called Number Place and first
                                                          appeared  in  1979.  Howard  Garns  from  Indiana
                                                          created Number Place.


                                                     v    British  cartographer  (person  who  makes  maps)
                                                          John Spilsbury invented the Jigsaw puzzle. He cut
                                                          out countries from a world map. And they had to
                         Arthur Wynne                     be glued back rightly to complete the Jigsaw.























                              Howard Garns                                      John Spilsbury







                       29  January                                                  – Bharati Sukhatankar
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                        Puzzle Day








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