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2. Jigsaw puzzle - Wikipedia

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   Jigsaw Puzzle (song), sometimes spelled "Jig-Saw Puzzle" is a song by the rock and roll band The Rolling Stones, featured on their 1968 album Beggars Banquet. In " Citizen Kane " Susan Alexander Kane (Dorothy Comingore) is reduced to spending her days completing jigsaws after the failure of her operatic career.

3. John Spilsbury (cartographer) - Wikipedia

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   Spilsbury created the first puzzle in 1766 as an educational tool to teach geography. He affixed a world map to wood and carved each country out to create the first puzzle. Sensing a business opportunity, he created puzzles on eight themes - the World, Europe, Asia, Africa, America, England and Wales, Ireland, and Scotland.

4. Jigsaw Puzzle (song) - Wikipedia

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   Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "Jigsaw Puzzle" is one of the longer songs on the album.It comes in just ten seconds shorter than "Sympathy for the Devil".Parts of the recording sessions are available on the bootleg market, and on these recordings, Jagger is on acoustic guitar, Richards on electric slide guitar, Charlie Watts on drums, Bill Wyman on bass, and Nicky Hopkins on piano.

5. 27 Things You Didn't Know About Jigsaw Puzzles - AOL

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   Despite several people taking credit for the first jigsaw puzzle, most historians give the credit to English engraver John Spilsbury according to Ceaco, a Massachusetts-based puzzle manufacturer.

6. Danny Kirwan - Wikipedia

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   Kirwan was born Daniel David Langran on 13 May 1950 [1] and raised in Brixton, South London.His parents separated when he was young [2] and his mother, Phyllis Rose Langran, married Aloysious J. Kirwan in 1958 when Danny was eight.

7. Ravensburger - Wikipedia

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   The company focused on children's games and books and specialized books for art, architecture, and hobbies, and from 1962 grew strongly. The company started to produce jigsaw puzzle games in 1964, and in the same year opened subsidiaries in Austria, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In 1977, the company split ...

8. Parker Brothers - Wikipedia

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   Parker Brothers marketed its first jigsaw puzzle in 1887. Parker also produced children's puzzles, as well as the Climax, Jig-A-Jig, Jig Wood, and Paramount lines. According to Jigsaw Puzzles: An Illustrated History and Price Guide , by Anne D. Williams, Parker Bros. closed the Pastime line in the 1950s and their die-cut puzzles were phased out ...

9. Charles Wysocki (artist) - Wikipedia

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   Boxes of Charles Wysocki jigsaw puzzles. Charles M. Wysocki, Jr., was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Charles M. Wysocki and Mary K. Wysocki. His father was born in Poland, while his mother was born in Kansas to Polish-born parents. [2] At Cass Technical High School in Detroit he studied art.