Q 01/05

What are the two directions in which crossword entries run?

A) Left and right

B) Up and down

C) Across and down

D) In and out

Answer · why

C) Across and down

Each white square usually takes one letter, and black squares separate the entries.

Q 02/05

What is a person who constructs or solves crosswords called?

A) A cruciverbalist

B) A logophile

C) A grid-master

D) A lexicographer

Answer · why

A) A cruciverbalist

The word was coined in the 1970s from the Latin for cross and word.

Q 03/05

Who published the word-cross puzzle in the New York World on 21 December 1913 that is usually called the first crossword?

A) Will Weng

B) Richard Simon

C) Margaret Farrar

D) Arthur Wynne

Answer · why

D) Arthur Wynne

He was a journalist who had played violin in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

Q 04/05

The first crossword appeared in which part of the Sunday New York World?

A) The Fun page

B) The ladies' page

C) The financial pages

D) The sports pages

Answer · why

A) The Fun page

Wynne created the whole page of puzzles for that section.

Q 05/05

In which English city was the inventor of the modern crossword born in 1871?

A) Leeds

B) Birmingham

C) Liverpool

D) Manchester

Answer · why

C) Liverpool

He lived on Edge Lane for a time before emigrating to the United States.