Trivia Today - Monday, August 25, 2014

Greetings Infomaniacs,

I remember in the 1980's when the Rubik's Cube was all the rage. Classmates would always bring them to school, and we would spend our free time trying to figure it out. I found it almost impossible, but some kids could get it right away.

To this day, there are still competitions to successfully complete the Rubik's Cube challenge. An organization known as The World Cube Association regulates and holds such competitions around the globe.

So, if any readers out there have a penchant for solving the Rubik's Cube puzzle, you might want to check them out!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "The problems of puzzles are very near the problems of life."

HINT: (1944-), Hungarian inventor, architect and professor of architecture.


RANDOM TIDBITS
A Hungarian by the name of Erno Rubik invented the Cube in the spring of 1974. He created it as a working model to help explain three-dimensional geometry, and this led to the creation of the world's best selling toy.

At the peak of the Rubik's Cube craze, an estimated one-fifth of the world's population had played the Cube.

Rubikcubism is an avant-garde artistic movement in which Rubik's cubes are used as a medium to create art.

In May 2007, Thibaut Jacquinot of France became the first person to complete the Cube in less than 10 seconds in open competition. Erik Akkersdijik set the current world record for a single solve at the 2008 Czech Open with a time of 7.08 seconds.

In 1981, a seven-year-old Norwegian boy named Lars-Erik Anderson was one of the youngest Cube solvers.

Initially, Rubik considered variations of a 2 x 2 x 2 in cube, but concluded that the simplest and most workable model was the 3 x 3 x 3 in cube.


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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "The problems of puzzles are very near the problems of life."

ANSWER: Erno Rubik.

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