publication date: Monday, January 12, 2015 (part of Winter 2015)

category: Business

clue: This Danish construction expert built a very successful toy business brick by brick.

explanation: Christiansen founded Lego. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Joanna Woods, and Mike Rothstein


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