Quizzes are one of the most popular recreational activities held in senior care facilities.
Because they can be done while seated in a cool indoor space, their safety and ease are appealing.
They also require virtually no special preparation, making them easy for facility staff to run.
Quizzes engage cognitive functions and are ideal for dementia prevention.
This particular activity is a three-hint quiz, where you deduce the answer from three clues, making it easy to participate.
Getting the right answer provides a sense of accomplishment and joy, and even when answers are incorrect, gaining new knowledge provides beneficial stimulation for the brain.
Be sure to incorporate it into your daily recreational activities.
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[For Seniors] Fun Brain Training! Three-Hint Quiz Collection (1–10)
Comedy, Glico, Takoyaki
Among DREAMS COME TRUE’s songs, “Osaka LOVER” is my favorite.
Which track do you all like best? The heartwarming lyrics are brilliant, packed with the anxiety of maintaining a long-distance relationship, the playful spirit of Osaka as a city, and a boyfriend’s aloofness.
If you haven’t heard it, please make time to listen.
Beyond these clues, there’s an endless list of hints at Osaka’s charm—manzai comedy, kushikatsu, okonomiyaki, Yoshimoto, Tsutenkaku, USJ, and more! I’ve even heard many Osakans revere Downtown as gods of comedy!
Nozomi, Hikari, Kodama
The name “Nozomi” attached to a Shinkansen.
Personally, I feel that a similar word like “Kibō” (hope) would have worked too.
The word “nozomi” makes me think of phrases like “There’s still hope” or “Betting on a sliver of hope!”—it feels like a word that often pops up when you’re in a pinch… Is that just me? The Shinkansen’s rails and rolling stock are sometimes called the greatest construction of the Showa era, and I’ve heard the system is even sold overseas.
Many of you have probably ridden the Shinkansen dozens of times.
For railway enthusiasts, this was an easy question, wasn’t it!
Office worker, exchange, square paper
The scene of exchanging business cards while greeting each other with a cheery “Hello, hello.” As a child, I watched that adult social ritual with admiration.
How about you—did you exchange a lot of business cards during your working years? For a long time, those small paper cards were invaluable as tools for introduction and as assets for the company afterward.
But times have changed, and I hear that many companies now use digital business cards or have done away with them altogether.
It’s not exactly a picturesque Showa-era scene, but thinking that the moment I admired as a child might disappear does make me feel a little sad.
Medals, once every four years, sports
Do the word “medal” and its hint make many of you think of digital games or arcades? I was reminded of the medal I got as a child for a New Year’s calligraphy contest.
Perfect attendance awards, marathon races, fishing tournaments, mahjong tournaments—you’ve probably received lots of medals yourselves.
It can be a bit embarrassing to wear one around your neck in front of everyone, but when time passes and you look at the medals you still have, they each carry their own charm and atmosphere.
The Olympics, held in Japan about every fifty years or so—this time, I hope to see a Tokyo Olympics packed with spectators!
Propeller, cool breeze, summer
The hint of ‘propeller’ might make you think of airplanes or fighter jets.
The electric fan, which is also a summer seasonal word—when did you first use one? Speaking of fans, there’s that phenomenon where you want to go “ahhh” in front of one; I think everyone tried it at least once as a child.
They say the voice that hits the blades and bounces back and the voice that passes through to the other side without hitting the blades, combined with the high-speed rotation, makes it sound slightly resonant.
Knowing the trick only makes you want to try it even more.
Black and white, on a tree, eucalyptus
The pandas that were kept in groups at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo and at Adventure World in Wakayama Prefecture have completed their research roles and are being returned to China.
It really shows how precious pandas are, doesn’t it? Of course, there are many other animals with even smaller populations that are also very rare, but a panda’s adorable appearance is truly incomparable.
Have you ever seen a panda? By the way, there’s a theory that their black-and-white coloring serves as camouflage in snowy environments, but the details haven’t been fully determined yet.
Botchan, a thousand-yen bill, a cat
Which novel from your school textbooks has stayed with you? I think works like Osamu Dazai’s “Run, Melos!”, Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s “Rashomon,” and Kenji Miyazawa’s “Night on the Galactic Railroad” are also popular, but according to one ranking, the top spot goes to Hermann Hesse’s “Beneath the Wheel” (also known as “Unterm Rad”).
Since it’s included in many textbooks, I imagine many people are familiar with it.
Of course, some would cast their vote for Natsume Soseki’s “Kokoro.” Speaking personally, textbooks were my gateway to literature.
They’ve made me want to revisit Soseki’s works again.


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