[For Seniors] Fun Food Trivia Quizzes You'll Want to Share

What kind of meat is “momiji”?

The simplest and clearest way is to state plainly what kind of meat it is, but calling meat by another name can also be interesting—it reflects the history of food culture.

If you hear “momiji” (maple), you might strongly associate it with autumn as a plant, but it’s also an animal you see outside of autumn.

The answer is “deer.” It’s said to come from the October hanafuda card that depicts maple leaves and a deer together.

There are other cases where meats are called by plant names, too, so it could be fun to learn those terms and their origins as well.

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In “cream puff,” the word choux comes from French and means a vegetable. Which vegetable is it?

A sweet and delicious cream puff filled with plenty of cream.

The “chou” in chou cream (cream puff) actually comes from the French word for a vegetable.

Hints for the vegetable: it’s a round, hefty leafy vegetable; you put it in yakisoba; and there’s a dish called “cabbage rolls.” The answer is, of course, cabbage! It’s said that the resemblance between the round shape of a cream puff and a cabbage is also related.

Incidentally, in French a cream puff is called “chou à la crème.”

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Spring seasonal vegetables and fruits quiz

Seasonal Vegetables & Fruits: Spring / Learn the Delicious Way to Choose with a Quiz!

The peak season for fruits and vegetables is when they taste their best, and some people may look forward to those seasonal peaks every year.

This quiz explores how much you know about the seasons of various fruits and vegetables, while also touching on how to identify the most delicious ones.

Even if you already know which conditions make them taste better, understanding the reasons behind it can make choosing vegetables even more enjoyable.

If you can pick out the tastiest ones, it might even spark a newfound love for more types of vegetables.

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Quiz in a spring field

Spring Vegetable Quiz (1) [Brain Training] [For Senior Facilities, etc.] Created in 2023 • For Recreation • Spring Vegetables • Fields • May Flowers • June Flowers • Flowers that Evoke Spring

Because plants grow differently depending on the season, there are of course vegetables that thrive in spring.

This is a quiz where we show photos of such springtime vegetables and have participants guess the name of each vegetable.

As more and more types of produce are available in supermarkets year-round, this can also prompt the realization that certain vegetables are actually in season in spring.

If the answer becomes too obvious just by seeing the vegetable itself, another recommended approach is to use photos of the flowers before the vegetables have formed and have participants guess from those.

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Strawberry Quiz

Strawberry Trivia [With Quiz + Explanations] *Corrections Included (Comments Section)

Strawberries are a familiar food, but you might be surprised by how much we don’t actually know about them.

For instance, trivia questions often point out that strawberries began to be eaten in Japan toward the end of the Edo period, that each tiny seed-like speck on the surface is actually an individual fruit, and that strawberries are technically vegetables rather than fruits.

There are lots of surprising facts.

Try this quiz and expand your strawberry trivia.

Absorbing all kinds of knowledge might help you stay youthful.

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November 2 is Conveyor Belt Sushi Day. In which prefecture is the restaurant located that first opened a conveyor belt sushi shop in the world?

November 22 is widely known as Good Couple Day in Japan, but it’s also Conveyor Belt Sushi Day.

It was established in honor of the birthday of Yoshiaki Shiraishi, the chairman of “Mawaru Genroku Sushi,” who invented conveyor belt sushi.

Although conveyor belt sushi is now familiar to everyone, its origins go back further than you might expect: the first restaurant opened in 1958 in Higashi-Osaka, Osaka Prefecture.

Later, when “Mawaru Genroku Sushi” exhibited at the 1970 Osaka Expo, it became hugely popular, and conveyor belt sushi spread nationwide.

What’s the difference between ramen and chuka soba?

Look around any town and you’ll find ramen shops everywhere—ramen has practically become a national dish.

That said, you’ll sometimes see “chūka soba” written on menus and signs instead.

Many people have probably wondered what the difference is between “ramen” and “chūka soba.” In fact, they’re the same thing; the difference is simply a change in name depending on the era or region.

As the dish was brought from China and became established in Japan at different times, the name varied, and depending on when it took root, it’s been affectionately called not only “chūka soba” and “ramen,” but also “Nankin soba,” among others.

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