[For Seniors] Fun and Informative Trivia Quiz Collection

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My name is Moko, a mother of three who admired my mother and worked in the care industry as a care worker and as a medical social worker (MSW) in a hospital. I will be drawing on my previous experience to write mainly about caregiving. Thank you in advance.

There may be older adults who are spending monotonous days.

So this time, we’ll introduce some useful trivia quizzes that will make you think, “I see!”

You can use them as brain training by asking the questions, and they’re also fun to bring up in casual conversations with seniors.

Because they spark interest easily, they’re likely to be a hit as a recreational activity, too!

With trivia quizzes, you can hear the answers and gain new knowledge.

People often feel like sharing the trivia they’ve learned with others, which can naturally encourage communication.

[For Seniors] Fun and Informative Trivia Quiz Collection (151–160)

There’s an unusual surname that’s written with the characters for April 1st but read as “Watanuki.”

When April comes, we often get a spell of pleasantly warm weather, don’t we? So here are some fun facts related to the springtime mood.

There are people whose surname is written with the characters for “April 1” (四月一日) and read as Watanuki.

It’s an unusual surname, but it has an origin that’s very fitting for April.

As it gets warmer in April, people used to switch from winter kimono padded with cotton to ones with the cotton removed.

Because the cotton (wata) was taken out (nuku) on April 1, the name became Watanuki.

Japan has many other rare surnames as well.

It might be fun to look for them together with older people.

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Nakajima Junko

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On one specific day each week, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force always eats curry. Which day is it?

Wednesday
Friday

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Friday

There are various theories as to why Friday became Curry Day in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, but the most well-known is that it’s to prevent people from losing track of the days of the week. When sailing at sea or working on submarines, the scenery doesn’t change and people can lose their sense of what day it is, so Curry Day was introduced to prevent that.

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There’s something that the autumn delicacy “sanma” (Pacific saury) doesn’t have. What is that something?

Autumn is also the season for Pacific saury, isn’t it? Just thinking about whether to grill it with salt or have it as sushi is exciting.

Here’s a little quiz: “There’s something that saury don’t have—what is it?” The hint is that it’s a body part.

Think it over.

The answer is “a stomach.” Saury don’t have a stomach, which means their waste is expelled quickly.

For that reason, saury can be grilled whole and eaten with the innards.

By the way, fish without a stomach are called agastric fish.

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yamamoto

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How can I stop tears from coming out when cutting onions?

When you’re cutting onions, tears tend to come out, and some people may even avoid using onions because of this.

So, what useful knowledge can help when cooking onions—specifically, how can you prevent tears while cutting them? It’s important to think about the mechanism of why tears are produced and consider countermeasures based on the cause.

The answer is to chill the onion.

Cooling it makes the allyl sulfide that volatilizes from the cut surface less likely to disperse, which reduces tearing.

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