[For Seniors] Popular Brain Training and Recreational Quizzes
When it comes to brain-training recreation… quizzes! They’re easy to enjoy, which makes them one of the most popular activities.
This time, we’ve gathered brain-training games that seniors can enjoy.
They’re also recommended for those who feel their memory or confidence in numerical calculations has waned a bit lately.
Thinking with your head activates the brain and helps prevent dementia.
If you’re planning quiz-based recreation for a day service or senior facility, be sure to give it a try.
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[For Seniors] Popular Brain-Training and Recreation Quizzes (101–110)
If you adjust the way you sleep, it becomes harder for blood clots to form. What position should you sleep in?
Blood clots that form in the bloodstream can block the vessels that run throughout the body, potentially leading to life-threatening conditions such as heart attacks and strokes.
Older adults tend to have poorer circulation as they age, so they need to be especially careful about blood clots.
If sleeping position can help prevent them even a little, that would be great, right? So, the answer to this quiz is sleeping on your back.
Compared to lying on your side, sleeping flat on your back helps blood circulate smoothly throughout the body, making it the better position.
It also places less strain on the internal organs.
Yamagata Prefecture is famous for its high production of cherries. There is also a cherry-themed competition in Yamagata Prefecture—what kind of competition is it?
Cherries are a fruit that represents Yamagata Prefecture, and various events are held to promote them.
Among these events, let’s think about those held in a tournament format.
The hint is an action that might seem ill-mannered and is strongly associated with children.
The answer is a cherry pit-spitting contest.
Since it’s a competition conducted under proper rules, it might be interesting to learn about the tournament’s overview as well.
What color are the lanterns used during the first Obon (shinbon)?
Shinbon (the first Bon) refers to the first Obon observed after a person has passed away.
More precisely, it is the first Obon that comes after the forty-ninth day memorial period has ended, and the name varies by region—such as “shinbon” or “arabon.” During the first Obon only, a white lantern called “hakumonten” is displayed.
The reason is to serve as a marker so that the spirit of the deceased, returning for the first time, does not lose its way.
Some older adults may already know this, but since it’s very informative, why not turn it into a quiz to help people feel the season?
What is the reason your head gets an intense, sharp pain when you eat cold things like ice or ice cream?
Many older adults have probably experienced that sharp, piercing headache after eating shaved ice or ice cream on a hot summer day.
But why does that happen? It’s puzzling, isn’t it? The short answer is: it’s your brain being fooled! When something cold passes through your throat, the brain mistakes the cold sensation for pain.
This phenomenon even has a name: “ice cream headache.” On hot days you might want to gobble things down to feel the chill quickly, but eating slowly and calmly can help prevent it!
What happens if you heat ice in a microwave?
What happens when you microwave rock-hard ice? You might imagine it melting into water or shattering into pieces.
In fact, the answer is: it doesn’t change.
A microwave oven emits microwaves at a frequency of 2,450 megahertz from a device called a magnetron.
In liquid water, when microwaves hit, the water molecules quickly become agitated, collide with each other, and generate heat.
But in ice, the water molecules are arranged in a very rigid structure, so even when microwaves strike them, they don’t easily start moving around.
As a result, ice doesn’t heat up much in a microwave.
[For Seniors] Popular Brain Training and Recreational Quizzes (111–120)
Fabric softener used in laundry. It can be substituted with another item found at home—what is it?
Have you ever realized you ran out of fabric softener after starting the laundry? It can be quite a hassle.
In such cases, you can substitute hair rinse or conditioner.
They contain ingredients that make fabrics feel soft and fluffy.
However, be careful not to pour them directly into the dispenser, as they can clog it.
Dissolve them in hot water before use.
Also note that ingredients and fragrances vary by product.
So, it’s best to avoid running out of fabric softener if possible.
What is the source of tears?
When we’re sad, happy, or deeply moved.
Older adults who have lived long lives have shed all kinds of tears, haven’t they? So what exactly are tears to begin with? Because they look like clear water, we tend to assume they’re just the body’s fluids, but that’s not actually the case.
Here’s a hint: it’s something even older adults have definitely seen before, and it isn’t transparent.
The answer is blood! Tears are said to flow after components like hemoglobin—the red parts—are removed from the blood, which is why they don’t appear red but come out clear.