[For Seniors] Popular Brain Training and Recreational Quizzes

Fill-in crossword

Brain Teasers · Brain Training · Fill-in Crossword Puzzle 18

This is a game where you complete a crossword puzzle that already has most of its letters filled in by filling the remaining blanks.

Thinking about which letters work both across and down, and then placing them one after another, helps stimulate your brain.

The more blanks there are to fill, the higher the difficulty, so encourage players to gradually try puzzles with multiple blank patterns.

Sometimes the letters alone won’t lead you to the answer, so in those cases, it’s recommended to reveal hints about the meanings of the words that go across and down.

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Flying Insect Quiz

[Bug Quiz] Guess the flying insect! | Silhouette Quiz | Insects | Babies will love it | Animation | Picture Book | Bugs Quiz | Vocabulary for Kids

Here’s a quiz where you guess which insects can fly.

The premise itself is interesting, right? Three insects appear at a time, but there isn’t always just one correct answer, and it’s fascinating that some unexpected insects can or can’t fly.

Plus, the English names of the insects are shown, so you can learn those at the same time, which seems like great brain training.

If any unfamiliar insect names or behaviors catch your interest, it’s also recommended to look them up.

It’s a very informative quiz, isn’t it?

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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What sport was popular in the 1970s thanks to the success of players like Kayoko Suda and Ritsuko Nakayama?

Speaking of the sport that sparked a huge boom centered in Tokyo in the 1970s, it’s bowling! Ritsuko Nakayama, Kayoko Suda, and Rie Ishii, who were immensely popular as beautiful professional bowlers, were known as the “Flower Trio,” and, unusually for athletes, continued their careers while appearing on seven regular weekly TV programs.

With its simple rule—roll the ball and knock down the pins—bowling has long been loved by people of all ages.

Some of you might fondly recall how obsessed you were with it in your younger days.

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What vegetable was once grown for ornamental purposes because it was considered ‘poisonous’?

This answer would surprise even older folks! Nowadays, it’s an extremely common food that just about everyone, young and old, has eaten at least once.

Hints include that it’s a vegetable, it can be sweet or sour, and it contains lycopene, which helps improve lifestyle-related health issues and is great for beauty.

The answer is—tomatoes! The issue stemmed from toxins contained in tomatoes, but thanks to selective breeding, those toxic components have been greatly reduced today.

Still, the non-fruit parts like the stems and leaves are dangerous, so please be careful.

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SAKI

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If you heat a certain item in the microwave, it will remove unpleasant odors inside. What is that item?

One home appliance that everyone uses is the microwave.

It’s a very convenient item, but since we put food in it, there’s the downside that it tends to get smelly.

We try cleaning it to get rid of the odor, but it can be hard to remove.

There’s a handy method to know for times like that.

Believe it or not, simply heating used tea leaves will eliminate the smell.

This works because of the catechins contained in tea.

By the way, if you leave the microwave closed for a few minutes after heating, it becomes even easier to remove the odor.

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yamamoto

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