[For Seniors] Popular Brain Training and Recreational Quizzes

Besides salt, what seasoning, when sprinkled on a slug, would make it shrink?

Slugs that appear on rainy days.

Everyone knows they shrivel up when you sprinkle salt on them.

In fact, there’s another seasoning that makes them shrink when sprinkled: sugar.

The mechanism is the same as with salt—water is drawn out of the slug’s body.

However, with sugar it’s said to take about six times longer to fully shrivel than with salt.

If you want to learn more, check out videos of actual experiments.

That said, it does feel a bit sad.

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Ichiro, a former professional baseball player who also excelled in the Major Leagues. He has two brothers; is he the older or the younger son?

Ichiro Suzuki, known simply as Ichiro, made a tremendous impact not only in Japan but also in Major League Baseball in the United States.

Although he retired in 2019 to much regret, his achievements remain etched in many people’s memories.

Ichiro actually has a sibling, but is he the older or younger brother? From his name, you might think he’s the firstborn, but the answer is that he’s the younger brother! It’s the kind of question many people might get wrong, so it could be fun to pose the same quiz to someone after this.

By the way, his older brother’s name also includes the character for “one” (一).

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What are the buttons on the sleeves of school uniforms and suits for?

The buttons on the sleeves of jackets, like those on school uniforms and suits, may seem to serve little purpose—but why are they there? The answer is: to keep people from wiping their noses on their sleeves.

One theory says it began during Napoleon’s Russian campaign, when, unable to bear the sight of soldiers shivering in the cold and wiping their noses on their uniform sleeves, buttons were added.

There are also theories that they were meant to make it easier to open the cuffs and roll up the sleeves, or that they serve a purely decorative purpose.

In any case, it’s fun to ponder the history behind them.

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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.

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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.

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