[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 (21–30)
Silhouette Quiz
It’s a game where you fill an illustration in black and show only the silhouette, and people guess what the illustration is.
Things with distinctive shapes—like fruits or animals—are easier to answer and work well.
Even if it’s a bit difficult and you can’t figure out the answer, the act of thinking is meaningful as brain training, so I recommend it.
Odd one out quiz
There are kanji that look similar at a glance, like “刀” and “力,” right? This is an odd-one-out quiz where you line up a bunch of such kanji and slip in one that’s similar but different—your task is to find it.
Using kanji with more strokes or increasing the number of characters lined up makes the difficulty jump significantly.
[For Seniors] Popular Brain Training & Recreational Quizzes (31–40)
palindrome
Palindromes—you’ve probably read or made them when you were a child, right? Let’s play with palindromes.
A lot of hiragana characters are displayed in a jumbled order, and the task is to rearrange them to form a palindrome.
If it’s difficult, pause the video and take your time to think it through and give it a try.
Song guessing quiz
It’s a quiz where you present part of a song’s lyrics as the question and everyone guesses the song title.
Start with clues that are a bit vague and gradually make them easier to understand.
Once someone gets the answer, everyone can try singing it together.
It sounds like it would be a lot of fun and really liven things up.
Proverb Quiz
This is a quiz where part of a proverb is hidden and turned into a fill-in-the-blank question.
Think about what fits and give your answer.
Even simple proverbs can slip your mind unexpectedly.
Even if you don’t know the answer, the act of thinking helps activate your brain, so let’s tackle the difficult ones too and turn them into training.
Guess the word by prediction
It’s a quiz where you write the letters starting from the tail end—toward the end of the word—and guess what the word is.
I’m sure lots of words will come up that aren’t the correct answer, and that’s fine too! It could also be fun to try it while writing on a whiteboard.
It’s a perfect quiz for brain training.
Public Signs Quiz
This is an educational “Public Sign Quiz.” We often glance at public signs without much thought, but in an emergency, can you quickly determine what they mean? A few questions will appear—try to solve them and aim for a perfect score! It’s a good idea to memorize all the prohibition signs for your own safety, too!
