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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 & Recreation Quizzes (1–10)
Intro quiz for seniorsNEW!
Let’s enjoy an intro quiz with Showa-era hit songs! This version is for beginners, and about 15 seconds of the intro will play.
If you know the answer, please say the song title.
There are 30 questions, so you can enjoy it as a recreational activity.
Thinking about which song it is makes for good brain training, and the nostalgic intros make it a perfect game for seniors.
It’s also a chance to test your knowledge and memory, so give it a try!
Cognitive Function Test for Elderly Driver Course, February 2026 — Official Exam QuestionsNEW!
This is a test for older adults to check cognitive function.
First, you will memorize four pictures in one minute.
You will repeat this four times to memorize a total of 16 pictures.
After memorizing them, instead of answering right away, please try a task where you touch the specified numbers.
After that, recall and answer the 16 pictures.
You may forget some while you are working on the different task, but hints will appear, so try to remember as many as you can.
After that, you will answer questions about the current year, month, date, day of the week, and time.
Cognitive Function Test for Senior Citizen Course, April 2026 – Official Exam QuestionsNEW!
It’s dangerous to drive a car when your cognitive function is impaired, right? So let’s try some problems similar to the cognitive function test given in senior driver courses.
There are two questions in total.
The first asks you to memorize all 16 pictures.
They’ll appear in groups of four, so remember them in order and then answer all of them at the end.
The second question asks you to write today’s date and the day of the week.
Hints are available, but you’ll get a higher score if you answer without hints.
Use this test to check your current level of cognitive function.
Cued recall Illustration Pattern BNEW!
Let’s challenge a cued recall task where you memorize four illustrations related to combat vehicles, percussion instruments, sensory organs, and audio equipment within 10 seconds.
You can use any memorization method, but since each belongs to a different category, it might help to associate them with something.
After you’ve memorized them, work on a number-based task before answering.
When the task is finished, I’ll ask you to name the illustrations you memorized, so try not to forget them.
If you’ve forgotten that you memorized them at all, there may be a possibility of dementia.
Hiragana Fill-in-the-Blank Quiz
This is a hiragana fill-in-the-blank quiz where part of a word is hidden and you guess what belongs there.
We’ll start with easy words hiding one character, and gradually increase the difficulty to hiding multiple characters within four-character idioms.
If it’s hard, feel free to pause the video and take your time to think.
Past and Present Quiz
“Konjaku Quiz” is a game where you guess the current names of things whose old names have changed.
For example, “emon-kake → hanger” or “chokki → vest.” Older adults have probably heard the newer terms, but they might instinctively answer with the familiar old ones.
It’s fun, so please give it a try!
Arunashi quiz
The “Aru-Nashi Quiz,” often seen on TV quiz shows, features two lists of words that look very similar—one group that “has it” and one that “doesn’t.” The trick is that the words in the “has” group conceal something or have something attached, following a specific rule as a wordplay puzzle.
Many of the problems are quite difficult, so a hint might be helpful!