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[For Seniors] Summer-Themed Quiz: A Collection of Fun Questions to Liven Up Recreational Activities

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How about an indoor quiz that lets you stay comfortable as a recreational activity on hot summer days? In recent years, Japan has been getting hotter year by year.

Quizzes let you train your brain without physical exertion, so they’re a great option for recreation in senior facilities during midsummer.

Since the theme is summer, it might help people feel the season and recall past memories.

For older adults, looking back and talking about the past can promote emotional stability and benefit cognitive function.

It also makes it easier to spark communication with those around them.

Enjoy a fun summer moment while doing brain training with quizzes!

[For Seniors] Summer-themed Quiz: A Collection of Fun Questions to Liven Up Recreational Activities (11–20)

Mosquitoes that appear in summer: Which one sucks blood, the female or the male?

Before you know it, you sometimes get bitten by a mosquito and start to itch, right? In fact, only female mosquitoes suck blood.

The reason they do is to obtain the protein needed for laying eggs, so males don’t feed on blood.

Usually, to get energy in the form of sugars, they sip nectar from flowers or sap from plants.

Since they can’t lay eggs without blood, female mosquitoes desperately seek it to leave offspring.

Mosquitoes are a pesky presence that shows up in summer, but it turns out they have a reason for sucking blood.

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When is the day for summer greeting cards?

These days, sending greetings by postcard may have become less common.

Still, when some people see a postcard that says “Shochu-omimai moshiagemasu” (summer greetings), do they think, “Ah, summer has arrived”? Also, June 15 is designated as Shochu-omimai Day.

The period for sending shochu-omimai is generally from around July 7, the solar term Shōsho (Lesser Heat), until the day before around August 7, the start of Risshū (Beginning of Autumn).

So where does June 15 come from? It turns out that on June 15, 1950, the Ministry of Posts first began selling special postcards for summer greetings.

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What is done during the event called “mushi-okuri,” which is held in rural areas in the summer?

Mushi-okuri was a traditional event held throughout Japan during the Edo period.

Many people may recognize it as a ritual involving insects carried out in rural areas.

Mushi-okuri is a ceremony for driving away harmful pests.

However, it’s said that the number of mushi-okuri events has declined in recent years.

In the Edo period, when pesticides were not yet in use, crop damage from insects was believed to be caused by vengeful spirits.

For that reason, in some regions during mushi-okuri they would tie pests to straw dolls representing evil spirits and float them down a river.

Generally, the common style involves lighting torches at night, forming a procession while beating drums, and parading through the area.

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Fireworks are often launched in summer. They are vivid, but what color cannot be made?

Fireworks are a hallmark of summer.

Long ago, they could reportedly display only one color—red—but today they can show a vivid array of hues.

Have you ever thought deeply about the colors of fireworks? In fact, there’s exactly one color that fireworks can’t express: black.

Fireworks achieve bright colors through metals mixed into the powder, but black blends into the darkness of the night sky, making it impossible to display as intended.

It would be lovely to pose this as a quiz and also share everyone’s memories of fireworks!

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What kind of day does the summer solstice refer to?

The summer solstice, one of the 24 solar terms.

It’s the phrase you’ll notice when you turn the calendar during this season.

You’ve probably seen or heard it before, but do you know exactly what day the “summer solstice” refers to? The answer is… the day with the longest daylight hours.

On this day, when the sun climbs high in the sky and the bright hours stretch on, we mark a major turning point in the seasons.

Knowing this makes the feeling of summer more tangible.

As you enjoy the long daylight, take a moment to sense the shifting of the seasons.

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Which region is the birthplace of nagashi-sōmen?

Speaking of summer, somen noodles are an essential food, aren’t they? They’re easy to eat even when the heat kills your appetite, and when served cold they help cool your overheated body.

There’s also nagashi-somen, where water and noodles are sent flowing down a split bamboo chute—a big summer tradition.

It’s said to have originated in Kyushu, beginning around the mid-1950s in Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture.

Using bamboo conveys a refreshing feel, but since preparation is a lot of work, people often substitute other materials instead.

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[For Seniors] Summer-Themed Quiz: A Collection of Fun Questions That Liven Up Activities (21–30)

Brain training with a summer quiz

[For Senior Care Facilities • Brain Training] Summer has arrived! 🌞 Let’s do some brain training with summer quizzes!!!

Brain training with a summer quiz

We would like to introduce a perfect idea for summer recreation: “Brain Training with a Summer Quiz.” This activity features quizzes themed around summer-related foods, seasonal traditions, and old customs, helping participants recall memories and stimulate their brains by thinking and chatting pleasantly with others.

By preparing questions that aren’t too difficult and are easy for anyone to join, it becomes an activity that can be enjoyed regardless of the number of participants.

Working in groups can spark interaction and create a time full of smiles.

It’s an intellectual pastime that lets you forget the summer heat and have fun.

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