“Who am I?” is a game where you guess what something is from a few clues.
For example, if the clues are “round,” “summer,” and “red on the inside,” the answer would be “watermelon.”
In this article, we introduce a variety of “Who am I?” quiz questions.
This game is also great brain training, so it’s recommended for older adults.
Please feel free to use it for day services or recreational activities in senior facilities.
It’s also easy to make up questions for this game, so creating them on the spot and having everyone solve them can be a lot of fun.
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Seniors Get Energized! Who Am I? Quiz Questions (1–10)
Food & Animals Edition
If the answers are familiar foods or animals, you can probably reach the answer with fewer and simpler clues.
One fun aspect of “Who is it?”-style quizzes is narrowing down from a broad range to the answer, so for foods, it’s recommended to start with broad hints like color or shape, and for animals, size or habitat.
It also seems fun to include hints that few people know—like the history or trivia of the food or animal—and then, after revealing the answer, look back at those hints.
Celebrity Edition
This is a “Who am I?” quiz where players guess celebrities and public figures, enjoyable for all ages.
Use hints like signature works or hit songs of star actors and famous singers from the participants’ generations, making the questions gradually easier to understand.
Classic stars are great, but using celebrities currently active on TV will also get everyone excited with reactions like, “It’s that person, right?” or “The name is on the tip of my tongue!” Pick celebrities with lots of distinctive traits and have fun with it!
Easy version that can be enjoyed by everyone from children to adults
Let’s try a very easy “Who am I?” quiz that everyone from children to adults can enjoy.
For example, if you say “summer,” “red,” and “black seeds,” the answer is watermelon! In this way, let’s turn well-known foods, animals, and seasonal traditions into quiz questions.
It might be nice to do this as a warm-up before tackling various brain-training problems.
Try creating questions that match the season or upcoming events and give them a go.
Zoo Edition
How about choosing animals you don’t often get to interact with—like those in zoos or in the wild—instead of the ones close to us in everyday life? Squirrels, for example, are cute small animals that often appear in picture books, but there’s actually a lot we don’t know about them, right? If a question is a bit difficult, try adding a hint.
Even animals you think you know well can reveal unfamiliar sides, turning it into an educational quiz.
Using animals with hard-to-read kanji and asking the kanji as questions could also be a good idea.
Prefecture Quiz
A quiz with the theme of Japan’s prefectures sounds fun.
It seems like something we could enjoy together with older adults.
For example, how about giving hints like “Which prefecture has Japan’s tallest mountain?” or “Which prefecture is the sacred home of sumo wrestlers?” and let everyone think about it together.
Instead of just calling out the correct answer, if people could also share their memories related to that prefecture, it would make the time even more enjoyable.
The conversation could heat up with travel stories, and talking about local specialties might whet everyone’s appetite.
It’s wonderful how a quiz like this can spark wider conversation.
Recommended quiz for first-time users
It’s a classic “Who am I?” quiz where hints are revealed one by one, but sometimes each hint may make you think of different things and you can’t reach the answer.
This puzzle combines those hints—which are usually given separately—into a single, unified prompt, showing a clear line of reasoning to guide you.
Since the genre and visual characteristics are presented in sentences, you can likely arrive at the answer just by following the words in order.
Try this as a guide to how to approach a “Who am I?” quiz, and from here, let’s develop it into a format where the hints stand independently.
Kayōkyoku Edition
This quiz is perfect brain training for recalling the titles of pop songs.
You might remember the lyrics but not the title—happens all the time.
Let’s jog your memory and feel that satisfaction when it clicks! Try asking questions with clear hints, like parts of the lyrics, the singer’s name, the era when the song was popular, or which movie it was the theme song for.
Once you get the answer, playing the track could really amp up the fun! Some people might even burst into song the moment they figure it out.