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February still feels quite chilly.
How about enjoying some lively time with older adults by doing a “February-themed quiz” indoors where it’s warm? We’ve gathered a wide variety of questions about February, including events and vocabulary, seasonal foods perfect for the cold weather, and hot spring trivia that will warm the body and soul! If it’s a field they’re good at, older adults may find it easier to participate in the quiz.
And anything they don’t know can be enjoyed as new knowledge.
Solving quizzes while looking back on the past and recalling old memories helps stimulate the brain.
Please make good use of this “February-themed quiz” and have a wonderful time.
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[For Seniors] Fun Brain Training! February-Themed Quiz (1–10)
kanji
Quizzes that ask you to think about the readings or meanings of kanji are a classic, aren’t they? If you’re creating questions for February, it might be easiest to focus on kanji related to winter, as well as seasonal ingredients and plants.
A key point is that you can make a wide range of questions—from kanji you see in everyday life to words that are usually written in katakana but rendered in kanji.
Since winter is still very much the season for snowfall, it could also be interesting to present a series of kanji that describe different ways snow falls.
A quiz to help with winter life
It’s a quiz that presents various phenomena that occur during the cold season and handy tips for spending winter comfortably, with the aim of offering hints for daily life.
By learning the causes of things like shivering from the cold or static electricity, you can also pick up ways to prevent them.
Everyone likely has their own life hacks from years of experience, so it sounds fun to pool those and create a quiz together.
It’s the kind of quiz that can help you gain new knowledge while also prompting you to take better care of your health.
Mt. Fuji Quiz
Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan and an important site in the nation’s history.
With a play on words, February 23 was designated “Mount Fuji Day” as a day to learn about and reflect on Mount Fuji.
Using this anniversary as a springboard, let’s create quizzes related to Mount Fuji and deepen our understanding of it.
By answering questions from various angles—such as specific figures like Mount Fuji’s height and historical episodes associated with it—we can gain insight into what Mount Fuji has meant to Japan.
Setsubun
Speaking of February, Setsubun—an event to drive away misfortune and invite happiness—is indispensable.
As a traditional Japanese custom with a long history, it’s a perfect theme for a quiz.
Because it’s such a familiar event, many people may never have questioned actions like driving out oni with beans.
It can be fun to revisit and think about the history and meaning behind it.
Since many difficult terms related to mythology appear, a format where participants answer by number is recommended so everyone can enjoy it casually.
Winter Sorting Quiz
It’s a classic quiz where you rearrange randomly placed hiragana to complete a word.
The task of shuffling hiragana in your head makes it perfect as brain training.
Another key point is that by announcing upfront that the quiz is winter-themed, it becomes easier to imagine the answers.
Not only can you reveal the answers, but by also introducing the history behind them, you can help broaden participants’ knowledge.
The more often something is seen in katakana or kanji, the harder—and more fun—it becomes when presented in hiragana.
What day is it today?
There’s National Foundation Day among the holidays in February, right? While holidays like these are certainly important anniversaries for Japan, there are actually many other commemorative days that aren’t public holidays.
How about creating a quiz themed around such anniversaries—starting with holidays—and encouraging interest in various things and events? For example, on Television Broadcasting Day on February 1, it’s a good idea to also introduce the history related to the anniversary, such as the history of television.
There are even very small commemorative days that make you think, “They’ve made a day for this too?” Introducing them as other anniversaries that fall on the same date could be interesting as well.
leap year
Speaking of February, the last day is usually the 28th, but once every four years, February 29th arrives.
How about creating a quiz about leap years—which have 366 days—and about February 29th? Even if people know what a leap year is, some may not know why it exists, so it might be good to start with the meaning of leap years as Question 1 and then move on to the quiz.
It could be a quiz that teaches new facts, like how major historical events have actually occurred on February 29th.