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[For Seniors] Quizzes That Capture June: A Collection of Trivia and Fun Facts
At day service centers and other senior facilities, staff plan daily recreational activities to ensure residents have fun.
Many staff members are likely looking for activities that help stimulate both mind and body.
With that in mind, we’d like to introduce some June-themed quizzes.
They help participants feel the season, and in a quiz format, they stimulate the brain and can contribute to dementia prevention.
Quizzes also deepen communication among residents, so they’re highly recommended.
Please use this article as a reference.
[For Seniors] Quizzes to Feel June: Trivia & Fun Facts Collection (1–10)
What kind of weather does a ‘fox’s wedding’ refer to?
Many people may have heard the phrase “kitsune no yomeiri.” There are various theories about it, but “kitsune no yomeiri” is a weather expression that refers to the phenomenon of rain falling even though the sky is clear.
It’s said that the strangeness of rain falling under a blue, sunny sky led people to describe it as if they were being tricked by a fox.
It is also known by other names such as “kitsune no yometori” and “kitsune no yometori-ame.”
Which has more ribs, a Japanese umbrella (wagasa) or a Western-style umbrella?
The answer is a wagasa (traditional Japanese umbrella).
The ribs that spread out radially when you open an umbrella are called “oya-bone” (main ribs).
While a typical Western umbrella has eight main ribs, a wagasa has at least sixteen and can have around fifty.
The number of main ribs in a wagasa varies with the umbrella’s size, but many are used to firmly support the washi paper.
By the way, Western umbrellas are generally made from synthetic materials like vinyl or polyester; although they have only eight main ribs, the fabric is kept taut by the strength of the wire frame.
It’s said that you can tell the weather by the height at which a certain bird flies. Which bird is it?
There’s a weather saying that goes, “When swallows fly low, it will rain.” Swallows catch and eat their food while flying, but when a low-pressure system approaches and humidity rises, the wings of the insects they feed on become heavier, so the insects can’t fly high.
As a result, swallows tend to fly lower rather than higher to catch their prey.
Many people may not have known that the reason swallows fly low isn’t about the swallows themselves, but about the insects they hunt.
What does the ume-shigoto, carried out during the rainy season, involve doing?
Plum blossoms reach their best viewing season around February, but do you know when plums are harvested? Plums are typically picked around June.
That’s why “ume-shigoto” (plum work) like making umeboshi (salt-pickled plums) and umeshu (plum liqueur) is done in June, when the fruit is in season.
June is also the time of tsuyu, the rainy season.
It’s said that the word tsuyu is connected to the time when plums are at their peak or ripening.
Some older adults may have experience making umeboshi themselves.
Conversations about ume-shigoto could be a great way to engage with seniors.
What is the full moon in June called?
The full moon in June is called the “Strawberry Moon.” Some people might mistakenly think the moon turns pink, imagining the fruit strawberry, but its color does not change to pink.
Native Americans named each month’s full moon to keep track of the seasons.
In North America, June is the strawberry harvest season each year, which is why it got this name.
There are also full moons named after plants, animals, and foods—such as the Wolf Moon in January, the Flower Moon in May, and the Harvest Moon in September.
Try looking up the origins of each of these names.
How many teeth does a snail have?
When you think of the rainy season, snails probably come to mind.
They’re such familiar little creatures, but did you know they actually have an incredible number of teeth? Snails have about 25,000 teeth.
That’s more than a thousand times as many as humans, which is astonishing.
Their teeth form a special rasp-like structure called a radula, built like a grater, which they use to scrape and eat leaves and other food.
By the way, these teeth are constantly replaced, so they can keep using them throughout their lives.
What will the weather be like when tree frogs croak?
It is said that when tree frogs croak, rain is coming, and this is thought to be related to their cutaneous respiration.
In addition to using their lungs, frogs also perform “cutaneous respiration,” taking in oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide through their skin.
Because carbon dioxide passes easily through the skin, higher humidity makes cutaneous respiration more active, which is thought to make them croak more often.
For these reasons, it came to be said that tree frogs croak when rain is approaching.
However, they often croak even when it doesn’t end up raining, so if you hear tree frogs, try checking whether it really does rain!