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Test for Dementia (A Bit of Fun)

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APOLOGIES - every time I post the formatting goes to pot!

"It's that time of year to take our annual senior citizen test."

Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles.

As we grow older, it's important that we keep mentally alert

The saying; "If you don't use it, you will lose it" also applies to the brain, so

Below is a very private way to gauge your loss or non-loss of intelligence.

So, take the following test presented here and determine if you are losing it or are still "with it,"

The spaces below are so you don't see the answers until you have made your answer.

OK, relax, clear your mind and ... begin.

WELL MAYBE NOT THAT CLEAR!

1. What do you put in a toaster?

bread

Answer: "bread." If you said "toast," then give up now and go do something else. Try not to hurt yourself. If you said, "bread," go to Question 2.

2. Say "silk" five times. Now spell "silk." What do cows drink?

Answer: Cows drink water. If you said "milk," please do not attempt the next question. Your brain is obviously over stressed and may even overheat. It may be that you need to content yourself with reading something more appropriate such as Children's World. If you said "water" then proceed to question 3.

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3. If a red house is made from red bricks and a blue house is made from blue bricks and a pink house is made from pink bricks and a black house is made from black bricks, what is a green house made from?

Answer: Greenhouses are made from glass. If you said "green

bricks," what the devil are you still doing here reading these questions?????

If you said "glass," then go on to Question 4.

4. It's thirty years ago, and a plane is flying at 20,000 feet overGermany (If you will recall, Germany at the time was politicallydivided into West Germany and East Germany.) Anyway, during the flight, TWO of the engines fail. The pilot, realizing that the last remaining engine is also failing, decides on a crash landing procedure. Unfortunately the engine fails before he has time and the plane fatally crashes smack in the middle of "no man's land" between East Germany and West Germany. Where would you bury the survivors? East Germany or West Germany or in "no man's land"?

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Answer: You don't, of course, bury survivors.

If you said ANYTHING else, you are a real dunce and you must NEVER try to rescue anyone from a plane crash. Your efforts would not be appreciated. If you said, "Don't bury the survivors", then proceed to the next question.

5. Without using a calculator - You are driving a bus from London to Milford Haven in Wales. In London, 17 people get on the bus. In Reading, six people get off the bus and nine people get on. In Swindon, two people get off and four get on. In Cardiff, 11 people get off and 16 people get on. In Swansea, three people get off and five people get on In Carmathen, six people get off and three get on. You then arrive at Milford Haven. What was the name of the bus driver?

Answer: Oh, for crying out loud!

Don't you remember your own name? It was YOU!!

Now pass this along to all your "smart friends" and hope they do better than you did.

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HHH2017 profile image
HHH2017

Brilliant as always Michael 🤣

I caught hubby out on the 'Milk' but otherwise he passed with flying colours but we did have a good chuckle 🤭 Happy Sunday to you.

Yumz199725 profile image
Yumz199725

I couldn't get past question 2 😆🤭. Although I am tired so I probably could of done better! I hope 😅😂😆😬

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Blearyeyed

I answered everything correctly , then forgot to take my empty coffee cup with me to the kitchen three times when planning to make a drink to celebrate my supreme brain power!Oooh! The irony ...😆😆😆😆

Thanks Michael , that was great fun , I'm going to test my husband now .....if I can wake him up!

jeanjeannie50 profile image
jeanjeannie50

Oh dear, there's no hope for me!

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Blearyeyed

The hubby got both questions 4 and 5 wrong , but unlike me with my perfect score he didn't forget what he left the room for when he went to grab a conciliatory beverage.

Clearly , hubby and I need combined brain power and must not separate at any point, especially if we are going to survive the apocalypse or an attack by hungry bears!😄😄😄😄

Thanks again , Michael

Ramilia profile image
Ramilia

Clever quiz, Michael. Thanks! 😀

Etblue profile image
Etblue

😂😂

Silvertail profile image
Silvertail

LOL 🙄😅

VelvetSky profile image
VelvetSky

No hope for me!

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Alison_L

Very cruel, telling us to say silk 5 times then asking what cows drink. Especially as I’m reading this first thing Monday morning! I was fine on the rest. Thanks Michael, great fun. 🤣

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Smitty1956

Well, I aced question 1, but for some reason missed question 2.. I plodded onward.

I correctly answered 3 and 4, but totally forgot that I was driving the bus on 5. I guess that I was too busy being clever with the number of passengers on and off. Lol!

That was great fun! Thanks, Michael. 😊

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nursenancy53

Very good, I was mentally counting all the bus passengers 😅😅

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jeanjeannie50 in reply to nursenancy53

Me too, we thought we were being clever didn't we!

Rogo23 profile image
Rogo23

Should I go back and dig up the survivors?

Deejay62 profile image
Deejay62

I failed with the cow😂😂

Nadeje profile image
Nadeje

Thank goodness I'm still functioning! Phew! And that is with having blocked up sinuses for a week now, tinnitus and basically no sleep due to terrible catarrh!😢😡

The bus question : I looked at the numbers and thought: 🤦‍♀️😱 as I'm totally rubish at numbers, I will not even bother doing the maths...

got to last sentence and answered: ME of course! In reality I've read the first and last sentence only and bypassed the middle.🤣🤣🤣 Well done to me👌👏🎉

However I'm surprised and amazed by my performance!😮

Poorlizzie profile image
Poorlizzie

Cheered me up no end!

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1234_6

Brilliant! Thank you so very much for making me smile this morning. Things are tough at the moment in "that just as you think you can't cope with any more something else happens" way. A decaff coffee (& a bacon sarnie) & a lift from laughing & being caught out by your post has made me relax a bit - ready to deal with the next action to ease the saga of ongoing crisis invading my world & those of close friends & family. I wish you and everyone well & hope that the lots of people enjoyed the original post. ❤️

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Dollcollector

Back on form. You made me laugh out loud. Thank you.

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serenfach

If I was driving to Milford, I would hijack the bus and go elsewhere. I dont like Milford...

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Qualipop

OH dear, I have problems. I said milk!

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RufusScamp

Good fun.

!!Pedant alert!! I was in Berlin in 1991, after reunification, so 30 years ago, no problem. You bury the survivors where ever convenient. Oops, hang on...

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Schora1

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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GrannyE

Great quizz. Thx.

It reminds me that in 1967 I was on a 4month camping and youth hostel trip with a girlfriend and we drove through Checkpoint Charley into East Berlin. Looking back at those anti tank traps to West Berlin was scary. East Berlin was drab in the extreme. All those ghastly tenement blocks and very little in their shops and what there was was in small brown paper packages, but there was a huge monument to the Soviet glorious dead!

Weetabixie profile image
Weetabixie

🤣I know I'm very late reading this, I buried the survivors and forgot my name lol. Thank you for this post it's made me genuinely giggle and proper smile 🫶

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