[For Seniors] Fun Brain Training! Music Quiz: Guess the Song from 3 Hints

Last updated:2025/6/13

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There are many recommended recreational activities for seniors.

Among them, name-that-tune quizzes are one of the most exciting games.

There are countless songs—nostalgic ones people used to listen to and tunes that somehow stick in the mind.

In senior care facilities, many songs are used for group singing or incorporated as exercise music.

Thinking of answers in a quiz and singing aren’t just brain training—they can also help reduce stress and even prevent aspiration.

They’re highly effective as rehabilitation, too! Try to guess the song from the three hints.

[For Seniors] Fun Brain Training! Music Quiz to Guess from 3 Hints (1–10)

[1] Selected as one of the 100 Songs of Japan in 2007 [2] Kazuo Funaki [3] Newcomer Award at the 5th Japan Record Awards

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Third-year high school student

It’s Kazuo Funaki’s debut song, released in 1963.

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[1] There are Parts I and II. [2] Ken Matsudaira. [3] A cafe themed after the song has been set up.

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Matsuken Samba

By starting TikTok during the COVID-19 pandemic and posting “Matsuken Samba II,” Ken Matsudaira gained the opportunity to break through again.

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【1】Constellation 【2】Kenichi Mikawa 【3】26 total appearances on Kōhaku

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Woman of the Scorpio

It was supposed to go on the B-side of the record, but Kenichi Mikawa liked the song and requested that it be put on the A-side, and it became a big hit.

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[1] Overnight train departing from Ueno [2] Fuyumi Sakamoto [3] Aomori Prefecture

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Tsugaru Strait Winter Scene

At the 2023 NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen, it will be their 13th performance in total.

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[1] Sprinkling Rain [2] Hibari Misora [3] Ajinomoto commercial jingle

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Love, Brilliance

Even after Ms. Hibari Misora passed away, the song continues to be loved by many as a classic.

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[1] Kyu Sakamoto [2] Known overseas under the title “Sukiyaki” [3] A Lonely Night

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I Look Up as I Walk

This song is by Kyu Sakamoto and is still loved by people of all ages. It became a huge hit overseas under the title “SUKIYAKI.” The title ended up being completely unrelated to the lyrics because sukiyaki was apparently very popular in the United States at the time.

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[1] Chiyoko Shimakura [2] Her popularity grew thanks to impersonations [3] Blooming wildly

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Life is full of ups and downs

Chiyoko Shimakura’s “Jinsei Iroiro” (Life Has Its Ups and Downs) was released in April 1987 and became her biggest hit. It was originally titled “Warai Banashi ni Shite” (Make It a Funny Story). Winning the Japan Lyricist Awards Grand Prize and the Japan Record Awards Lyricist Prize that same year, along with impersonations by comedians Kuniko Yamada and Korokke, further boosted its popularity.

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