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Mind Sharpeners, is a painless method of improving your mind and memory through entertaining word puzzles. Mind Sharpeners will force the mind to make connections and it is these connections which make you SMARTER, SHARPER and ultimately, Happier. Like dark chocolate and sex, the endorphins in our brain stimulate us to feel good. Make a difference by challenging yourself in a daily ritual. You will be helping yourself and the children of St. Jude's Children' s Hospital which will receive all the proceeds for children suffering with cancer. Giving this donation to such a worthy cause can only make your day brighter!
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014
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I dedicate this book to my father, Milton F. Hug, who like his unique name, he embraced everyone with the spirit of optimism, especially me. I dedicate the proceeds to St. Jude's Children's Hospital begun by Danny Thomas.BookRix GmbH & Co. KG81371 MunichMind Sharpeners Part I
Mind Sharpeners, is a painless method of improving your mind and memory through entertaining word puzzles. Mind Sharpeners will force the mind to make connections and it is these connections which make you SMARTER, SHARPER and ultimately, Happier! Like dark chocolate, the endorphins in our brain stimulate us to feel good.
"One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through one’s greatest efforts." —Albert Einstein
Einstein warns use to challenge ourselves with what is difficult. We can increase our cognitive ability by learning a new language, a musical instrument, solving a math problem, writing with your opposite hand. It has already been proven that novelty increases dopamine in the brain. Certainly, if physical exercise improves our physical dexterity, mental gymnastics will benefit our mental capacity. Most of us are aware of the benefits of crossword puzzles, Marilyn vos Savant, Susanne Jaeggi, Dr. Mercola, the Dana Foundation, Luminosity and similar experts and foundations for increased brain function have clearly stated that there is hope for improving cognitive function. Our intelligence is not fixed, but constantly changing. Yes, we can make the difference. We must work at it. The recent discoveries of the twentirth century have developed the idea that the brain is regenerative and the millions of neurons can undergo neuroplasticity, which means instead of brain cells dying, there is an ability for them to reorganize and form new neural connections throughout life. The research of Dr. Arne May and the work of Jeffrey Swartz have given all of us new hope of increasing intelligence.
Of course, we all wish to be smarter and improve our memory. We watch “Jeopardy,” and applaud the keen answers of their contestants. However, do we want to know more facts? Computers and iPads give us immediate answers. We don’t need to be encyclopedias. The majority of us want to learn more quickly, understand better, and remember what we have learned. So, exactly what is “intelligence?” For me, it is not an IQ, but ability to learn new things. Everyone today, (including my 4-year-old granddaughter), can find facts and answers by using their smart phone, iPad or surfing the web.
Certainly, winning on “Jeopardy” is praiseworthy, but I would prefer being able to use new knowledge to solve a problem, learn a new skill or invent a new technology. Unfortunately, most adult Americans stop their education by age 25 or earlier. Do we become “brain dead” as we grow older? Hopefully, we continue to seek new cultural activities, but many of us are too busy making a living and buying things. Few adults start learning a new language, playing a musical instrument, reading a comprehensive textbook, painting a landscape, building a deck, wiring a dark closet, or doing plumbing in a new bathroom, unless we have professional help. Yet, all these new adventures MAKE US mentally more agile. A human brain contains millions of neurons but can create new ones which is neurogenesis and this prepares your brain for learning. After all, we lose hundreds of brain cells by drinking too much, using cocaine, testosterone, absinthe, ecstasy, methamphetamines, having chemotherapy, suffering a concussion or hitting our heads.
Mind Sharpenershas exercises intended to confront and inspire. Each riddle, statement or description is meant to stir the curiosity of the reader to think out of the box, to get the correct answer and figure out the allusions. Hopefully, these exercises will be addictive, making the reader come back again and again to master that particular section. If you can answer every question, there isn’t any challenge and little fun. There are five basic categories: History, Literature & Language, Science & Biology, Art and Music. Perhaps, you are proficient in science and hist-ory, but have some confusion with literature and language. This book gives you the chance to work on what is your weakest subject and excel in that field. Each category has its challenging questions.
Test yourself in what interests you. Answers appear after twenty-five queries. Some answers are based on recent discoveries or general knowledge. Are you smarter than a fifth grader? Perhaps, we knew the answers but have forgotten so much. Mind Sharpeners' riddles challenge the ambiguity of a term. It is the multiplicity of English definitions that begs us to see the other side. Riddles force the brain to think in two divergent ways. A “lock” for example, is a security device, yet it also may mean a strand of hair. Some questions are meant to connect facts to an individual or an idea. After completing twenty-five identifications, you can find the answers and move on and return later to see if your memory will serve you well. In any event, you will gain both knowledge and brain agility.
You can continue your word and language odyssey by trying the alphabet word game. This tests your vocabulary of each letter of the alphabet. Within each letter group, there are questions about history, literature, science, art and music.
Good luck, “buena suerte,” “bon chance," or “viel Gluck.”
Let’s begin:
History (Who or what am I?)1. I am a kind of circus and the source of Bubonic plague.2. I am a French emperor and the main character in Animal Farm.3. My name is that of a mythical Greek king and a Freudian complex.4. I have dual spellings, but always mean king.5. I am the president who is tied to the legend of Camelot.6. I am a way of life, inspired by common sense and good deeds.7. I am a secret book of Judaism, a mystical document.8. In 1922, my youthful body was discovered and exhumed in Egypt.9. I was a giant of my day in both stature and achievement. (1865 in the USA.)10. I was an Egyptian queen who invented eyeliner.11. I was supposedly born by C-section in ancient Rome, I became an emperor.12. I was an artist who designed many medieval catapults, and performed autopsies daily.13. During the “Pax Romana,” I was a Roman emperor. 14. I had diverse talents and wrote Poor Richard’s Almanac.15. I was an African-American inventor who created over 100 uses for a peanut.16. My name is synonymous with genius; I am remembered for e= mc217. I committed suicide while working on the Manhattan Project.18. In 79 AD, this Italian city was the site of an horrific earthquake .19. My culture is responsible for paper and gunpowder.20. Ironically, this book of the Bible has erotic poetry.21. I am the unspoken name of God for the Hebrews .22. I was the Prime Minister of England who said: “Never, ever give up!”23. I am the Latin expression “Seize the Day!”24. As the author of “The Republic“, “Know thyself” is my famous quote.25. “All that glitters is not gold” said this Elizabethan.Answers: 1. Flea 2. Napoleon 3. Oedipus 4. czar, tsar 5. John F. Kennedy 6. Buddhism 7. Kabala 8. King Tut 9. Abraham Lincoln 10. Cleopatra 11. Julius Cesar 12. Leonardo da Vinci 13. Augustus Cesar 14. Ben Franklin 15. George Washington Carver 16. Albert Einstein 17. Robert Oppenheimer 18. Pompeii, Italy 19. Chinese 20. Song of Songs 21. Yahweh 22. Winston Churchill 23. carpe diem 24. Plato 25. Wm. Shakespeare
