Sherlock Holmes
True or False: Holmes' sidekick is called Dr. Wilson
False: Dr. Watson
Rommey
Memory
If five cats can catch five mice in five minutes, how long will it take one cat to catch one mouse?
FIVE MINUTES
After humans, what animals have the longest memory? Elephants, dolphins or dogs?
Dolphins
Can music trigger vivid memories in those who suffer from dementia?
Yes
In which English city does Holmes live?
London
Cudediton
Deduction
There are two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck in the middle. How many ducks are there?
THREE: Two ducks are in front of the last duck; the first duck has two ducks behind; one duck is between the other two
About 60% of an older adult's memories are when the person was between the ages of 15-25. True or False
True
How long is the average human's attention span?
20 minutes
Mane two of the three appendages associated with Sherlock Holmes.
Magnifying glass, Pipe, Deerstalker (hat)
Trosh mert rommey
Short term memory
A farmer needs to transport a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage across a river. His boat can only carry him and one other item. If left alone, the wolf will eat the goat, and the goat will eat the cabbage. How can he safely transport all three?
Take the goat across, go back alone, take the wolf, bring the goat back, take the cabbage across, then return for the goat.
Which of the 5 senses, according to scientists, is the most likely to trigger a memory?
Smell. Smell bypasses the thalamus and goes directly to the olfactory bulb, which is connected to the amygdala and hippocampus, the primary memory-making parts of the brain.
What are autobiographical memories?
Autobiographical memories are memories of significant personal experiences and events that form a person's life
Who wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories?
Arthur Conan Doyle
Tingcoino
Cognition
The day before two days after the day before tomorrow is Saturday. What day is it today?
Friday. The “day before tomorrow” is today; “the day before two days after” is really one day after. So if “one day after today is Saturday,” then it must be Friday.
As of 2021, only 61 people worldwide have been diagnosed with hyperthymesia, but what "super power" do people with this "condition" have?
Hyperthymesia is the ability to remember almost every event of a person's life with nearly perfect precision.
What is "the doorway effect"?
A psychological event where a person forgets something as soon as they enter a room.
How many Sherlock Holmes stories are there?
60
Plembor-givlons
Problem-solving
Andy is put in a cell with a dirt floor and only one window, which is too high for him to reach. The only thing in the cell is a shovel. He has no food or water and has two days to escape, or he’ll die. Andy can’t dig a tunnel because it will take him much longer than two days to do it. How will Andy escape from the cell?
Andy has to use the shovel to create a pile of dirt under the window so he can climb up onto it and escape from the cell
Canadian, Dave Farrow holds a Guinness World Record for memoriy. in 2007 he was able to recall a staggering 59 decks of cards in sequence, which he memorized on a single sighting, which lasted 14 hours. How many cards did he manage to recall in the correct order in which they were originally presented?
3.068 - the recall took approximately 9 hours
What, precisely, is "gas lighting"?
"Gas lighting" is a form of mental abuse in which someone tampers with another person’s memory.