Tracie Thoms - Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation

Keeping Your Mind Sharp
Brain-Boosting Puzzles
“Use it or lose it.” The message is simple. If you don’t use your
muscles, they will no longer be as effective as they should be. Of
course, the brain is not a muscle; however, it has recently come
to light that “mental workouts,” such as solving crosswords and
other puzzles, can help ward off Alzheimer’s. In these pages, we
offer a variety of different types of puzzles that will work out your
various skills involving memory, deduction, and letter manipulation,
and, we hope, also provide you with a ton of fun!
Match MATCH These
THESE
Match These
(Answers on page 37)
Can Can you
Can
you match
you
match match
each each US
each
US US
presidential presidential candidate candidate
to the to the
to year
the
year
year
he lost he he
lost (got
lost
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(got second
the second
highest highest
electoral electoral
count)?
count)?
Can
the you
second match
highest each US
electoral presidential
count)?
candidate to the year
1. _____ 1. _____ he lost
George George (got the McGovern second highest electoral
a. 1948
a. 1948
count)?
1. _____ George McGovern a. 1948
2. _____ 2. _____
2. _____
Walter Walter
Mondale Mondale
b. 1952
b. 1952
1. Walter _____ Mondale George McGovern b. 1952
a. 1948
3. _____ 3. _____
3. _____
Robert Robert
Dole Dole
c. 1960
c. 1960
2. Robert _____ Dole Walter Mondale c. 1960
b. 1952
4. _____ 4. _____
4. _____
Richard 3. Richard _____ Richard
Nixon Robert Nixon Nixon Dole d. 1964 d. 1964
d. 1964
c. 1960
5. _____ 5. _____
George 4. _____ George
H.W. Richard H.W.
Bush Nixon Bush
e. 1968
e. 1968
d. 1964
5. _____ George H.W. Bush e. 1968
6. _____ 6. _____
Adlai 5. _____ Adlai George Stevenson H.W. Bush
f. 1972
f. 1972
e. 1968
6. _____ Adlai Stevenson f. 1972
7. _____ 7. _____
Barry 6. _____ Barry Adlai Goldwater Stevenson
g. 1976
g. 1976
f. 1972
7. _____
8. _____ 8. _____ 7.
Barry _____
Goldwater
Hubert Hubert Barry Humphrey Goldwater
g. 1976
h. 1980
h. 1980
g. 1976
8. _____
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Jimmy Jimmy Hubert
Carter Carter Humphrey h. 1980
i. 1984
i. 1984
h. 1980
9. _____
10. _____
10. _____ 9. Jimmy _____ Carter
Thomas Thomas Jimmy
Dewey Dewey Carter i. 1984
j. 1988
j. 1988
i. 1984
10. _____ 10. Thomas _____ Thomas Dewey Dewey j. 1988
j. 1988
11. 11. _____
11.
_____ _____
Gerald Gerald
Ford Ford
k. 1992
k. 1992
11. Gerald _____ Ford Gerald Ford k. 1992
k. 1992
12. 12. _____
12.
_____ _____
Michael Michael
Dukakis Dukakis
l. 1996
l. 1996
12. Michael _____ Michael Dukakis Dukakis l. 1996
l. 1996
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