General Knowledge
What you know, as fast as you can
Saerok is a brain-training playground where games that help with early dementia and mild cognitive decline are free to play. It works on a computer, a tablet or a phone, and if the screen is hard to use you can print the puzzles instead.
Five levels
- 1. First steps — 5 questions · 2 answers · 40 sec each · easy only
- 2. Gentle — 8 questions · 3 answers · 30 sec each · easy only
- 3. Standard — 10 questions · 4 answers · 25 sec each
- 4. Normal — 15 questions · 4 answers · 16 sec each · harder ones
- 5. Challenge — 20 questions · 4 answers · 10 sec each · hardest only
Scoring
| Correct answers | Up to 700 · in proportion to how many you get right |
|---|---|
| Speed bonus | Up to 200 · the sooner you answer, the more you get |
| Level | Level 1 First steps: 5 questions, 2 answers, 40 sec · 2 Gentle: 8 questions, 3 answers, 30 sec · 3 Standard: 10 questions, 25 sec · 4 Normal: 15 questions, 16 sec · 5 Challenge: 20 questions, 10 sec |
| Streak bonus | Up to 100 · from 3 in a row, 25 each (3 in a row 25 / 4 in a row 50 / 5 in a row 75 / 6 or more 100) |
| Wrong-answer penalty | None — a wrong answer never costs you points |
| Level bonus | Normal (15 questions) +100, Challenge (20 questions) +250 (when you finish) |
| Top score | Levels 1–3: 1,000 / Normal 1,100 / Challenge 1,250 |
| Review list | Questions you miss are kept for you. Tap “Just the ones you got wrong” on the first screen; get one right and it comes off the list |
| Review round | Practice only, so no score is kept (up to 20 questions at a time) |
I went looking online for puzzles for my mother, who lives with dementia, and found it far too hard to find good ones — so I made these for her. I am putting them here in the hope that they help someone else too.