Food for thought' Issue 22 - Your Distraction Pack - Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

‘food for thought’
    Issue 22
Your Distraction Pack

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Welcome to the 22nd issue of ‘food for thought’.

                              Dictionary definition of

 “Something that prevents someone from giving their attention to something else”
                        “An activity that you do for pleasure”

COVID-19 has affected us all in very different ways, but the common adjustment
we have all had to make is that of self-isolation and how we each deal with that
varies enormously. Some are finding it easy to distance themselves from others,
whilst others are finding isolation difficult.
We are all responsible for making sure not only we, but others, are kept safe from
infection and the only way to do that is to stay where you live and avoid close
contact with others.
These Distraction Packs offer a variety of quizzes, activities and reading material to
help distract you during the long periods of time spent alone. We hope you enjoy
them.
The answers are given at the back, so if you don’t want to know what they are,
don’t look beyond page 24!

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              the community) for over ten years, RECOOP, part of the BCHA
              family, recognises the importance of keeping active, both physically
              and mentally. Our Distraction Packs, 'food for thought' are created
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              supported those experiencing homelessness for over 50 years.
              BCHA help the most vulnerable within our society 'find a way forward’.
              www.bcha.org.uk

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Activity - colouring - if you don’t have coloured pencils, try using
different shades of grey!

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Quiz 1 - Crocodile or Alligator?
Watch any documentary about crocodiles
and you’re almost certain to hear the line
“They have gone unchanged since the
time of the dinosaurs.” That isn’t exactly
true. While crocodylians as we know
them today - the alligators, gharials and
crocodiles that live at the water’s edge -
have been around for about 85 million
years, they belong to a much more
diverse and disparate group of creatures
that goes back to the Triassic.                     ?                          ?
Crocodylians are the last living representatives of the crocodylomorpha, an even
bigger group that originated over 205 million years ago. They shared the world with
the dinosaurs and came in a startling array of forms. Some - like the 112-million-
year-old, approximately 40-foot-long giant Sarcosuchus - looked quite similar to
their modern cousins, but there were also formidable ocean-going predators such
as Dakosaurus; small forms with mammal-like teeth such as Pakasuchus; crocs
with tusks and extra armour such as Armadillosuchus; and lithe, land-dwelling
carnivores such as Sebecus. Modern crocs do look ancient, but they are just the
remainders of an even older and stranger lineage.

Crocodile or Alligator?

1.  Which has a pointy, V-shaped snout?
2.  All the lower teeth on this animal are hidden from sight when it closes its
    mouth.
3. True or False - both alligators and crocodiles prefer saltwater.
4. What do you call a group of alligators?
5. What is a group of crocodiles called?
6. Which of these animals is primarily found in southern Florida?
7. Which of these creatures is usually greyish green in colour?
8. If you spot a baby animal with yellow stripes, you're likely to be looking at a….
9. Which of these animals is associated with more attacks on humans in the
    United States?
10. Which of these animals has small black sensory pits covering its body?

Sources: Smithsonianmag.com and howstuffworks.com
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Quiz 2 - Well known expressions Crossword

Across                                      Down
1. …... speak louder than words (7)         1. Question and ……. (6)
5. Pieces of ….. (5)                        2. …. pink (7)
8. Trade …..(7)                             3. The …. and only (3)
9. The Holy ….. (5)                         4. You can’t beat the … (6)
10. ….. the lion (3)                        5. Chicken and … (3)
12. Lead by ….. (7)                         6. ….. the nettle (5)
14. A little rough around the ….. (5)       7. Fortune ….. (6)
15. Last but not ….. (5)                    11. A drop in the …. (5)
20. Time is of the ….. (7)                  13. Secret …. (5)
22. Tic-Tac- ….. (3)                        16. Helter …… (7)
23. A ….. playing field (5)                 17. Health, ….. and happiness (6)
25. Sorely ….. (7)                          18. …. late than never (6)
27. ….. your bets (5)                       19. Jack of all ….. (6)
28. Many happy ….. 7)                       21. …. by the bell (5)
                                            24. Let sleeping dogs …. (3)
                                            26. … his match (3)

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Ten strange bequests left in Wills
In the UK we are not very good at drawing up
wills. In fact, fewer than half of UK adults have
done so, leaving 26 million people with no
formal instructions for what should happen to
their possessions on their death.
But perhaps we’re just not imaginative enough.
After all, for some people a will is not just a list
of bequests; it’s a chance to leave a loved-one a final thoughtful gesture, or show a
hopeful relative how much you preferred the dog to them.

Here are 10 strange bequests left in Wills:

1. A daily rose Legendary US comedian Jack Benny left an unusual but touching
instruction in his will when he died in 1974. “Every day since Jack has gone the
florist has delivered one long-stemmed red rose to my home,” his widow Mary
Livingstone wrote in a magazine, shortly after his death. “I learned Jack actually
had included a provision for the flowers in his will. One red rose to be delivered to
me every day for the rest of my life.”

2. Anonymous donation “to clear the national debt” A public-spirited donor
made a half-million pound bequest to Britain back in 1928, which is now worth more
than £350m. Unfortunately, the anonymous donor was very specific about how the
money should be spent: it should only be passed on once it is enough to clear the
entire national debt. Sadly, the total national debt currently stands at £1.5tn and so
the country can’t touch the money.

3.A boozy weekend We all like to think that our friends will raise a glass to us
when we’ve gone, but Roger Brown made sure of it. The 67-year-old lost his life to
prostate cancer in 2013, leaving behind a secret bequest of £3,500 to seven of his
closest friends, with the proviso that they use it for a boozy weekend away to a
European city.

4. The “second-best bed” Poor Anne Hathaway, aka Mrs Shakespeare (photo on
next page), has gone down in history as being snubbed by the Bard from beyond

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the grave. In his will, Shakespeare left her his “second-best
bed” while the vast bulk of his estate went to his daughter
Susanna.

5. $12m to a dog In 2004, billionaire hotelier Leona
Helmsley left instructions for her $4bn (£2.5bn) fortune to
be spent caring for dogs, having apparently re-thought an
earlier draft that left it to the poor. Her nine-year-old Mal-
tese, Trouble, received $12m (£8m) in the will, with her
grandchildren either cut out or ordered to visit their father’s
grave annually in order to inherit their share.
Trouble’s inheritance was later cut to just $2m (£1.2m) by a judge, although the
dog still needed to go into hiding amid death and kidnap threats.

6. Flowers for Sidmouth When self-made millionaire financier Keith Owen, 69,
was diagnosed with cancer and given just a few weeks to live, he decided to
donate his entire £2.3m fortune to his favourite holiday spot, Sidmouth in Devon.
The money was given to the Sid Vale
Association, with the stipulation that
some of it was to be spent on one million
flowering bulbs to keep the coastal town
awash with colour. His Will specifies that
the capital should not be touched, but
that the interest – about £125,000 a year
– be spent on maintaining the town and
two nearby villages.

7. A new husband For some embittered spouses, a last Will and Testament is
actually a last chance to insult their life partner one more time. So it was for
German poet Heinrich “Henry” Heine who left his estate to his wife, Matilda, in
1856 on the condition that she re-marry, so that “there will be at least one man to
regret my death”!

8. A legacy of bitterness Michigan millionaire Wellington Burt used his Will to put
his enormous wealth out of reach of his family for almost a full century. When he

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died in 1919, his Will was discovered to specify that his vast fortune would not be
passed on until 21 years after the death of his last surviving grandchild. She died in
1989 and the 21-year countdown ended on November 2010. About 12 people dis-
covered they were beneficiaries of the strange Will, described as a “legacy of bitter-
ness”, and they shared a fortune estimated to be worth $110m.

9. A wife for a gay son When Frank Mandelbaum’s Will was read in 2007, it was
discovered that he had left behind a $180,000 trust fund for his grandchildren.
There was one additional clause, though, which concerned his son Robert.
Robert’s children would only inherit a share if Robert agreed to marry their mother
within six months of their birth. One small problem: Robert is gay and is raising his
son, Cooper, with his husband.

10. Seventy strangers from a phone
directory It’s the stuff of daydreams and film
scripts. When Portuguese aristocrat Luis
Carlos de Noronha Cabral da Camara wrote
up his Will, he left his considerable fortune
to 70 strangers randomly chosen out of a
Lisbon phone directory. “I thought it was some
kind of cruel joke,” a 70-year-old heiress told
Portugal’s Sol newspaper. “I’d never heard of
the man.”                                          Perhaps the only time it pays not
                                                         to be ex-directory!

Source: theguardian.com

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Quiz 3 - Anagrams
These are all names of UK Prime Ministers - can you
unscramble the letters to reveal their identity?

1.   Hart Attach Merger (clue: Conservatives)

2.   Disallow Horn (clue: Labour)

3.   Tanned Honey (clue: Conservatives)

4.   Rob Litany (clue: Labour)

5.   Cattle Element (clue: Labour)

6.   Beltways Inland (clue: Conservatives)

7.   Overlaid Doggedly (clue: Liberals)

8.   Shear Meaty (clue: Conservatives)

9.   Harbour Artful (clue: Conservatives)

Source: pubquizquestionshq.com

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Activity - Codeword

Each letter in the puzzle is represented by a number 1 - 26. Can you crack the
code and solve the crossword? Every letter of the alphabet is used at least once.
Three letters are already in place to get you started.

                                P              D

                 L

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Activity - Word Search

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Quiz 4 - What movie am I?

1.   Released in 1942, this movie was set in North Africa during WWII. The story is
     about an American bar owner who is torn between helping the woman he loves
     and her husband, a resistance leader with the Germans on his tail, escape
     safely or sending him off alone, and keeping his love with him.
     What movie am I? …………………………………………..

2.   This drama and mystery movie was released in 1941 and is considered by
     many as the greatest film ever made. After the death of a newspaper magnate,
     a reporter is assigned to decipher his dying words. The reporter fears he may
     never penetrate the enigma of the man’s final word, ‘Rosebud’.
     What movie am I? …………………………………………..

3.   This drama and romance movie was released in 1943. A young American
     travels to Spain to join the guerrilla forces fighting dictator Francisco Franco
     during the Spanish Civil War. He is given the dangerous task of blowing up a
     strategic bridge. He falls in love with a Spanish girl, portrayed by Ingrid Berg-
     man. The young American successfully accomplishes his mission but the
     movie has a tragic end.
     What movie am I? …………………………………………..

4.   Released in 1946, this Christmas fantasy initially flopped at the box office. It
     was then nominated for five Academy Awards and became one of the most
     acclaimed films ever. An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately
     frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he
     had never existed. He reflects over his life and counts his blessings. This is a
     sincere and disarming Christmas story.
     What movie am I? …………………………………………..

                                                                         Continued…..

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Quiz 4 - What movie am I? continued
5.   I am a classic film noir released in 1944
     starring Fred MacMurray and Barbara
     Stanwyck. A life insurance salesman
     meets a seductive and provocative house-
     wife who wishes her husband dead. The
     salesman fools the husband into signing
     a life insurance policy he doesn’t want to
     enjoy the proceeds with the icily beautiful
     woman.
     What movie am I? ………………………..

6.   Released in 1949, this movie was based on a novel by Graham Greene. It is
     set in post-war Vienna, Austria. A penniless man arrives as a guest of his child-
     hood friend, only to find him dead. Broken-hearted, he attempts to investigate
     his friend’s death which he considers suspicious.
     What movie am I? …………………………………………..

7.   This Italian film was released in 1948 and received an Academy Award for
     ‘Most Outstanding Foreign Film’. The story is about a poor man and his son
     searching for a stolen bicycle in post-war Rome.
     What movie am I? …………………………………………..

8.   Released in1985 this sci-fi film was directed by Robert Zemeckis and grossed
     over $381 million worldwide winning the Academy Award for Best Sound
     Effects Editing. It starred Michael J Fox as Marty McFly.
     What movie am I? …………………………………………..

9.   This epic historical drama, released in 1993, follows a businessman who saves
     the lives of more than a thousand, mostly Polish-Jewish, refugees from the
     Holocaust.
     What movie am I? …………………………………………..

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Quiz 5 - Nutrition - True of False?

1.   Fruit juice and baked beans count as one portion of your fruit and vegetable
     intake.
2.   If I eat lots of fruit I don’t need to eat any vegetables.
3.   Your fruit and vegetable intake must come from fresh fruit and vegetables only.
4.   People should consume at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables per day.
5.   Wholegrain bread, beans and lentils are a rich source of fibre.
6.   A diet containing an adequate supply of fibre will help prevent constipation,
     lower blood cholesterol levels and help control blood glucose levels.
7.   There is more calcium in a pint of skimmed milk than in a pint of whole milk.
8.   Turnips and oranges are a source of
     calcium.
9.   Sunlight is a source of vitamin D.
10. A diet containing an adequate amount of
    calcium and vitamin D will help prevent
    against osteoporosis.
11. Red meat is a rich source of iron.
12. Oily fish contains omega 3.
13. Saturated fat is better for you than mono-
    unsaturated or polyunsaturated fat.
14. Adults should consume a maximum of 6
    grams of salt per day.
15. Excess salt could cause high blood
    pressure and heart disease.
16. It is recommended that we should drink 6-8 pints of water per day.
17. Physical activity can help reduce the risks of heart disease, stroke, cancer,
    type 2 diabetes, obesity and osteoporosis.
18. Walking and some household chores is counted as physical activity.

Source: Food for Life Partnership
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Health Watch

Self-isolating Top Tips:

                               Try and change your daily routine as much as is
                                possible.

                              Talk to neighbours - from a distance of at least 2
                               metres - as engaging with others is important for
                               mental wellbeing.

                              Open a window to let in fresh air, particularly if
                               you cannot venture out for your daily exercise.

                              Try doing some exercises in your room.

                             Drink plenty of water - it’s important to keep hydrated.
                              It is recommended we drink 2 litres a day.

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Quiz 6 - Syllacrostic
Fill in the answers to the clues by selecting the correct syllables from the list below.
Each syllable can only be used once and the number of syllables to be used is
shown in brackets. When the correct words are filled in, the first and last letters
reading down will reveal a proverb.

CAL, DU, EM, EN, END, I, KARD, KING, LAN, LESS, LIN, MI, MI, PAS, PI, RI,
RING, SAL, TAN, TATE, TERN, TRA, VO.

1. Lamp __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (2)

2. Lasting __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (3)

3. Drinking vessel __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (2)

4. Fusillade __ __ __ __ __ (2)

5. Connecting __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (2)

6. Perpetual __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (2)

7. Derived from experiment and observation __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (4)

8. Smoked beef __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (3)

9. Copy __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (3)

Source: puzzlechoice.com
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Activity - Word Wheel
How many words can you make from the letters in the wheel? Each word must
contain the hub letter E, avoiding proper nouns. Can you find the 9-letter word?

Source: puzzlechoice.com

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Activity - Dingbats

From the images below can you try and figure out the well-known phrase or saying.

  Example:

      Afternoon tea

Taken from: www.quizmasters.biz

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Quiz 7 - Trivia True or False

1.   Approximately one quarter of human bones are in the feet.

2.   In ancient Rome, a special room called a vomitorium was available for diners
     to purge food in during meals.

3.   The average person will shed 10 pounds of skin during their lifetime.

4.   Sneezes regularly exceed 100 m.p.h.

5.   A slug’s blood is green.

6.   The Great Wall Of China is visible from the moon.

7.   The total surface area of two human lungs have a surface
     area of approximately 70 square metres.

8.   In Colombia, by law all the radio stations and TV stations
     must play the National Anthem at 6:00 am and 6:00 pm
     every day.

9.   In China, if you wear a ring on the thumb of your right-
     hand it means that you are looking for a partner

10. The record for the fastest time to solve a Rubik’s Cube one-handed is 37
    seconds. (26th April 2014)

11. The most expensive car number plate, showing only the number ‘1’, was
    bought in the United Arab Emirates for 52.2 million dirham, the approximate
    equivalent of £7.2 million. (16th February 2008)

12. The record for the longest rail tunnel is held by the Channel Tunnel between
    Britain and France. (15th October 2010)

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Activity - Sudoku        Fill in the 9×9 grid with numbers so that each row, col-
umn and 3×3 section contains all of the digits between 1 and 9. If you’re still not
sure have a very quick peek at the answers!

                                        EASY

                                      MEDIUM

                                        HARD

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ANSWERS
Quiz 1 - Crocodiles or Alligators?
1.  Crocodile
2.  Alligator - On a croc, the fourth tooth on the lower jaw sticks out when its
    mouth is closed. You can't see an alligator's teeth at all when its mouth is
    closed.
3. False - Crocodiles have special glands in their tongue to help them process
    salt-water, but alligators generally stick to freshwater.
4. Congregation
5. Bask
6. Alligator - Alligators mostly make their home in southern Florida, while
    crocodiles live all over the world.
7. Crocodiles are generally greyish-green, while alligators appear almost black.
8. Alligator - Alligators’ babies are dark with yellow stripes, while crocodiles are
    lighter with dark stripes.
9. Alligator. Crocodile bites are relatively rare, but alligators bite roughly six
    people per year in Florida.
10. Crocodile - Crocodiles have these pits all over their bodies, while alligators
    have them only around the jaws.

Quiz 2 - Well known
expressions
Crossword

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ANSWERS
Quiz 3 - Anagrams - UK Prime Ministers

1.   Margaret Thatcher          6.    Stanley Baldwin
2.   Harold Wilson              7.    David Lloyd George
3.   Anthony Eden               8.    Theresa May
4.   Tony Blair                 9.    Arthur Balfour
5.   Clement Attlee

Activity - Codeword

Quiz 4 - What movie am I?
1.   Casablanca                6.    The Third Man
2.   Citizen Kane              7.    The Bicycle Thief
3.   For Whom the Bells Tool   8.    Back to the Future
4.   It’s a Wonderful Life     9.    Schindler’s List
5.   Double Indemnity
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Quiz 5 - Nutrition Quiz - True or False?
1.   True – fruit juice can only count      8.    False
     for one of your 5 portions per day     9.    True
     i.e. you can’t have 5 glasses of
                                            10.   True
     juice and say you have had your
     5 a day.                               11.   True – green leafy vegetables are
                                                  also a good source of iron
2.   False – you need to eat a wide
     variety of fruit and vegetables for    12.   True
     a healthy diet.                        13.   False
3.   False – your fruit and vegetable       14.   True
     portions can be made up of dried,      15.   True
     frozen or tinned fruit and
     vegetables                             16.   True
4.   True                                   17.   True
5.   True                                   18.   True
6.   True
7.   False – skimmed milk contain less
     fat but the same amount of calcium

Quiz 6 - Syllacrostic
LANTERN              L    N
ENDURING             E    G
TANKARD              T    D
SALVO                S    O     = LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE
LINKING              L    G
ENDLESS              E    S
EMPIRICAL            E    L
PASTRAMI             P    I
IMITATE              I    E

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ANSWERS

Activity - Word Wheel
9 letter word: Celebrity
Some of the five letters that you may have found are:
beery, belie, beret, beryl, betel, biter, creel, elect, elite, erect, eyrie, leery, litre,
lycee, rebel, relic, retie, tierce, tiler, tribe, trice, celery, eerily, recite, relict, tercel,
treble, erectly, liberty, reticle, celerity.

Activity - Dingbats
1.   Afternoon tea                                 7.    A round of drinks
2.   A Word of warning                             8.    A paradox
3.   White Elephant                                9.    A leap in the dark
4.   A touching moment                             10.   A hole in one
5.   A splitting headache                          11.   A dark horse
6.   A score to settle                             12.   A large overdraft

Quiz 7 - Trivia True or False
1.  True – 52 bones in the feet and 206 in the whole body.
2.  False – It was the name for the entranceway to a stadium, nothing more.
3.  False – they will shed approximately 40.
4.  True
5.  True
6.  False – at a low orbit the Great Wall is visible, but no man-made structure is
    visible from outer space or the moon.
7. True
8. True—Under a law passed in 1995, it is mandatory for Colombia’s national
    anthem “Oh gloria inmarcesible” (O Unfading Glory), to be broadcast on all
    radio and television channels at 6am and 6pm every day (not applicable to
    national TV channels on cable).
9. False—Such a sign does exist in China, but the finger used is the left hand
    little finger (i.e. pinky/pinkie) of the left hand, not the right hand.
10. False – it is 12.56 seconds
11. True
12. False – it is held by the Gotthard Rail Tunnel, Switzerland, beneath the Alps
    and measures 35.42 miles. The Channel Tunnel is 31.4 miles
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ANSWERS - Word Search

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ANSWERS - Sudoku

                    Easy

                   Medium

                    Hard

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