Cultural Knowledge Tests

You must identify the pitch of a musical note randomly played by the computer. To do this, you need to move a slider to adjust the pitch of your own note until it matches the reference note. You must constantly compare your note with the computer’s note in order to find the correct pitch. If you succeed, you earn 80 points (which is almost impossible, even for a specialist).

Cognitive skills: pitch perception, auditory discrimination, focused listening, fine auditory comparison, concentration, musical memory.

Identify 5 politeness words in different languages. Click the audio player (triangle) to start the sound if it doesn’t play automatically. You have 80 seconds to try to find 10 words. Scoring: 9 points for each correct word, -3 points for each mistake. You can review all the politeness words used in the game.

Cognitive skills: auditory memory, attention, language processing, pattern recognition, concentration.

Type a series of words as quickly as possible on the keyboard. Time limit: 30 seconds for 19 words. Each correctly typed word earns 3 points; there is no penalty for mistakes. If you type all 19 words correctly, you earn a 50-point bonus.

Cognitive skills: typing speed, attention, working memory, language processing, concentration.

Identify unknown musical notes. The computer plays a note, and you must determine which piano key it corresponds to using only your hearing. You can replay the notes as many times as you want. With each correct answer, the computer adds another note to the sequence. You will therefore start by recalling 2 notes, then 3 notes, and so on.

Cognitive skills: auditory discrimination, attention, auditory memory, pattern recognition, concentration.