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Norbert Lenherr, SF Wissen mySchool
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In the past people covered their mouth with their hand when they laughed. What was the reason for this habit?
Bad breath
Poor oral hygiene
Missing teeth
What is the technical term for feel-good hormones?
Endorphin
Serotonin
Adrenaline
In the Zurich children’s hospital, the young patients receive weekly visits from the clown doctors. Which of the following statements about the effects of laughter are true?
Laughing stimulates the immune system.
Feel-good hormones are produced.
Stress hormones are produced.
Laughing can ease pain.
Who made the following statement: «Fake laughter can be recognized because it doesn’t involve the eye area.»
Luzia Romagna, body therapist
Willibald Ruch, laughter scientist
Mario Erdheim, psychologist
Gottfried Keller (a Swiss writer of the 19th century) observed: «Laughing requires a mind. Animals do not laugh.» What kind of animal proves Keller wrong?
Why is crying commonest between the hours of 7 and 10 in the evening?
It is the time for family crises and lovers’ tiffs.
It is the time for slushy films and tear-jerkers.
It is the time when people are most active.
What is the opposite of laughing?
Is the following statement true? «In the 18th century men were not allowed to cry. In the upper classes it was positively taboo.»
Yes
No
Laughter scientists have identified 25 different laughs. How many of them are genuine?
5
15
10
In which period were the torturers convinced that the devil spared witches from crying?
Laughing – crying
