I wondered why the five words Trump claimed were the ones he was asked to repeat were so closely related! Every sample version I’ve seen or heard described, gives five unrelated words—not a set of three related words (person man woman) and then a set of two related words (camera TV).
Your suggestion makes a lot of sense. I bet you’re exactly right!
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Why do studio microphones have that scaffold around them?
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The actual MoCa or Mini-Mental State Exam will use unrelated items–otherwise, the relationship makes them easier to remember. Lion, piano, cactus, yes. Mother, sister, dancer, no. ETA: Trump’s list isn’t related to an actual MoCA question.
Plenty of people I’ve tested do just fine on MoCA or MMSE. The items are pulled from larger neuropsych tests, so the examiner can refer the examinee for either general or specific texting for more detail and confirmation of the findings. I haven’t had anyone ask for pen and paper, but lots of people sketch numbers and words in the air or on the table with a finger, which is acceptable.
Are you talking about the shock mount? It’s there to help keep the mic isolated from vibrations.
So singers maintain a proper social distance from them.
We are all a shared hallucination of each other.
When are we going to wake up?? 
If that happens it all goes away.
The brilliant Sarah Cooper takes Trump’s 5 words and turns it into a parody of The Usual Suspects.
Frankly, at this point I’m willing…
She obviously saw my tweet 
Let’s all scream at the same time. One…two…three!
Somebody referred to Cuccinelly as “Uber Groupon furor”. Some sort of corporate tie-in. Yeah. Gotta be that.
And he repeated them twice in about a minute. Still hesitated and looked at the objects to remind himself.
Oh, I’ve been screaming for a while now.
The hilarious thing about that interview was, the five words Trump used, he was just naming things in his immediate area. “Person, woman, man, camera, TV.” Lol
In the real test, the five words are not related. It more like: “Box, extravagant, sweet, mail, shoulder.”
Me neither and I’m 70. Who are you and what was the question?
Remember, 70 is the new 68.
Is it normal for people in that age range to just skip 69?
Well, it does require a certain amount of flexiblity which many seniors find that they have lost. 