Ever wondered what it is like to compete in a test of remember names and faces?

I thought I would share the Memorisation, Recall and marking sheets (see below) for the recent Indian Memory Championships so you can see what it contains as well as for people practicing and getting ready for next month’s World memory Championships in Guangzhou.

A big thanks to Phil Chambers for all his work in putting the competition papers together every year.

Watch short online videos to see how each of the 10 events are conducted

Here is the process for a National competition…

Event 3.   Speed Names and Faces
Aim  To commit to memory and recall as many names as possible and link them to the right face.
Time to Memorise  5 minutes
Time to Recall  10 minutes
Question Paper 
  1. 42 colour photographs of different people (head and shoulder shots) with a first name and second name written underneath each picture.
  2. Pictures are provided 15 to a page in 3 rows of 5 photographs on 2 sheets of A3 paper and 12 images on the 3rd page.
Answer Paper 
  1. Contestants will be given the 42 colour photographs again without the names and in a different order to that on the question paper.
  2. Contestants must clearly write down the correct name (first name and/or second name) under each photograph.
Scoring 
  1. A point is awarded for every correctly spelt first name.
  2. A point is awarded for every correctly spelt second name.
  3. Half a point is awarded for every first name that is phonetically correct but incorrectly spelt (eg Clare instead of Claire).
  4. Half a point is awarded for every second name that is phonetically correct but incorrectly spelt (eg Smyth instead of Smith).
  5. Points are still awarded if only the first name or the surname can be recalled.
  6. The contestant with the highest score wins.

Memorisation sheet for Names and Faces – 3. N&F_Memo_India_opt (1).pdf

Recall sheet for Names and Faces 3. N&F_Recall_India_opt.pdf

Marking sheet for Names and Faces  3. N&F_Marking_India_opt.pdf