How to remember Names and Faces - Try your hand at the competition level

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 3^rd 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.