How Good Is Your Memory?

Steel trap, selective rememberer, note-taker, or forgetful dreamer — how good is your memory?

Answer 7 honest questions about what you remember and what you forget and find out how good your memory really is.

7 questions · About 1 minute

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Questions Overview

All 7 questions in this quiz — take a look before you start.

  1. 1
    Pick what your memory feels like.
    • •A steel trap — nothing escapes
    • •A treasure chest — the good stuff stays
    • •A neat notebook — everything written down
    • •A dream — beautiful, but it fades
  2. 2
    You meet someone new. A week later you…
    • •Remember their name, job, and dog's name
    • •Remember their face and one funny detail
    • •Check my phone — I saved their number
    • •Have absolutely no idea who they are
  3. 3
    Your friends ask about a trip from years ago. You…
    • •Retell the whole trip, day by day
    • •Remember the best moments vividly
    • •Show them my photos and notes
    • •Wait — we went on a trip?
  4. 4
    Pick your memory superpower.
    • •Remembering every birthday
    • •Remembering the feeling of a moment
    • •Remembering where everything is written
    • •Forgetting the bad stuff instantly
  5. 5
    You walk into a room and forget why. You…
    • •Never happens to me
    • •Stand still till the good memory comes back
    • •Check my to-do list
    • •Happens ten times a day — I just laugh
  6. 6
    Pick your favourite memory trick.
    • •I do not need tricks — it just sticks
    • •I link things to feelings and stories
    • •Lists, alarms, and notes everywhere
    • •Tricks? I forget the tricks too
  7. 7
    Describe your memory in one line.
    • •Nothing escapes me
    • •The important things stay
    • •It is all in my notes
    • •Gone in sixty seconds