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Putting A Memory Champion To The Test

NEW YORK (WLNY) -- Most of us have trouble remembering what we had for breakfast yesterday -- let alone recalling long lists of names and numbers.

But that's a not a problem for two-time USA Memory Champion Ron White.

He's memorized an entire deck of cards in a just under a minute and a half -- and an 800 digit number in one hour.

We even gave him a little test. We gave White a list of 25 celebrity guests and the date they were on the show about 10 minutes prior to his performance. Could he recite them in order? Check out the video to find out.

 

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