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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 16 · 40 questions
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Memory tip (Put it in its place): Steps: choose a place you know → fix stops in order → put pictures at stops → walk the route to recall. Always walk the stops in the same order — that is what keeps your list in order. More items than stops? Add stops. A new list? Put new pictures on the same stops.

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  1. 1.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) yes, with new pictures (c) only for numbers (d) only once a year
  2. 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a drum by the park gate, a sock by the banyan tree, a coconut by the bus stop, an igloo by the fruit cart, a doll by the post box. Where did you place the sock? (a) fruit cart (b) park gate (c) bus stop (d) banyan tree
  3. 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a ball by the post box, an ice cream by the swing, a mirror by the park gate, a banana by the banyan tree, a duck by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) ball (b) ice cream (c) mirror (d) banana
  4. 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an orange by the sofa, an ant by the dining table, a radio by the TV, an onion by the kitchen, a glass by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) ant (b) glass (c) onion (d) radio
  5. 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a net by the sofa, a nest by the door, a watch by the gate, a bucket by the shoe rack, a vase by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) nest (b) net (c) vase (d) watch
  7. 7.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or walk the route to recall? (a) fix stops in order (b) walk the route to recall
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a kettle by the bus stop, an igloo by the post box, a goat by the park gate, a tomato by the fruit cart, a shoe by the banyan tree. What did you place by the post box? (a) goat (b) igloo (c) tomato (d) kettle
  9. 9.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) a random new city (c) one you know very well (d) a blank wall
  10. 10.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
  11. 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a kite by the bus stop, a rope by the park gate, a banana by the post box, a coconut by the banyan tree, a doll by the fruit cart. Where did you place the kite? (a) bus stop (b) park gate (c) banyan tree (d) post box
  12. 12.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or walk the route to recall? (a) put pictures at stops (b) walk the route to recall
  13. 13.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or choose a place you know? (a) put pictures at stops (b) choose a place you know
  14. 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a duck by the swing, a shoe by the park gate, a coconut by the banyan tree, a rope by the fruit cart, a mirror by the slide. Where did you place the rope? (a) slide (b) fruit cart (c) park gate (d) banyan tree
  15. 15.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or choose a place you know? (a) walk the route to recall (b) choose a place you know
  16. 16.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to keep the order (b) no reason (c) it looks nice (d) to make it longer
  17. 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an anchor by the sofa, an onion by the shoe rack, an umbrella by the dining table, a ladder by the TV, an umpire by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) umbrella (b) onion (c) ladder (d) umpire
  18. 18.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
  19. 19.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the method of loci
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a ladder by the dining table, a kettle by the shoe rack, a vase by the sofa, a tent by the door, a duck by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) ladder (b) tent (c) duck (d) kettle
  21. 21.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or fix stops in order? (a) choose a place you know (b) fix stops in order
  22. 22.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a ladder by the teacher’s desk, a frog by the library, a parrot by the playground, a watch by the blackboard, a ball by the classroom door. Where did you place the parrot? (a) classroom door (b) blackboard (c) teacher’s desk (d) playground
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a cat by the blackboard, a nest by the teacher’s desk, a sock by the stairs, a ball by the library, an umpire by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) ball (b) nest (c) umpire (d) sock
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an anchor by the teacher’s desk, a jeep by the blackboard, a monkey by the stairs, a coconut by the classroom door, a mirror by the library. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) coconut (b) anchor (c) monkey (d) mirror
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an umpire by the shoe rack, a key by the sofa, a frog by the TV, a fan by the dining table, a watch by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) fan (b) frog (c) umpire (d) key
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a tiger by the door, a pillow by the TV, an umbrella by the gate, an onion by the shoe rack, a goat by the sofa. Where did you place the onion? (a) TV (b) gate (c) shoe rack (d) sofa
  28. 28.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or put pictures at stops? (a) walk the route to recall (b) put pictures at stops
  29. 29.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or put pictures at stops? (a) choose a place you know (b) put pictures at stops
  30. 30.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) skip 5 items (b) add more stops (c) put all at one stop (d) use no route
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a tomato by the teacher’s desk, a key by the classroom door, a shoe by the library, a sock by the blackboard, a bucket by the stairs. Where did you place the bucket? (a) blackboard (b) stairs (c) classroom door (d) teacher’s desk
  32. 32.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or put pictures at stops? (a) fix stops in order (b) put pictures at stops
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a bucket by the park gate, a frog by the fruit cart, a vase by the banyan tree, a wallet by the post box, a tomato by the bus stop. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) vase (b) tomato (c) wallet (d) frog
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an ant by the TV, a van by the kitchen, a spoon by the dining table, a guava by the sofa, a ladder by the shoe rack. What did you place by the TV? (a) ant (b) spoon (c) van (d) guava
  35. 35.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: fix stops in order or choose a place you know? (a) fix stops in order (b) choose a place you know
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a cat by the notice board, a goat by the teacher’s desk, a bucket by the blackboard, a flute by the classroom door, a duck by the stairs. Where did you place the duck? (a) blackboard (b) teacher’s desk (c) stairs (d) notice board
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an umpire by the park gate, a jalebi by the bench, an umbrella by the fruit cart, a jeep by the slide, a cat by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) jeep (b) cat (c) umbrella (d) jalebi
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a needle by the shoe rack, a pencil by the sofa, a vase by the dining table, a rope by the TV, a jalebi by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) needle (b) jalebi (c) pencil (d) rope
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a vase by the teacher’s desk, an owl by the notice board, a drum by the classroom door, a wallet by the school gate, a frog by the stairs. Where did you place the wallet? (a) teacher’s desk (b) classroom door (c) stairs (d) school gate
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a guava by the classroom door, a wallet by the stairs, a pencil by the blackboard, a parrot by the library, a goat by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the wallet? (a) classroom door (b) stairs (c) teacher’s desk (d) library

Answer key

  1. yes, with new pictures
  2. banyan tree
  3. ball
  4. radio
  5. step 3
  6. watch
  7. fix stops in order
  8. igloo
  9. one you know very well
  10. step 1
  11. bus stop
  12. put pictures at stops
  13. choose a place you know
  14. fruit cart
  15. choose a place you know
  16. to keep the order
  17. umbrella
  18. step 4
  19. the method of loci
  20. ladder
  21. choose a place you know
  22. step 2
  23. playground
  24. ball
  25. anchor
  26. umpire
  27. shoe rack
  28. put pictures at stops
  29. choose a place you know
  30. add more stops
  31. stairs
  32. fix stops in order
  33. vase
  34. ant
  35. choose a place you know
  36. stairs
  37. jeep
  38. rope
  39. school gate
  40. stairs

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