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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 185 · 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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an orange by the swing, a shoe by the banyan tree, a kettle by the park gate, a tiger by the slide, a monkey by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) kettle (b) shoe (c) orange (d) tiger
  2. 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a kite by the TV, a net by the kitchen, an ice cream by the sofa, a frog by the bed, an apple by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) net (b) kite (c) apple (d) frog
  3. 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an umpire by the school gate, an ice cream by the teacher’s desk, a spoon by the stairs, a wallet by the notice board, a radio by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) wallet (b) umpire (c) radio (d) spoon
  4. 4.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: put pictures at stops or fix stops in order? (a) put pictures at stops (b) fix stops in order
  5. 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a jeep by the TV, a rope by the shoe rack, a duck by the sofa, an orange by the dining table, a spoon by the door. What did you place by the dining table? (a) jeep (b) orange (c) duck (d) rope
  7. 7.🏰 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
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an inkpot by the blackboard, an umpire by the library, a duck by the stairs, a ball by the teacher’s desk, a cat by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) umpire (b) cat (c) inkpot (d) ball
  9. 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a tent by the teacher’s desk, an umbrella by the notice board, an umpire by the classroom door, an apple by the school gate, a parrot by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) umpire (b) apple (c) parrot (d) tent
  10. 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a doll by the classroom door, a fan by the teacher’s desk, a kite by the notice board, a coconut by the stairs, a watch by the blackboard. Where did you place the kite? (a) stairs (b) teacher’s desk (c) classroom door (d) notice board
  11. 11.🏰 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
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a violin by the swing, a goat by the fruit cart, a ladder by the banyan tree, a drum by the park gate, a mango by the slide. Where did you place the goat? (a) banyan tree (b) slide (c) park gate (d) fruit cart
  13. 13.🏰 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
  14. 14.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) only once a year (c) only for numbers (d) yes, with new pictures
  15. 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a shoe by the dining table, a van by the shoe rack, an inkpot by the TV, an ant by the sofa, a goat by the kitchen. Where did you place the inkpot? (a) dining table (b) kitchen (c) sofa (d) TV
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a frog by the school gate, a vase by the stairs, a tent by the teacher’s desk, a net by the classroom door, a van by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) van (b) vase (c) frog (d) tent
  17. 17.🏰 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
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a mango by the post box, a tent by the park gate, a parrot by the banyan tree, a ladder by the swing, a fan by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) ladder (b) tent (c) fan (d) parrot
  19. 19.🏰 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
  20. 20.🏰 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
  21. 21.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) chunking (c) the rhyme method (d) the method of loci
  22. 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a net by the dining table, a drum by the sofa, an orange by the TV, an ant by the shoe rack, an ice cream by the kitchen. Where did you place the drum? (a) dining table (b) shoe rack (c) TV (d) sofa
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an umpire by the TV, a tomato by the shoe rack, a key by the dining table, an anchor by the sofa, an igloo by the kitchen. What did you place by the sofa? (a) igloo (b) tomato (c) anchor (d) key
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an ant by the TV, a goat by the kitchen, a flute by the sofa, a rope by the shoe rack, a watch by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) rope (b) watch (c) ant (d) goat
  25. 25.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  26. 26.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: walk the route to recall or fix stops in order? (a) walk the route to recall (b) fix stops in order
  27. 27.🏰 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
  28. 28.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) put all at one stop (b) add more stops (c) use no route (d) skip 5 items
  29. 29.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a ball by the TV, a bucket by the sofa, a fan by the bed, a pencil by the kitchen, a rose by the dining table. Where did you place the fan? (a) bed (b) dining table (c) sofa (d) kitchen
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a banana by the slide, a drum by the swing, a monkey by the bench, a whistle by the fruit cart, a kettle by the park gate. Where did you place the kettle? (a) park gate (b) fruit cart (c) swing (d) slide
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a lamp by the shoe rack, a mirror by the door, an urn by the gate, a bucket by the sofa, a doll by the TV. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) urn (b) mirror (c) bucket (d) lamp
  33. 33.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) a random new city (c) one you know very well (d) one you never saw
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a doll by the TV, a coconut by the dining table, a drum by the shoe rack, a van by the door, a watch by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) watch (b) doll (c) coconut (d) drum
  35. 35.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) to make it longer (c) it looks nice (d) to keep the order
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a vase by the stairs, a pencil by the notice board, a mirror by the blackboard, a ladder by the classroom door, a candle by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) pencil (b) mirror (c) candle (d) ladder
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an inkpot by the teacher’s desk, a vase by the playground, a nest by the blackboard, an ice cream by the library, a net by the classroom door. Where did you place the nest? (a) library (b) classroom door (c) blackboard (d) teacher’s desk
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a drum by the classroom door, a key by the library, a shoe by the blackboard, a ladder by the stairs, a guava by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) key (b) drum (c) guava (d) ladder
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a flute by the slide, an umpire by the bench, a pillow by the swing, a ladder by the fruit cart, a frog by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) pillow (b) flute (c) umpire (d) frog
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a jug by the bench, an onion by the fruit cart, an urn by the swing, a glass by the slide, a lamp by the park gate. Where did you place the onion? (a) park gate (b) swing (c) fruit cart (d) slide

Answer key

  1. tiger
  2. apple
  3. wallet
  4. fix stops in order
  5. step 1
  6. orange
  7. choose a place you know
  8. ball
  9. tent
  10. notice board
  11. fix stops in order
  12. fruit cart
  13. fix stops in order
  14. yes, with new pictures
  15. TV
  16. tent
  17. choose a place you know
  18. tent
  19. put pictures at stops
  20. choose a place you know
  21. the method of loci
  22. sofa
  23. anchor
  24. ant
  25. step 4
  26. fix stops in order
  27. put pictures at stops
  28. add more stops
  29. step 3
  30. bed
  31. park gate
  32. lamp
  33. one you know very well
  34. doll
  35. to keep the order
  36. ladder
  37. blackboard
  38. guava
  39. frog
  40. fruit cart

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