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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 330 · 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) yes, with new pictures (b) only once a year (c) only for numbers (d) no, never
  2. 2.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) a random new city (c) a blank wall (d) one you know very well
  3. 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a mango by the shoe rack, a shoe by the dining table, a spoon by the kitchen, an apple by the sofa, a radio by the TV. Where did you place the radio? (a) shoe rack (b) sofa (c) dining table (d) TV
  4. 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a ladder by the stairs, an anchor by the library, a cat by the teacher’s desk, an owl by the classroom door, a pillow by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) owl (b) pillow (c) anchor (d) cat
  5. 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a jalebi by the dining table, a tiger by the sofa, an ice cream by the shoe rack, a rose by the TV, a pencil by the kitchen. Where did you place the ice cream? (a) TV (b) shoe rack (c) dining table (d) sofa
  6. 6.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) put all at one stop (c) add more stops (d) skip 5 items
  7. 7.🏰 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
  8. 8.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
  9. 9.🏰 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
  10. 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a tiger by the shoe rack, a kite by the dining table, a pillow by the TV, a jalebi by the kitchen, a bucket by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) pillow (b) kite (c) jalebi (d) tiger
  11. 11.🏰 In the memory palace method, which comes first: choose a place you know or walk the route to recall? (a) choose a place you know (b) walk the route to recall
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a bucket by the fruit cart, a ball by the park gate, an inkpot by the swing, an umpire by the banyan tree, a glass by the post box. What did you place by the park gate? (a) inkpot (b) umpire (c) glass (d) ball
  13. 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a tiger by the TV, a spoon by the bed, an ice cream by the sofa, a jalebi by the kitchen, a guava by the dining table. Where did you place the ice cream? (a) dining table (b) sofa (c) TV (d) kitchen
  14. 14.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
  15. 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a van by the teacher’s desk, a goat by the blackboard, an inkpot by the stairs, a bucket by the notice board, a frog by the classroom door. What did you place by the notice board? (a) bucket (b) frog (c) goat (d) inkpot
  16. 16.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the pomodoro (c) the method of loci (d) chunking
  17. 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a drum by the door, a jeep by the sofa, a lemon by the TV, an anchor by the shoe rack, a tomato by the gate. Where did you place the drum? (a) gate (b) door (c) shoe rack (d) sofa
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an ice cream by the bed, a shoe by the sofa, a pillow by the dining table, a jalebi by the kitchen, a drum by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) ice cream (b) jalebi (c) pillow (d) drum
  19. 19.🏰 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
  20. 20.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) to keep the order (c) it looks nice (d) no reason
  21. 21.🏰 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
  22. 22.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
  23. 23.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an ice cream by the swing, a frog by the fruit cart, a drum by the slide, a jug by the banyan tree, a key by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) frog (b) jug (c) key (d) drum
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a van by the bus stop, an onion by the fruit cart, a jalebi by the post box, a fan by the banyan tree, a rope by the park gate. Where did you place the rope? (a) bus stop (b) park gate (c) banyan tree (d) post box
  26. 26.🏰 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
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an ice cream by the banyan tree, a drum by the post box, a ladder by the fruit cart, a monkey by the park gate, a frog by the bus stop. What did you place by the park gate? (a) ice cream (b) frog (c) ladder (d) monkey
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a coconut by the fruit cart, a fan by the banyan tree, a violin by the park gate, a sock by the bus stop, a goat by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) sock (b) fan (c) coconut (d) violin
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a pencil by the sofa, a violin by the door, an owl by the TV, a monkey by the shoe rack, a lamp by the gate. Where did you place the owl? (a) door (b) gate (c) TV (d) shoe rack
  30. 30.🏰 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 kite by the library, an ant by the blackboard, a rope by the playground, an orange by the classroom door. What did you place by the playground? (a) ant (b) orange (c) ladder (d) rope
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a mirror by the shoe rack, a rose by the sofa, a bucket by the kitchen, a whistle by the dining table, a duck by the TV. Where did you place the mirror? (a) dining table (b) kitchen (c) shoe rack (d) sofa
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a tent by the dining table, an ice cream by the kitchen, a needle by the TV, a tiger by the sofa, a sock by the shoe rack. What did you place by the TV? (a) needle (b) sock (c) tent (d) tiger
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a sock by the teacher’s desk, a glass by the classroom door, an umbrella by the playground, a jeep by the blackboard, a rose by the library. What did you place by the playground? (a) umbrella (b) sock (c) rose (d) jeep
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an ice cream by the dining table, a drum by the TV, a lemon by the sofa, a tent by the shoe rack, a lamp by the kitchen. Where did you place the drum? (a) kitchen (b) dining table (c) shoe rack (d) TV
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a spoon by the library, an umpire by the teacher’s desk, a doll by the stairs, a shoe by the blackboard, an inkpot by the classroom door. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) shoe (b) doll (c) spoon (d) inkpot
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a watch by the door, a net by the shoe rack, an apple by the sofa, an ant by the TV, a bucket by the gate. Where did you place the bucket? (a) sofa (b) door (c) gate (d) TV
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a monkey by the TV, a rope by the sofa, a duck by the dining table, a candle by the shoe rack, a ladder by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) candle (b) ladder (c) monkey (d) rope
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an ice cream by the shoe rack, a watch by the gate, a key by the door, a duck by the TV, a violin by the sofa. What did you place by the door? (a) key (b) ice cream (c) watch (d) duck
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an onion by the TV, a needle by the bed, a candle by the dining table, a sock by the sofa, an orange by the kitchen. What did you place by the TV? (a) sock (b) onion (c) candle (d) needle
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a jalebi by the park gate, an umbrella by the banyan tree, a radio by the swing, a needle by the fruit cart, a pillow by the post box. What did you place by the post box? (a) umbrella (b) radio (c) jalebi (d) pillow

Answer key

  1. yes, with new pictures
  2. one you know very well
  3. TV
  4. pillow
  5. shoe rack
  6. add more stops
  7. put pictures at stops
  8. step 2
  9. fix stops in order
  10. kite
  11. choose a place you know
  12. ball
  13. sofa
  14. step 3
  15. bucket
  16. the method of loci
  17. door
  18. pillow
  19. fix stops in order
  20. to keep the order
  21. put pictures at stops
  22. step 1
  23. step 4
  24. key
  25. park gate
  26. fix stops in order
  27. monkey
  28. sock
  29. TV
  30. rope
  31. shoe rack
  32. needle
  33. umbrella
  34. TV
  35. shoe
  36. gate
  37. ladder
  38. key
  39. onion
  40. pillow

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