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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 412 · 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: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a mirror by the banyan tree, an ice cream by the bus stop, a needle by the post box, a lamp by the fruit cart, a kettle by the park gate. What did you place by the park gate? (a) lamp (b) kettle (c) ice cream (d) mirror
  2. 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a sock by the teacher’s desk, a nest by the classroom door, a tent by the notice board, a whistle by the stairs, a needle by the school gate. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) needle (b) tent (c) nest (d) sock
  3. 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a ladder by the stairs, a wallet by the classroom door, a watch by the school gate, a pencil by the teacher’s desk, an owl by the notice board. Where did you place the owl? (a) school gate (b) classroom door (c) notice board (d) stairs
  4. 4.🏰 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
  5. 5.🏰 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 post box, a pillow by the banyan tree, a tiger by the park gate, a wallet by the fruit cart, a key by the bus stop. Where did you place the wallet? (a) fruit cart (b) park gate (c) bus stop (d) post box
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an ice cream by the stairs, a vase by the teacher’s desk, a mirror by the blackboard, a flute by the notice board, a ladder by the classroom door. Where did you place the mirror? (a) notice board (b) teacher’s desk (c) blackboard (d) classroom door
  7. 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a shoe by the stairs, a bucket by the library, an umpire by the blackboard, a key by the teacher’s desk, a parrot by the classroom door. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) umpire (b) bucket (c) key (d) parrot
  8. 8.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) put all at one stop (c) skip 5 items (d) use no route
  9. 9.🏰 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
  10. 10.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the method of loci (d) the pomodoro
  11. 11.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
  12. 12.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  13. 13.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a random new city (b) one you know very well (c) one you never saw (d) a blank wall
  14. 14.🏰 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
  15. 15.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
  16. 16.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  17. 17.🏰 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
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an urn by the notice board, a radio by the teacher’s desk, an owl by the classroom door, an umbrella by the blackboard, a pillow by the stairs. What did you place by the stairs? (a) urn (b) umbrella (c) radio (d) pillow
  19. 19.🏰 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
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a banana by the bench, a bucket by the park gate, a guava by the fruit cart, an urn by the slide, a kettle by the swing. What did you place by the swing? (a) kettle (b) banana (c) bucket (d) guava
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a tiger by the post box, a bucket by the banyan tree, an ice cream by the bus stop, a kettle by the park gate, a drum by the fruit cart. Where did you place the drum? (a) fruit cart (b) park gate (c) banyan tree (d) bus stop
  22. 22.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) no reason (c) to make it longer (d) to keep the order
  23. 23.🏰 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
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a mirror by the teacher’s desk, an urn by the stairs, an apple by the classroom door, a lamp by the school gate, a shoe by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) urn (b) mirror (c) lamp (d) apple
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a pillow by the TV, a guava by the sofa, a nest by the shoe rack, a banana by the door, a sock by the dining table. What did you place by the TV? (a) banana (b) nest (c) sock (d) pillow
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a bucket by the sofa, an onion by the TV, a rose by the door, an apple by the shoe rack, a tomato by the gate. What did you place by the gate? (a) bucket (b) rose (c) onion (d) tomato
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an anchor by the TV, a goat by the kitchen, a wallet by the dining table, a guava by the shoe rack, an apple by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) guava (b) anchor (c) wallet (d) apple
  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 monkey by the fruit cart, a needle by the bus stop, a vase by the park gate, a duck by the post box, an ice cream by the banyan tree. Where did you place the needle? (a) park gate (b) fruit cart (c) banyan tree (d) bus stop
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a goat by the TV, a duck by the bed, a nest by the dining table, a tiger by the sofa, a kettle by the kitchen. Where did you place the duck? (a) sofa (b) TV (c) kitchen (d) bed
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an ice cream by the sofa, a lamp by the door, a cat by the shoe rack, an onion by the TV, a duck by the dining table. Where did you place the lamp? (a) TV (b) dining table (c) door (d) shoe rack
  31. 31.🏰 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
  32. 32.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) only for numbers (c) yes, with new pictures (d) only once a year
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a glass by the sofa, a parrot by the dining table, an igloo by the TV, a net by the kitchen, a ball by the shoe rack. What did you place by the dining table? (a) parrot (b) igloo (c) ball (d) glass
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a tent by the library, a drum by the playground, a pillow by the teacher’s desk, an ant by the blackboard, a sock by the classroom door. Where did you place the tent? (a) teacher’s desk (b) classroom door (c) library (d) blackboard
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a spoon by the swing, an umbrella by the park gate, a fan by the fruit cart, a radio by the slide, a goat by the banyan tree. What did you place by the slide? (a) spoon (b) goat (c) radio (d) fan
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a parrot by the fruit cart, a lamp by the bus stop, a mango by the banyan tree, a candle by the park gate, a monkey by the post box. What did you place by the bus stop? (a) parrot (b) candle (c) lamp (d) mango
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a whistle by the blackboard, a cat by the teacher’s desk, a jug by the stairs, a radio by the library, a needle by the classroom door. Where did you place the cat? (a) library (b) stairs (c) teacher’s desk (d) classroom door
  38. 38.🏰 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
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a pillow by the teacher’s desk, an inkpot by the classroom door, a violin by the school gate, a lamp by the notice board, a ball by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) inkpot (b) violin (c) ball (d) pillow
  40. 40.🏰 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

Answer key

  1. kettle
  2. nest
  3. notice board
  4. put pictures at stops
  5. fruit cart
  6. blackboard
  7. umpire
  8. add more stops
  9. choose a place you know
  10. the method of loci
  11. step 2
  12. step 1
  13. one you know very well
  14. fix stops in order
  15. step 4
  16. step 3
  17. put pictures at stops
  18. pillow
  19. choose a place you know
  20. kettle
  21. fruit cart
  22. to keep the order
  23. choose a place you know
  24. mirror
  25. pillow
  26. tomato
  27. anchor
  28. bus stop
  29. bed
  30. door
  31. fix stops in order
  32. yes, with new pictures
  33. parrot
  34. library
  35. radio
  36. lamp
  37. teacher’s desk
  38. choose a place you know
  39. inkpot
  40. fix stops in order

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