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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 420 · 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.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
  2. 2.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the rhyme method (c) the pomodoro (d) the method of loci
  3. 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a parrot by the library, a flute by the teacher’s desk, a doll by the classroom door, a jalebi by the blackboard, a key by the playground. Where did you place the flute? (a) playground (b) blackboard (c) classroom door (d) teacher’s desk
  4. 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a lamp by the TV, a duck by the shoe rack, a ladder by the kitchen, an orange by the sofa, an ice cream by the dining table. What did you place by the sofa? (a) ice cream (b) orange (c) lamp (d) duck
  5. 5.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a parrot by the school gate, an igloo by the notice board, a goat by the stairs, an umbrella by the classroom door, a doll by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the umbrella? (a) classroom door (b) teacher’s desk (c) notice board (d) stairs
  6. 6.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  7. 7.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to keep the order (b) no reason (c) to make it longer (d) it looks nice
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a bucket by the park gate, a frog by the bench, a key by the fruit cart, a rose by the swing, an orange by the slide. Where did you place the key? (a) bench (b) slide (c) park gate (d) fruit cart
  9. 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a coconut by the swing, a pillow by the banyan tree, a vase by the fruit cart, an urn by the park gate, a kettle by the slide. What did you place by the swing? (a) pillow (b) urn (c) vase (d) coconut
  10. 10.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  11. 11.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 2
  12. 12.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you know very well (b) one you never saw (c) a blank wall (d) a random new city
  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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an anchor by the fruit cart, a wallet by the post box, a banana by the bus stop, a tiger by the banyan tree, a kite by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) banana (b) tiger (c) wallet (d) anchor
  15. 15.🏰 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
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a bucket by the swing, a wallet by the banyan tree, an umbrella by the fruit cart, a monkey by the park gate, a mango by the slide. Where did you place the umbrella? (a) banyan tree (b) park gate (c) fruit cart (d) slide
  17. 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a doll by the post box, a jalebi by the swing, a net by the park gate, an orange by the fruit cart, a pillow by the banyan tree. Where did you place the pillow? (a) fruit cart (b) park gate (c) swing (d) banyan tree
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an ice cream by the swing, an owl by the fruit cart, a banana by the banyan tree, a violin by the post box, an orange by the park gate. Where did you place the orange? (a) swing (b) park gate (c) banyan tree (d) post box
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a wallet by the library, an owl by the blackboard, a shoe by the playground, a tomato by the classroom door, an orange by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) tomato (b) owl (c) wallet (d) orange
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a ball by the gate, a sock by the shoe rack, a fan by the door, a glass by the sofa, a lemon by the TV. Where did you place the ball? (a) shoe rack (b) sofa (c) gate (d) door
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a sock by the classroom door, a tiger by the library, an urn by the playground, an igloo by the blackboard, a glass by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) urn (b) tiger (c) sock (d) igloo
  22. 22.🏰 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
  23. 23.🏰 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
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a key by the stairs, a tent by the classroom door, a ladder by the blackboard, an onion by the notice board, a van by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) tent (b) key (c) onion (d) ladder
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a needle by the sofa, a wallet by the door, an urn by the gate, a banana by the TV, a candle by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) urn (b) candle (c) wallet (d) banana
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a kettle by the classroom door, a violin by the notice board, an igloo by the teacher’s desk, a ball by the stairs, a sock by the blackboard. Where did you place the ball? (a) notice board (b) teacher’s desk (c) classroom door (d) stairs
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a radio by the shoe rack, a coconut by the TV, a jeep by the sofa, a pillow by the door, an onion by the gate. What did you place by the door? (a) jeep (b) pillow (c) onion (d) radio
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a kite by the park gate, a banana by the fruit cart, a violin by the slide, a frog by the banyan tree, a net by the swing. Where did you place the banana? (a) swing (b) slide (c) banyan tree (d) fruit cart
  29. 29.🏰 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 post box, a wallet by the park gate, a bucket by the banyan tree, a jeep by the bus stop, an ant by the fruit cart. What did you place by the bus stop? (a) ant (b) jeep (c) bucket (d) ice cream
  30. 30.🏰 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
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a tent by the classroom door, a van by the stairs, a lamp by the teacher’s desk, a monkey by the notice board, an anchor by the school gate. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) van (b) lamp (c) monkey (d) anchor
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a mango by the bed, a drum by the TV, an apple by the sofa, a cat by the kitchen, a frog by the dining table. Where did you place the drum? (a) TV (b) sofa (c) dining table (d) bed
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a jug by the teacher’s desk, a ladder by the library, an apple by the blackboard, an anchor by the classroom door, a frog by the playground. Where did you place the jug? (a) library (b) teacher’s desk (c) playground (d) classroom door
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an urn by the kitchen, an owl by the dining table, an igloo by the shoe rack, an umpire by the TV, a nest by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) owl (b) igloo (c) umpire (d) nest
  35. 35.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) yes, with new pictures (b) only for numbers (c) no, never (d) only once a year
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a monkey by the swing, a cat by the fruit cart, an umbrella by the banyan tree, a glass by the post box, a key by the park gate. Where did you place the glass? (a) banyan tree (b) swing (c) post box (d) fruit cart
  37. 37.🏰 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
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an apple by the stairs, an anchor by the blackboard, a kettle by the library, a tiger by the classroom door, an igloo by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) tiger (b) igloo (c) anchor (d) apple
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a duck by the fruit cart, a drum by the bus stop, a mirror by the park gate, an ice cream by the banyan tree, a frog by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) ice cream (b) drum (c) mirror (d) duck
  40. 40.🏰 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

Answer key

  1. step 4
  2. the method of loci
  3. teacher’s desk
  4. orange
  5. classroom door
  6. step 3
  7. to keep the order
  8. fruit cart
  9. coconut
  10. step 1
  11. step 2
  12. one you know very well
  13. fix stops in order
  14. wallet
  15. put pictures at stops
  16. fruit cart
  17. banyan tree
  18. park gate
  19. wallet
  20. gate
  21. sock
  22. fix stops in order
  23. choose a place you know
  24. ladder
  25. wallet
  26. stairs
  27. pillow
  28. fruit cart
  29. jeep
  30. choose a place you know
  31. lamp
  32. TV
  33. teacher’s desk
  34. nest
  35. yes, with new pictures
  36. post box
  37. choose a place you know
  38. tiger
  39. duck
  40. add more stops

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