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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 450 · 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 a bucket by the fruit cart, a flute by the slide, an ice cream by the banyan tree, a banana by the park gate, a jeep by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) jeep (b) flute (c) ice cream (d) bucket
  2. 2.🏰 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, a violin by the school gate, an umpire by the notice board, an ant by the classroom door, a whistle by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) whistle (b) ant (c) mirror (d) umpire
  3. 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a kettle by the gate, a tent by the TV, an onion by the sofa, a shoe by the shoe rack, a mirror by the door. Where did you place the onion? (a) shoe rack (b) gate (c) sofa (d) door
  4. 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a nest by the post box, a ladder by the fruit cart, an orange by the bus stop, a coconut by the park gate, a lamp by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) nest (b) lamp (c) ladder (d) orange
  5. 5.🏰 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
  6. 6.🏰 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
  7. 7.🏰 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
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a ball by the stairs, a jug by the teacher’s desk, an orange by the notice board, a radio by the blackboard, a banana by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) banana (b) orange (c) radio (d) ball
  9. 9.🏰 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
  10. 10.🏰 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 post box, a candle by the park gate, a frog by the swing, a whistle by the banyan tree, a coconut by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) coconut (b) frog (c) candle (d) whistle
  11. 11.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
  12. 12.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  13. 13.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) put all at one stop (c) skip 5 items (d) add more stops
  14. 14.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
  15. 15.🏰 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
  16. 16.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the rhyme method (c) the pomodoro (d) the method of loci
  17. 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a bucket by the park gate, a duck by the swing, a frog by the fruit cart, a coconut by the banyan tree, a ball by the slide. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) ball (b) frog (c) duck (d) bucket
  18. 18.🏰 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
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a candle by the library, an umpire by the blackboard, a tomato by the classroom door, a van by the stairs, a ladder by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) candle (b) umpire (c) tomato (d) ladder
  20. 20.🏰 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
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a vase by the TV, a fan by the sofa, a goat by the dining table, a needle by the door, a bucket by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) goat (b) bucket (c) vase (d) needle
  22. 22.🏰 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
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a vase by the teacher’s desk, a shoe by the blackboard, a parrot by the library, a sock by the stairs, a mango by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) parrot (b) vase (c) sock (d) mango
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a tiger by the shoe rack, a doll by the sofa, an urn by the gate, a whistle by the TV, a drum by the door. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) whistle (b) urn (c) drum (d) tiger
  25. 25.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) one you know very well (c) a random new city (d) a blank wall
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a jug by the shoe rack, a ball by the gate, an ant by the sofa, an umbrella by the TV, a parrot by the door. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) ball (b) parrot (c) ant (d) jug
  27. 27.🏰 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
  28. 28.🏰 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
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an urn by the bed, a violin by the dining table, a goat by the kitchen, a van by the TV, a drum by the sofa. Where did you place the van? (a) kitchen (b) TV (c) sofa (d) bed
  30. 30.🏰 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
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an anchor by the dining table, a cat by the shoe rack, a tomato by the TV, a frog by the door, a drum by the sofa. What did you place by the TV? (a) frog (b) tomato (c) anchor (d) cat
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a mirror by the bed, a rose by the kitchen, a bucket by the sofa, a ladder by the TV, a duck by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) rose (b) duck (c) mirror (d) bucket
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a jug by the classroom door, a vase by the notice board, a ladder by the teacher’s desk, a drum by the blackboard, a jeep by the stairs. What did you place by the stairs? (a) ladder (b) jeep (c) drum (d) vase
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a goat by the stairs, an ice cream by the classroom door, an apple by the teacher’s desk, an onion by the notice board, a lamp by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) onion (b) lamp (c) ice cream (d) apple
  35. 35.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) no, never (b) only once a year (c) yes, with new pictures (d) only for numbers
  36. 36.🏰 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
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a tomato by the kitchen, a coconut by the sofa, a pillow by the dining table, a drum by the shoe rack, a sock by the TV. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) drum (b) sock (c) coconut (d) pillow
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an anchor by the park gate, a whistle by the banyan tree, a pillow by the swing, a banana by the post box, a kettle by the fruit cart. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) anchor (b) banana (c) kettle (d) pillow
  39. 39.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an umbrella by the teacher’s desk, a needle by the notice board, a nest by the school gate, a van by the classroom door, an ant by the stairs. Where did you place the umbrella? (a) teacher’s desk (b) classroom door (c) school gate (d) notice board

Answer key

  1. bucket
  2. mirror
  3. sofa
  4. orange
  5. fix stops in order
  6. step 4
  7. fix stops in order
  8. ball
  9. put pictures at stops
  10. frog
  11. step 2
  12. step 3
  13. add more stops
  14. step 1
  15. choose a place you know
  16. the method of loci
  17. bucket
  18. put pictures at stops
  19. tomato
  20. choose a place you know
  21. bucket
  22. fix stops in order
  23. vase
  24. tiger
  25. one you know very well
  26. jug
  27. choose a place you know
  28. to keep the order
  29. TV
  30. step 4
  31. tomato
  32. bucket
  33. jeep
  34. apple
  35. yes, with new pictures
  36. choose a place you know
  37. drum
  38. kettle
  39. step 4
  40. teacher’s desk

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