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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 463 · 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 place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you never saw (b) a blank wall (c) one you know very well (d) a random new city
  2. 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an umpire by the teacher’s desk, a coconut by the blackboard, a vase by the stairs, a spoon by the library, an ant by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) umpire (b) ant (c) vase (d) spoon
  3. 3.🏰 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
  4. 4.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) to keep the order (c) to make it longer (d) no reason
  5. 5.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) use no route (c) skip 5 items (d) put all at one stop
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a flute by the playground, an anchor by the classroom door, a drum by the teacher’s desk, a goat by the library, an owl by the blackboard. Where did you place the anchor? (a) teacher’s desk (b) classroom door (c) library (d) blackboard
  7. 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a ball by the banyan tree, a candle by the post box, a kite by the park gate, a pillow by the bus stop, a parrot by the fruit cart. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) candle (b) pillow (c) ball (d) kite
  9. 9.🏰 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
  10. 10.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  11. 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a banana by the shoe rack, a flute by the kitchen, a fan by the sofa, a ladder by the dining table, a lemon by the TV. Where did you place the lemon? (a) TV (b) kitchen (c) sofa (d) dining table
  12. 12.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
  13. 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a fan by the park gate, a banana by the post box, a tiger by the bus stop, a rose by the banyan tree, a drum by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) rose (b) banana (c) tiger (d) fan
  14. 14.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the method of loci
  15. 15.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a drum by the notice board, an ant by the teacher’s desk, an inkpot by the stairs, a glass by the classroom door, a watch by the school gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) ant (b) watch (c) drum (d) glass
  17. 17.🏰 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
  18. 18.🏰 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
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a tent by the park gate, a goat by the post box, a frog by the swing, a doll by the banyan tree, a spoon by the fruit cart. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) tent (b) doll (c) spoon (d) goat
  20. 20.🏰 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
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a kettle by the classroom door, a vase by the library, a fan by the blackboard, a guava by the teacher’s desk, a jug by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) kettle (b) guava (c) jug (d) vase
  22. 22.🏰 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
  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 home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a flute by the shoe rack, a rose by the TV, a banana by the door, a jug by the sofa, a vase by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) rose (b) flute (c) vase (d) banana
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a parrot by the fruit cart, an umpire by the slide, an inkpot by the park gate, a whistle by the swing, a jeep by the bench. Where did you place the jeep? (a) bench (b) slide (c) fruit cart (d) park gate
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a lamp by the post box, a banana by the banyan tree, a pillow by the fruit cart, a watch by the park gate, a van by the swing. What did you place by the swing? (a) banana (b) pillow (c) lamp (d) van
  27. 27.🏰 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 park gate, a rose by the bus stop, a tiger by the fruit cart, a fan by the banyan tree, a pencil by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) van (b) tiger (c) pencil (d) rose
  28. 28.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) no, never (c) yes, with new pictures (d) only once a year
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an onion by the blackboard, a rope by the teacher’s desk, a tent by the classroom door, a flute by the library, a fan by the stairs. Where did you place the fan? (a) teacher’s desk (b) classroom door (c) stairs (d) blackboard
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a bucket by the kitchen, a ball by the TV, an igloo by the dining table, a banana by the bed, a coconut by the sofa. Where did you place the banana? (a) sofa (b) TV (c) kitchen (d) bed
  31. 31.🏰 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
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a guava by the kitchen, a tiger by the shoe rack, a ladder by the TV, a mirror by the dining table, an igloo by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) guava (b) tiger (c) ladder (d) mirror
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a drum by the TV, an owl by the door, a key by the sofa, a spoon by the dining table, a sock by the shoe rack. Where did you place the owl? (a) sofa (b) shoe rack (c) door (d) TV
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a rose by the kitchen, a violin by the sofa, a tiger by the dining table, a duck by the TV, a radio by the shoe rack. What did you place by the TV? (a) duck (b) rose (c) radio (d) tiger
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an owl by the fruit cart, a bucket by the banyan tree, a fan by the swing, a wallet by the post box, a flute by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) owl (b) fan (c) flute (d) bucket
  36. 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a vase by the teacher’s desk, a drum by the school gate, a shoe by the stairs, a goat by the notice board, a duck by the classroom door. Where did you place the drum? (a) school gate (b) classroom door (c) stairs (d) notice board
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a shoe by the sofa, a candle by the kitchen, a pencil by the dining table, a radio by the shoe rack, a lamp by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) candle (b) shoe (c) radio (d) lamp
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a lamp by the sofa, an onion by the dining table, a van by the kitchen, a cat by the TV, an apple by the bed. What did you place by the bed? (a) cat (b) onion (c) van (d) apple
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a lamp by the door, an inkpot by the shoe rack, an onion by the TV, a glass by the gate, a banana by the sofa. What did you place by the sofa? (a) lamp (b) onion (c) inkpot (d) banana
  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 stairs, a key by the classroom door, a candle by the notice board, a goat by the school gate, an inkpot by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) umbrella (b) inkpot (c) key (d) candle

Answer key

  1. one you know very well
  2. umpire
  3. choose a place you know
  4. to keep the order
  5. add more stops
  6. classroom door
  7. step 4
  8. ball
  9. choose a place you know
  10. step 3
  11. TV
  12. step 1
  13. fan
  14. the method of loci
  15. step 2
  16. watch
  17. choose a place you know
  18. fix stops in order
  19. spoon
  20. put pictures at stops
  21. vase
  22. put pictures at stops
  23. choose a place you know
  24. banana
  25. bench
  26. van
  27. rose
  28. yes, with new pictures
  29. stairs
  30. bed
  31. fix stops in order
  32. mirror
  33. door
  34. duck
  35. fan
  36. school gate
  37. shoe
  38. apple
  39. banana
  40. key

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