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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 504 · 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 van by the park gate, a bucket by the post box, a banana by the banyan tree, a jeep by the fruit cart, an ice cream by the bus stop. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) ice cream (b) banana (c) van (d) jeep
  2. 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a drum by the swing, a sock by the slide, a cat by the bench, a rose by the park gate, an umbrella by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) drum (b) rose (c) umbrella (d) cat
  3. 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a glass by the dining table, a goat by the kitchen, a cat by the TV, a flute by the shoe rack, a tiger by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) glass (b) tiger (c) flute (d) cat
  4. 4.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) skip 5 items (b) put all at one stop (c) use no route (d) add more stops
  5. 5.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) chunking (b) the method of loci (c) the pomodoro (d) the rhyme method
  6. 6.🏰 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
  7. 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
  8. 8.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) one you never saw (c) one you know very well (d) a random new city
  9. 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an apple by the banyan tree, a flute by the post box, a duck by the fruit cart, a lemon by the park gate, a tomato by the bus stop. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) tomato (b) duck (c) flute (d) apple
  10. 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an umpire by the fruit cart, an anchor by the post box, an igloo by the park gate, a pillow by the bus stop, a ball by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) umpire (b) ball (c) anchor (d) pillow
  11. 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a net by the TV, a needle by the dining table, an igloo by the shoe rack, a fan by the door, a kite by the sofa. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) fan (b) kite (c) net (d) igloo
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a banana by the playground, a mango by the blackboard, a tomato by the library, an anchor by the classroom door, a lemon by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) banana (b) anchor (c) tomato (d) mango
  13. 13.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) only once a year (c) yes, with new pictures (d) no, never
  14. 14.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
  15. 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an inkpot by the dining table, a spoon by the sofa, a jug by the shoe rack, a mango by the TV, a key by the kitchen. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) mango (b) key (c) spoon (d) jug
  16. 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a fan by the blackboard, a key by the teacher’s desk, a doll by the stairs, an umpire by the classroom door, an anchor by the notice board. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) anchor (b) doll (c) key (d) fan
  17. 17.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
  18. 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a glass by the blackboard, a net by the playground, a mirror by the library, an onion by the teacher’s desk, a monkey by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) mirror (b) net (c) glass (d) monkey
  19. 19.🏰 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
  20. 20.🏰 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
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a wallet by the teacher’s desk, an umpire by the stairs, a jalebi by the classroom door, a tent by the notice board, a candle by the school gate. What did you place by the notice board? (a) tent (b) jalebi (c) umpire (d) wallet
  22. 22.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
  23. 23.🏰 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
  24. 24.🏰 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
  25. 25.🏰 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
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a rose by the blackboard, a tent by the classroom door, a banana by the stairs, a wallet by the library, an umpire by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) wallet (b) umpire (c) rose (d) banana
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a tomato by the swing, a sock by the post box, a radio by the fruit cart, a nest by the banyan tree, a coconut by the park gate. What did you place by the post box? (a) tomato (b) nest (c) sock (d) coconut
  28. 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a rope by the banyan tree, a vase by the park gate, a sock by the slide, a candle by the swing, a goat by the fruit cart. Where did you place the candle? (a) swing (b) slide (c) fruit cart (d) park gate
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a nest by the bed, an urn by the dining table, a needle by the TV, a rope by the sofa, a mango by the kitchen. Where did you place the needle? (a) dining table (b) TV (c) kitchen (d) sofa
  30. 30.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) no reason (b) it looks nice (c) to make it longer (d) to keep the order
  31. 31.🏰 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 park gate, a shoe by the banyan tree, a tent by the fruit cart, a wallet by the post box, a parrot by the bus stop. Where did you place the wallet? (a) post box (b) fruit cart (c) bus stop (d) park gate
  32. 32.🏰 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
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an urn by the post box, a kettle by the fruit cart, a parrot by the park gate, a monkey by the bus stop, a drum by the banyan tree. Where did you place the urn? (a) fruit cart (b) park gate (c) banyan tree (d) post box
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a coconut by the park gate, an igloo by the banyan tree, an inkpot by the fruit cart, an umbrella by the swing, a key by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) igloo (b) inkpot (c) coconut (d) umbrella
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an ant by the TV, a mango by the shoe rack, an umpire by the gate, a monkey by the sofa, a shoe by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) monkey (b) shoe (c) mango (d) umpire
  36. 36.🏰 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, an ant by the blackboard, a radio by the notice board, a wallet by the stairs, a tent by the classroom door. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) wallet (b) ant (c) van (d) tent
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a pencil by the bed, a mirror by the dining table, a tiger by the TV, a jug by the kitchen, a watch by the sofa. Where did you place the watch? (a) sofa (b) dining table (c) kitchen (d) bed
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a jalebi by the stairs, a lemon by the classroom door, a ladder by the notice board, a monkey by the teacher’s desk, a duck by the school gate. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) monkey (b) jalebi (c) ladder (d) lemon
  39. 39.🏰 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
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a candle by the dining table, a jug by the shoe rack, a flute by the sofa, a sock by the kitchen, a tiger by the TV. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) candle (b) jug (c) flute (d) tiger

Answer key

  1. jeep
  2. drum
  3. flute
  4. add more stops
  5. the method of loci
  6. choose a place you know
  7. step 2
  8. one you know very well
  9. tomato
  10. anchor
  11. igloo
  12. banana
  13. yes, with new pictures
  14. step 3
  15. jug
  16. key
  17. step 1
  18. net
  19. put pictures at stops
  20. choose a place you know
  21. tent
  22. step 4
  23. put pictures at stops
  24. choose a place you know
  25. fix stops in order
  26. rose
  27. sock
  28. swing
  29. TV
  30. to keep the order
  31. post box
  32. choose a place you know
  33. post box
  34. coconut
  35. umpire
  36. van
  37. sofa
  38. monkey
  39. choose a place you know
  40. jug

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