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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 534 · 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.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) put all at one stop (c) use no route (d) skip 5 items
  2. 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a nest by the sofa, a frog by the TV, a coconut by the shoe rack, a mirror by the dining table, a key by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) key (b) frog (c) nest (d) coconut
  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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a wallet by the swing, a parrot by the fruit cart, a mirror by the banyan tree, a tomato by the park gate, a tiger by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) wallet (b) tomato (c) mirror (d) tiger
  5. 5.🏰 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
  6. 6.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) a blank wall (b) a random new city (c) one you never saw (d) one you know very well
  7. 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
  8. 8.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a rope by the teacher’s desk, a guava by the blackboard, an ant by the classroom door, an orange by the stairs, a cat by the library. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) guava (b) orange (c) rope (d) cat
  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.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
  11. 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a mango by the fruit cart, a radio by the slide, a monkey by the swing, a drum by the park gate, a spoon by the bench. What did you place by the bench? (a) drum (b) mango (c) spoon (d) monkey
  12. 12.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
  13. 13.🏰 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
  14. 14.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to keep the order (b) it looks nice (c) no reason (d) to make it longer
  15. 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a kite by the shoe rack, a glass by the dining table, an ice cream by the TV, a cat by the sofa, an inkpot by the kitchen. What did you place by the sofa? (a) cat (b) inkpot (c) ice cream (d) kite
  16. 16.🏰 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
  17. 17.🏰 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
  18. 18.🏰 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
  19. 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a kite by the park gate, a sock by the slide, a rose by the fruit cart, a pencil by the bench, a drum by the swing. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) drum (b) pencil (c) kite (d) rose
  20. 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an apple by the sofa, a mango by the TV, a jeep by the shoe rack, a monkey by the dining table, a needle by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) jeep (b) monkey (c) needle (d) mango
  21. 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place an onion by the teacher’s desk, a cat by the notice board, a ball by the classroom door, a lamp by the stairs, a radio by the school gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) ball (b) cat (c) lamp (d) onion
  22. 22.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 4 (c) step 1 (d) step 3
  23. 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a banana by the slide, a kite by the fruit cart, an anchor by the park gate, a flute by the swing, an ant by the banyan tree. Where did you place the ant? (a) banyan tree (b) slide (c) swing (d) fruit cart
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a flute by the sofa, a candle by the dining table, a tiger by the TV, a sock by the kitchen, a bucket by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) sock (b) flute (c) candle (d) bucket
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a candle by the park gate, a lamp by the banyan tree, a pillow by the swing, a guava by the slide, a coconut by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) coconut (b) candle (c) pillow (d) lamp
  26. 26.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) the rhyme method (c) chunking (d) the method of loci
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a mirror by the blackboard, a lemon by the classroom door, a rope by the playground, a tomato by the teacher’s desk, a doll by the library. Where did you place the tomato? (a) classroom door (b) blackboard (c) teacher’s desk (d) playground
  28. 28.🏰 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
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an onion by the slide, a glass by the park gate, a ball by the swing, a net by the fruit cart, a nest by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) onion (b) ball (c) nest (d) glass
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a goat by the fruit cart, a whistle by the park gate, an ice cream by the post box, a nest by the bus stop, a ball by the banyan tree. Where did you place the whistle? (a) park gate (b) post box (c) bus stop (d) fruit cart
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a wallet by the post box, a jalebi by the fruit cart, a pillow by the bus stop, a rose by the banyan tree, a ball by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) rose (b) wallet (c) pillow (d) jalebi
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a guava by the kitchen, a needle by the dining table, a violin by the sofa, a fan by the TV, a goat by the bed. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) needle (b) guava (c) fan (d) violin
  33. 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a whistle by the teacher’s desk, a lamp by the notice board, a cat by the blackboard, an umpire by the stairs, a glass by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) lamp (b) cat (c) glass (d) whistle
  34. 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an orange by the blackboard, a tiger by the library, an umpire by the teacher’s desk, a tent by the classroom door, an umbrella by the playground. Where did you place the tent? (a) playground (b) teacher’s desk (c) blackboard (d) classroom door
  35. 35.🏰 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
  36. 36.🏰 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
  37. 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place an umbrella by the blackboard, a shoe by the playground, a monkey by the library, a net by the classroom door, a ladder by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the ladder? (a) library (b) playground (c) blackboard (d) teacher’s desk
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a parrot by the classroom door, a drum by the teacher’s desk, an umpire by the school gate, a net by the notice board, an igloo by the stairs. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) igloo (b) net (c) umpire (d) parrot
  39. 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a bucket by the classroom door, a duck by the stairs, a rope by the notice board, a shoe by the school gate, a guava by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the school gate? (a) bucket (b) rope (c) duck (d) shoe
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a pillow by the park gate, an igloo by the slide, an ant by the banyan tree, a doll by the swing, a monkey by the fruit cart. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) doll (b) ant (c) igloo (d) monkey

Answer key

  1. add more stops
  2. frog
  3. choose a place you know
  4. mirror
  5. put pictures at stops
  6. one you know very well
  7. step 2
  8. rope
  9. put pictures at stops
  10. step 3
  11. spoon
  12. step 4
  13. choose a place you know
  14. to keep the order
  15. cat
  16. choose a place you know
  17. fix stops in order
  18. fix stops in order
  19. rose
  20. jeep
  21. ball
  22. step 1
  23. banyan tree
  24. sock
  25. pillow
  26. the method of loci
  27. teacher’s desk
  28. yes, with new pictures
  29. glass
  30. park gate
  31. jalebi
  32. fan
  33. whistle
  34. classroom door
  35. choose a place you know
  36. choose a place you know
  37. teacher’s desk
  38. igloo
  39. shoe
  40. ant

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