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Memory Techniques Worksheet: Memory Palace

Memory techniques lesson 15: The memory palace · Set 806 · 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: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a goat by the park gate, an orange by the post box, a frog by the banyan tree, a tomato by the swing, a ball by the fruit cart. What did you place by the swing? (a) tomato (b) orange (c) ball (d) frog
  2. 2.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) use no route (b) skip 5 items (c) add more stops (d) put all at one stop
  3. 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a net by the classroom door, a van by the stairs, a cat by the teacher’s desk, a pencil by the blackboard, an orange by the library. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) cat (b) pencil (c) van (d) orange
  4. 4.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) the pomodoro (c) chunking (d) the method of loci
  5. 5.🏰 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
  6. 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an igloo by the fruit cart, a monkey by the swing, a coconut by the park gate, a ball by the banyan tree, a fan by the post box. What did you place by the post box? (a) ball (b) igloo (c) fan (d) coconut
  7. 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
  8. 8.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 4
  9. 9.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
  10. 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a jeep by the banyan tree, a violin by the park gate, a ladder by the swing, a frog by the slide, an inkpot by the fruit cart. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) jeep (b) frog (c) violin (d) inkpot
  11. 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a cat by the door, a lamp by the shoe rack, an owl by the TV, a van by the dining table, a mirror by the sofa. Where did you place the cat? (a) sofa (b) shoe rack (c) dining table (d) door
  12. 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a vase by the bus stop, a lamp by the fruit cart, a van by the post box, a parrot by the banyan tree, a jeep by the park gate. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) parrot (b) lamp (c) van (d) jeep
  13. 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an orange by the stairs, a sock by the notice board, a jug by the teacher’s desk, a rope by the classroom door, a ladder by the blackboard. Where did you place the rope? (a) notice board (b) classroom door (c) teacher’s desk (d) stairs
  14. 14.🏰 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
  15. 15.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only for numbers (b) only once a year (c) no, never (d) yes, with new pictures
  16. 16.🏰 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
  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.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a kettle by the bus stop, a key by the park gate, a sock by the post box, a lamp by the banyan tree, a ball by the fruit cart. What did you place by the bus stop? (a) kettle (b) key (c) ball (d) sock
  19. 19.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
  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.🏰 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
  22. 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a duck by the notice board, an ant by the teacher’s desk, a lemon by the stairs, a drum by the classroom door, a net by the blackboard. Where did you place the lemon? (a) classroom door (b) blackboard (c) stairs (d) teacher’s desk
  23. 23.🏰 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
  24. 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a jug by the stairs, a rose by the blackboard, a nest by the teacher’s desk, a ladder by the notice board, a net by the classroom door. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) ladder (b) nest (c) rose (d) jug
  25. 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an ant by the park gate, a bucket by the swing, a duck by the fruit cart, a flute by the slide, a drum by the bench. Where did you place the flute? (a) park gate (b) bench (c) swing (d) slide
  26. 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a lamp by the TV, an onion by the sofa, a bucket by the shoe rack, a frog by the dining table, a watch by the door. What did you place by the sofa? (a) frog (b) lamp (c) onion (d) watch
  27. 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a drum by the notice board, an umpire by the stairs, a flute by the teacher’s desk, a parrot by the blackboard, a lamp by the classroom door. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) flute (b) umpire (c) parrot (d) lamp
  28. 28.🏰 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 violin by the stairs, a tiger by the library, a frog by the blackboard, a whistle by the classroom door. What did you place by the library? (a) tiger (b) whistle (c) frog (d) violin
  29. 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an anchor by the classroom door, a nest by the blackboard, a fan by the teacher’s desk, an inkpot by the stairs, a banana by the notice board. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) inkpot (b) nest (c) banana (d) fan
  30. 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a tent by the teacher’s desk, an urn by the blackboard, an umbrella by the classroom door, a rope by the library, a lamp by the stairs. Where did you place the tent? (a) stairs (b) blackboard (c) teacher’s desk (d) library
  31. 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an anchor by the dining table, a sock by the kitchen, a van by the shoe rack, a banana by the sofa, a goat by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) sock (b) goat (c) anchor (d) van
  32. 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a shoe by the banyan tree, an onion by the fruit cart, a whistle by the post box, an urn by the park gate, a mirror by the swing. What did you place by the swing? (a) shoe (b) urn (c) whistle (d) mirror
  33. 33.🏰 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
  34. 34.🏰 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
  35. 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a spoon by the park gate, a jug by the fruit cart, a jeep by the swing, a pencil by the banyan tree, a coconut by the slide. What did you place by the swing? (a) jeep (b) pencil (c) jug (d) spoon
  36. 36.🏰 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
  37. 37.🏰 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
  38. 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a coconut by the teacher’s desk, a pencil by the stairs, a jug by the blackboard, a radio by the classroom door, a kite by the notice board. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) kite (b) jug (c) pencil (d) radio
  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 ladder by the park gate, a shoe by the banyan tree, an orange by the fruit cart, a cat by the bus stop, an ant by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) ant (b) cat (c) ladder (d) shoe
  40. 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an umbrella by the shoe rack, a bucket by the TV, a doll by the kitchen, a coconut by the dining table, a duck by the sofa. What did you place by the sofa? (a) umbrella (b) duck (c) bucket (d) doll

Answer key

  1. tomato
  2. add more stops
  3. van
  4. the method of loci
  5. choose a place you know
  6. fan
  7. step 1
  8. step 4
  9. step 3
  10. inkpot
  11. door
  12. lamp
  13. classroom door
  14. one you know very well
  15. yes, with new pictures
  16. to keep the order
  17. fix stops in order
  18. kettle
  19. step 2
  20. put pictures at stops
  21. choose a place you know
  22. stairs
  23. choose a place you know
  24. rose
  25. slide
  26. onion
  27. flute
  28. tiger
  29. fan
  30. teacher’s desk
  31. sock
  32. mirror
  33. fix stops in order
  34. choose a place you know
  35. jeep
  36. choose a place you know
  37. fix stops in order
  38. jug
  39. ant
  40. duck

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