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