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