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