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