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