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