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