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