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