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