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