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.🏰 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
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an anchor by the shoe rack, a lamp by the sofa, a watch by the door, a whistle by the TV, a duck by the gate. What did you place by the sofa? (a) duck (b) whistle (c) watch (d) lamp
- 3.🏰 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
- 4.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 5.🏰 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
- 6.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to keep the order (b) it looks nice (c) to make it longer (d) no reason
- 7.🏰 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
- 8.🏰 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
- 9.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a shoe by the teacher’s desk, a jug by the school gate, a cat by the notice board, a banana by the stairs, a guava by the classroom door. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) guava (b) shoe (c) jug (d) cat
- 10.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) skip 5 items (b) use no route (c) put all at one stop (d) add more stops
- 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a van by the door, a guava by the shoe rack, a doll by the dining table, a parrot by the TV, a tomato by the sofa. What did you place by the door? (a) doll (b) tomato (c) van (d) parrot
- 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a duck by the teacher’s desk, a banana by the stairs, a radio by the library, a net by the classroom door, a tiger by the blackboard. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) net (b) banana (c) tiger (d) duck
- 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a fan by the bus stop, a candle by the park gate, a jeep by the fruit cart, a rope by the banyan tree, a monkey by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) candle (b) jeep (c) fan (d) monkey
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a rope by the banyan tree, an igloo by the fruit cart, a spoon by the park gate, a cat by the slide, an ice cream by the swing. What did you place by the park gate? (a) igloo (b) ice cream (c) spoon (d) cat
- 15.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 16.🏰 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
- 17.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the method of loci (d) the pomodoro
- 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a jeep by the kitchen, a jug by the dining table, a coconut by the bed, a monkey by the TV, a doll by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) coconut (b) monkey (c) doll (d) jeep
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a radio by the dining table, an inkpot by the TV, a glass by the shoe rack, a coconut by the sofa, an ice cream by the door. Where did you place the inkpot? (a) door (b) TV (c) sofa (d) shoe rack
- 20.🏰 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
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a key by the gate, a tent by the door, a watch by the shoe rack, a frog by the TV, a net by the sofa. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) watch (b) frog (c) tent (d) key
- 22.🏰 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
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a candle by the door, a duck by the sofa, a tiger by the shoe rack, a monkey by the gate, a ladder by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) candle (b) tiger (c) monkey (d) duck
- 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a kite by the TV, a fan by the bed, a rope by the sofa, a doll by the dining table, a guava by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) kite (b) doll (c) fan (d) rope
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a tomato by the TV, a pillow by the shoe rack, a needle by the door, a wallet by the sofa, a bucket by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) bucket (b) tomato (c) wallet (d) pillow
- 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a fan by the shoe rack, a rose by the TV, a coconut by the door, a cat by the sofa, an umbrella by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet fifth? (a) cat (b) rose (c) umbrella (d) coconut
- 27.🏰 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
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an anchor by the sofa, a drum by the shoe rack, a radio by the TV, a needle by the gate, a frog by the door. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) drum (b) frog (c) radio (d) anchor
- 29.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a pencil by the fruit cart, an umpire by the post box, a ball by the banyan tree, a needle by the park gate, a duck by the swing. What did you place by the banyan tree? (a) duck (b) ball (c) umpire (d) pencil
- 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: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an umpire by the sofa, a jug by the shoe rack, a needle by the TV, a doll by the dining table, a banana by the kitchen. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) umpire (b) needle (c) doll (d) banana
- 32.🏰 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
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a shoe by the swing, an apple by the fruit cart, a rope by the banyan tree, a tomato by the park gate, a guava by the post box. What did you place by the park gate? (a) guava (b) tomato (c) apple (d) rope
- 34.🏰 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
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a parrot by the fruit cart, a guava by the slide, a jalebi by the swing, a needle by the park gate, a pillow by the banyan tree. Where did you place the jalebi? (a) swing (b) park gate (c) banyan tree (d) fruit cart
- 36.🏰 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
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a nest by the dining table, a drum by the shoe rack, a ladder by the sofa, an umpire by the kitchen, a mirror by the TV. What did you place by the sofa? (a) ladder (b) nest (c) mirror (d) umpire
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a banana by the park gate, an umpire by the swing, a pencil by the banyan tree, a violin by the fruit cart, a rope by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) banana (b) violin (c) umpire (d) rope
- 39.🏰 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
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a violin by the door, a needle by the TV, a kite by the shoe rack, a watch by the sofa, a coconut by the dining table. What did you place by the dining table? (a) coconut (b) violin (c) kite (d) watch
Answer key
- yes, with new pictures
- lamp
- choose a place you know
- step 2
- choose a place you know
- to keep the order
- choose a place you know
- fix stops in order
- shoe
- add more stops
- van
- tiger
- monkey
- spoon
- step 3
- step 4
- the method of loci
- monkey
- TV
- put pictures at stops
- watch
- choose a place you know
- monkey
- kite
- pillow
- umbrella
- choose a place you know
- drum
- ball
- choose a place you know
- umpire
- put pictures at stops
- tomato
- one you know very well
- swing
- fix stops in order
- ladder
- rope
- fix stops in order
- coconut
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