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