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