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