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