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