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