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