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