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