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