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