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: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a lemon by the kitchen, a doll by the sofa, a parrot by the TV, a guava by the shoe rack, an anchor by the dining table. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) parrot (b) guava (c) anchor (d) lemon
- 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a pencil by the bed, a fan by the dining table, a goat by the sofa, a net by the kitchen, a violin by the TV. What did you place by the dining table? (a) net (b) pencil (c) violin (d) fan
- 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a mango by the teacher’s desk, an urn by the stairs, a kite by the blackboard, a fan by the notice board, an onion by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) fan (b) onion (c) mango (d) kite
- 5.🏰 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
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a glass by the stairs, a vase by the teacher’s desk, a tent by the classroom door, a needle by the notice board, a shoe by the blackboard. What did you place by the notice board? (a) glass (b) tent (c) needle (d) shoe
- 7.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a drum by the notice board, a lemon by the teacher’s desk, an apple by the stairs, a cat by the classroom door, a mango by the school gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) lemon (b) drum (c) cat (d) apple
- 8.🏰 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
- 9.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) chunking (c) the rhyme method (d) the method of loci
- 10.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 3 (d) step 2
- 11.🏰 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
- 12.🏰 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
- 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a jeep by the sofa, a key by the TV, a tomato by the bed, a shoe by the dining table, a violin by the kitchen. Where did you place the key? (a) dining table (b) kitchen (c) bed (d) TV
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place an inkpot by the park gate, a jalebi by the banyan tree, a duck by the slide, a banana by the swing, a wallet by the fruit cart. What did you place by the park gate? (a) wallet (b) duck (c) inkpot (d) banana
- 15.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 3
- 16.🏰 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
- 17.🏰 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
- 18.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) to make it longer (b) it looks nice (c) no reason (d) to keep the order
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a bucket by the bed, a rope by the kitchen, an owl by the TV, a pencil by the sofa, a whistle by the dining table. What did you place by the bed? (a) rope (b) whistle (c) pencil (d) bucket
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an igloo by the bus stop, a tomato by the post box, an umbrella by the park gate, a jeep by the fruit cart, a spoon by the banyan tree. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) umbrella (b) jeep (c) spoon (d) igloo
- 21.🏰 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
- 22.🏰 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
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a jug by the blackboard, a ladder by the classroom door, a violin by the library, an onion by the stairs, a candle by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) candle (b) ladder (c) onion (d) jug
- 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an ice cream by the park gate, an anchor by the banyan tree, a banana by the fruit cart, a mirror by the bus stop, a watch by the post box. Where did you place the banana? (a) bus stop (b) banyan tree (c) post box (d) fruit cart
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a mirror by the door, a sock by the shoe rack, an ant by the TV, an urn by the sofa, a doll by the gate. Where did you place the sock? (a) gate (b) TV (c) shoe rack (d) sofa
- 26.🏰 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
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a cat by the door, a glass by the sofa, a mirror by the shoe rack, an ant by the TV, a drum by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) ant (b) drum (c) glass (d) cat
- 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.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a cat by the TV, an ice cream by the dining table, a ball by the door, a frog by the shoe rack, a spoon by the sofa. Where did you place the ball? (a) door (b) TV (c) shoe rack (d) dining table
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a jeep by the fruit cart, an umpire by the banyan tree, a flute by the post box, a bucket by the bus stop, a tomato by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) umpire (b) tomato (c) bucket (d) flute
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a mirror by the classroom door, a candle by the teacher’s desk, an igloo by the notice board, a flute by the stairs, a fan by the school gate. Where did you place the fan? (a) classroom door (b) notice board (c) school gate (d) teacher’s desk
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a tomato by the playground, a coconut by the teacher’s desk, a kite by the library, a sock by the classroom door, a mango by the blackboard. Where did you place the tomato? (a) classroom door (b) playground (c) blackboard (d) teacher’s desk
- 34.🏰 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
- 35.🏰 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
- 36.🏰 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
- 37.🏰 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
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a banana by the sofa, a jug by the TV, a goat by the kitchen, a sock by the dining table, a needle by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) sock (b) jug (c) banana (d) goat
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a net by the teacher’s desk, a doll by the blackboard, an umbrella by the playground, a bucket by the classroom door, a lamp by the library. Where did you place the bucket? (a) classroom door (b) playground (c) teacher’s desk (d) library
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a guava by the park gate, an urn by the slide, a duck by the fruit cart, a lamp by the banyan tree, a van by the swing. Where did you place the duck? (a) park gate (b) fruit cart (c) swing (d) slide
Answer key
- step 1
- parrot
- fan
- mango
- fix stops in order
- needle
- apple
- yes, with new pictures
- the method of loci
- step 4
- choose a place you know
- put pictures at stops
- TV
- inkpot
- step 3
- one you know very well
- put pictures at stops
- to keep the order
- bucket
- spoon
- choose a place you know
- choose a place you know
- ladder
- fruit cart
- shoe rack
- add more stops
- glass
- fix stops in order
- step 2
- door
- bucket
- school gate
- playground
- fix stops in order
- choose a place you know
- choose a place you know
- fix stops in order
- sock
- classroom door
- fruit cart
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