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