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