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