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