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