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