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