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