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