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