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