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