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