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