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