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