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