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