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