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