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