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