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