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