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