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