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