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