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