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