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