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