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