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