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