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