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