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.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the pomodoro (b) the rhyme method (c) chunking (d) the method of loci
- 2.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a coconut by the TV, a lamp by the dining table, a rose by the kitchen, a mango by the sofa, a parrot by the shoe rack. Where did you place the parrot? (a) dining table (b) shoe rack (c) kitchen (d) TV
- 3.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a whistle by the teacher’s desk, a drum by the classroom door, a banana by the notice board, a lemon by the blackboard, a goat by the stairs. What did you place by the stairs? (a) goat (b) drum (c) banana (d) whistle
- 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an anchor by the shoe rack, a whistle by the door, an owl by the TV, a radio by the sofa, a jalebi by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) jalebi (b) anchor (c) radio (d) owl
- 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 2 (b) step 1 (c) step 3 (d) step 4
- 6.🏰 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
- 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 2 (b) step 3 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 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.🏰 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
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a ladder by the shoe rack, an ant by the sofa, a spoon by the gate, an onion by the door, a shoe by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) onion (b) ant (c) shoe (d) ladder
- 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a tomato by the teacher’s desk, a radio by the blackboard, a fan by the classroom door, a guava by the stairs, a net by the library. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) net (b) guava (c) tomato (d) fan
- 12.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) put all at one stop (c) skip 5 items (d) use no route
- 13.🏰 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
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a nest by the library, an apple by the teacher’s desk, a jalebi by the classroom door, a cat by the stairs, a jeep by the blackboard. Where did you place the jeep? (a) stairs (b) teacher’s desk (c) library (d) blackboard
- 15.🏰 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
- 16.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) no reason (c) to keep the order (d) to make it longer
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a drum by the sofa, a nest by the dining table, a mirror by the TV, a ladder by the kitchen, a van by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) mirror (b) ladder (c) van (d) nest
- 18.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 19.🏰 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
- 20.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 4 (b) step 2 (c) step 3 (d) step 1
- 21.🏰 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
- 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a fan by the playground, a vase by the library, a net by the classroom door, a coconut by the blackboard, a lamp by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) vase (b) lamp (c) net (d) coconut
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a goat by the stairs, a kettle by the blackboard, a lemon by the teacher’s desk, a jalebi by the notice board, a cat by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) cat (b) lemon (c) goat (d) kettle
- 24.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a tiger by the teacher’s desk, a drum by the blackboard, an inkpot by the classroom door, a pillow by the playground, a radio by the library. Where did you place the tiger? (a) playground (b) teacher’s desk (c) library (d) classroom door
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a tent by the gate, an apple by the sofa, a shoe by the TV, an anchor by the shoe rack, a sock by the door. Where did you place the tent? (a) gate (b) door (c) shoe rack (d) TV
- 26.🏰 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
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an umbrella by the swing, a jalebi by the slide, a spoon by the park gate, a whistle by the bench, a goat by the fruit cart. Where did you place the jalebi? (a) bench (b) slide (c) fruit cart (d) park gate
- 28.🏰 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
- 29.🏰 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
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a lamp by the dining table, a frog by the sofa, a duck by the kitchen, a goat by the bed, a flute by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) duck (b) goat (c) frog (d) flute
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a bucket by the school gate, a nest by the teacher’s desk, a needle by the stairs, a lamp by the notice board, a rose by the classroom door. Where did you place the needle? (a) classroom door (b) school gate (c) teacher’s desk (d) stairs
- 32.🏰 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
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a radio by the fruit cart, a pencil by the banyan tree, a rope by the post box, a doll by the park gate, a glass by the bus stop. Where did you place the rope? (a) park gate (b) banyan tree (c) fruit cart (d) post box
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an umbrella by the kitchen, a whistle by the sofa, a violin by the TV, a parrot by the dining table, a net by the bed. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) whistle (b) violin (c) parrot (d) net
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a ladder by the TV, a lamp by the sofa, a mirror by the dining table, a kettle by the kitchen, a ball by the bed. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) lamp (b) ball (c) kettle (d) ladder
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a drum by the park gate, an owl by the banyan tree, an ant by the bus stop, a nest by the fruit cart, a tent by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) drum (b) owl (c) nest (d) tent
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place a coconut by the classroom door, a monkey by the library, a vase by the blackboard, an apple by the stairs, a duck by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) vase (b) apple (c) coconut (d) duck
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a nest by the park gate, a parrot by the banyan tree, a banana by the bus stop, a jug by the post box, a pillow by the fruit cart. What did you place by the fruit cart? (a) jug (b) pillow (c) parrot (d) banana
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a vase by the door, a watch by the TV, a kite by the shoe rack, a wallet by the sofa, a glass by the gate. Where did you place the kite? (a) sofa (b) door (c) gate (d) shoe rack
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a parrot by the shoe rack, a monkey by the sofa, a glass by the door, a fan by the gate, an ant by the TV. Where did you place the glass? (a) door (b) gate (c) TV (d) sofa
Answer key
- the method of loci
- shoe rack
- goat
- radio
- step 1
- choose a place you know
- step 3
- put pictures at stops
- fix stops in order
- ant
- fan
- add more stops
- one you know very well
- blackboard
- choose a place you know
- to keep the order
- van
- step 2
- choose a place you know
- step 4
- fix stops in order
- net
- lemon
- teacher’s desk
- gate
- put pictures at stops
- slide
- yes, with new pictures
- choose a place you know
- frog
- stairs
- fix stops in order
- post box
- violin
- ladder
- tent
- vase
- pillow
- shoe rack
- door
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