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