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