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