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