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