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