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