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