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