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