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