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 4 (b) step 1 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 2.🏰 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
- 3.🏰 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
- 4.🏰 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
- 5.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: walk the route to recall? (a) step 3 (b) step 1 (c) step 4 (d) step 2
- 6.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a monkey by the stairs, a radio by the notice board, a lemon by the classroom door, a shoe by the blackboard, a parrot by the teacher’s desk. Where did you place the shoe? (a) notice board (b) teacher’s desk (c) classroom door (d) blackboard
- 7.🏰 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
- 8.🏰 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
- 9.🏰 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
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a vase by the TV, a jug by the dining table, a tomato by the door, a jeep by the sofa, an umbrella by the shoe rack. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) vase (b) umbrella (c) tomato (d) jug
- 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.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 13.🏰 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
- 14.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a fan by the teacher’s desk, an orange by the stairs, a lamp by the notice board, a goat by the classroom door, an inkpot by the school gate. What did you place by the school gate? (a) inkpot (b) goat (c) fan (d) orange
- 15.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) skip 5 items (b) put all at one stop (c) add more stops (d) use no route
- 16.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place an orange by the sofa, a vase by the shoe rack, a spoon by the door, a nest by the TV, a ball by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) nest (b) vase (c) orange (d) spoon
- 17.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a pencil by the park gate, a candle by the banyan tree, a shoe by the bus stop, a coconut by the post box, an ant by the fruit cart. What did you place by the post box? (a) coconut (b) ant (c) shoe (d) candle
- 18.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a nest by the notice board, a ball by the classroom door, a monkey by the blackboard, a lamp by the stairs, an orange by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) nest (b) orange (c) monkey (d) ball
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a violin by the kitchen, a jeep by the sofa, an onion by the TV, an anchor by the shoe rack, a duck by the dining table. Where did you place the violin? (a) sofa (b) kitchen (c) shoe rack (d) TV
- 20.🏰 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
- 21.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: choose a place you know? (a) step 4 (b) step 3 (c) step 2 (d) step 1
- 22.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the method of loci (b) the rhyme method (c) the pomodoro (d) chunking
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a ladder by the classroom door, a watch by the blackboard, a kite by the teacher’s desk, a duck by the stairs, a van by the notice board. What did you place by the classroom door? (a) kite (b) van (c) duck (d) ladder
- 24.🏰 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
- 25.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a kettle by the sofa, an owl by the shoe rack, a mango by the door, a wallet by the TV, a candle by the gate. Where did you place the kettle? (a) shoe rack (b) sofa (c) TV (d) door
- 26.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an umpire by the teacher’s desk, a bucket by the blackboard, a rope by the stairs, a ball by the classroom door, a wallet by the library. Where did you place the umpire? (a) library (b) stairs (c) teacher’s desk (d) classroom door
- 27.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place an apple by the slide, a glass by the fruit cart, a coconut by the park gate, a cat by the bench, a key by the swing. Where did you place the cat? (a) slide (b) fruit cart (c) bench (d) swing
- 28.🏰 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
- 29.🏰 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
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a duck by the fruit cart, a flute by the post box, a lamp by the park gate, an ant by the banyan tree, a mango by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) ant (b) lamp (c) mango (d) flute
- 31.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a whistle by the kitchen, a cat by the sofa, an anchor by the TV, a rope by the shoe rack, an igloo by the dining table. Where did you place the cat? (a) kitchen (b) sofa (c) dining table (d) TV
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a pillow by the kitchen, a net by the bed, an orange by the dining table, an apple by the TV, a radio by the sofa. What did you place by the kitchen? (a) pillow (b) orange (c) apple (d) radio
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide. You place a monkey by the fruit cart, a glass by the swing, a shoe by the slide, an apple by the banyan tree, a spoon by the park gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) shoe (b) spoon (c) monkey (d) glass
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a key by the school gate, a radio by the stairs, a ball by the teacher’s desk, a fan by the classroom door, a jeep by the notice board. Where did you place the fan? (a) school gate (b) notice board (c) classroom door (d) stairs
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place a kite by the blackboard, a kettle by the classroom door, a parrot by the notice board, a monkey by the stairs, a van by the teacher’s desk. What did you place by the teacher’s desk? (a) monkey (b) kettle (c) kite (d) van
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard. You place an umpire by the classroom door, a lamp by the stairs, an onion by the blackboard, a nest by the notice board, a key by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) lamp (b) umpire (c) onion (d) key
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a rope by the swing, a banana by the park gate, a glass by the banyan tree, a kettle by the fruit cart, a nest by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) banana (b) glass (c) kettle (d) nest
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place an orange by the TV, an urn by the door, a coconut by the shoe rack, a doll by the dining table, an igloo by the sofa. What did you place by the shoe rack? (a) orange (b) doll (c) coconut (d) urn
- 39.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place an ant by the shoe rack, a pencil by the kitchen, an apple by the dining table, a nest by the sofa, a monkey by the TV. Where did you place the monkey? (a) TV (b) kitchen (c) dining table (d) sofa
- 40.🏰 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 park gate, a tomato by the banyan tree, a doll by the swing, an igloo by the fruit cart, an umbrella by the post box. What did you place by the post box? (a) goat (b) tomato (c) doll (d) umbrella
Answer key
- step 3
- choose a place you know
- put pictures at stops
- to keep the order
- step 4
- blackboard
- one you know very well
- choose a place you know
- fix stops in order
- umbrella
- choose a place you know
- step 2
- choose a place you know
- inkpot
- add more stops
- orange
- coconut
- nest
- kitchen
- choose a place you know
- step 1
- the method of loci
- ladder
- yes, with new pictures
- sofa
- teacher’s desk
- bench
- choose a place you know
- put pictures at stops
- lamp
- sofa
- pillow
- monkey
- classroom door
- van
- key
- nest
- coconut
- TV
- umbrella
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