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