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