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