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