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 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 1 (d) step 4
- 2.🏰 Which place makes the best memory palace? (a) one you know very well (b) a blank wall (c) a random new city (d) one you never saw
- 3.🏰 Can you use the same palace again for a new list? (a) only once a year (b) no, never (c) only for numbers (d) yes, with new pictures
- 4.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a van by the TV, a key by the shoe rack, a shoe by the sofa, a drum by the door, an onion by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) key (b) drum (c) onion (d) van
- 5.🏰 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
- 6.🏰 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
- 7.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: fix stops in order? (a) step 3 (b) step 2 (c) step 4 (d) step 1
- 8.🏰 What is another name for the memory palace? (a) the rhyme method (b) chunking (c) the pomodoro (d) the method of loci
- 9.🏰 Which step of the memory palace is this: put pictures at stops? (a) step 1 (b) step 4 (c) step 2 (d) step 3
- 10.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a parrot by the kitchen, a flute by the TV, a pencil by the shoe rack, a mirror by the dining table, a nest by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) pencil (b) parrot (c) mirror (d) nest
- 11.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: school gate → notice board → stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk. You place a monkey by the classroom door, a jalebi by the notice board, a glass by the teacher’s desk, a nest by the stairs, a tiger by the school gate. Where did you place the monkey? (a) school gate (b) classroom door (c) stairs (d) notice board
- 12.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place a violin by the fruit cart, a coconut by the park gate, a watch by the post box, an onion by the banyan tree, an umbrella by the swing. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) umbrella (b) violin (c) onion (d) coconut
- 13.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a duck by the TV, an owl by the door, a glass by the shoe rack, an umpire by the sofa, a whistle by the gate. Where did you place the owl? (a) shoe rack (b) sofa (c) door (d) gate
- 14.🏰 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
- 15.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a ball by the shoe rack, a frog by the dining table, a tomato by the kitchen, a net by the TV, a jug by the sofa. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) frog (b) tomato (c) ball (d) jug
- 16.🏰 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
- 17.🏰 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
- 18.🏰 Why must the stops always be in the same order? (a) it looks nice (b) to make it longer (c) to keep the order (d) no reason
- 19.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place a mango by the sofa, a shoe by the bed, an umpire by the kitchen, a lemon by the dining table, a spoon by the TV. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) mango (b) lemon (c) spoon (d) umpire
- 20.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an owl by the banyan tree, a van by the post box, a glass by the swing, a bucket by the fruit cart, a doll by the park gate. What did you place by the park gate? (a) bucket (b) doll (c) van (d) owl
- 21.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a glass by the TV, a mango by the door, a jalebi by the sofa, a ladder by the shoe rack, an umbrella by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) ladder (b) jalebi (c) umbrella (d) mango
- 22.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen. You place a needle by the sofa, a guava by the shoe rack, an ice cream by the kitchen, a lemon by the TV, a mirror by the dining table. Where did you place the mirror? (a) TV (b) dining table (c) kitchen (d) sofa
- 23.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: gate → door → shoe rack → sofa → TV. You place a glass by the shoe rack, a lamp by the sofa, a monkey by the door, a coconut by the TV, a jalebi by the gate. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) coconut (b) glass (c) monkey (d) lamp
- 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.🏰 You have 10 items but your route has only 5 stops. What helps? (a) add more stops (b) use no route (c) put all at one stop (d) skip 5 items
- 26.🏰 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
- 27.🏰 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
- 28.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: stairs → classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library. You place an apple by the blackboard, a fan by the stairs, a spoon by the classroom door, a frog by the library, a lemon by the teacher’s desk. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) lemon (b) apple (c) spoon (d) fan
- 29.🏰 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
- 30.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a tomato by the shoe rack, a shoe by the door, an owl by the TV, an urn by the sofa, a banana by the dining table. Where did you place the urn? (a) TV (b) sofa (c) dining table (d) shoe rack
- 31.🏰 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
- 32.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: fruit cart → park gate → swing → slide → bench. You place a coconut by the bench, a pencil by the park gate, a tent by the swing, a parrot by the fruit cart, a van by the slide. Walking the route, which item do you meet first? (a) van (b) parrot (c) pencil (d) coconut
- 33.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place a tent by the bus stop, a fan by the park gate, a glass by the post box, a wallet by the banyan tree, a flute by the fruit cart. Walking the route, which item do you meet third? (a) fan (b) glass (c) tent (d) wallet
- 34.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a coconut by the library, a parrot by the playground, a wallet by the blackboard, a rose by the teacher’s desk, a ball by the classroom door. Walking the route, which item do you meet fourth? (a) wallet (b) ball (c) rose (d) coconut
- 35.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: bus stop → post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate. You place an orange by the park gate, an onion by the fruit cart, a needle by the bus stop, an owl by the banyan tree, a mango by the post box. Walking the route, which item do you meet second? (a) owl (b) onion (c) mango (d) needle
- 36.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your school: classroom door → teacher’s desk → blackboard → library → playground. You place a fan by the library, a lamp by the classroom door, a parrot by the teacher’s desk, a tent by the playground, a mango by the blackboard. What did you place by the blackboard? (a) mango (b) tent (c) parrot (d) fan
- 37.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: door → shoe rack → sofa → TV → dining table. You place a rose by the sofa, a lamp by the TV, a spoon by the shoe rack, a tiger by the door, a parrot by the dining table. What did you place by the TV? (a) spoon (b) rose (c) lamp (d) parrot
- 38.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your walk to the park: post box → banyan tree → fruit cart → park gate → swing. You place an urn by the park gate, a jeep by the banyan tree, a van by the swing, a tomato by the post box, a candle by the fruit cart. Where did you place the van? (a) banyan tree (b) fruit cart (c) park gate (d) swing
- 39.🏰 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
- 40.🏰 Memory palace — your route through your home: sofa → TV → dining table → kitchen → bed. You place an ant by the sofa, an orange by the kitchen, a pencil by the bed, a guava by the TV, a ball by the dining table. What did you place by the bed? (a) pencil (b) orange (c) ant (d) guava
Answer key
- step 1
- one you know very well
- yes, with new pictures
- key
- step 4
- choose a place you know
- step 2
- the method of loci
- step 3
- pencil
- classroom door
- coconut
- door
- fix stops in order
- ball
- choose a place you know
- choose a place you know
- to keep the order
- umpire
- doll
- umbrella
- dining table
- lamp
- put pictures at stops
- add more stops
- fix stops in order
- choose a place you know
- fan
- fix stops in order
- sofa
- put pictures at stops
- parrot
- wallet
- coconut
- mango
- mango
- lamp
- swing
- choose a place you know
- pencil
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