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