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