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