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