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