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