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