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