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