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