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