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