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