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