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