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