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