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