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