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