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