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