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