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