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