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