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