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