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