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