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