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