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